So I was checking out Make (eventually ended up subscribing), which has a blog. On this blog, there was a link to Extreme Craft, which has an article that mentions Peak Oil. The site linked to was Life After the Oil Crash, which is seriously depressing, which is how I got here.
This was actually last Friday, but I put my machine to suspend mode and was only blogging it now....
2005-08-08
2005-08-07
Wired News and other, 2005.08.08
The Reality Behind Reality TV is that "In [David's] admittedly limited experience, people who look for love online "either have 'junk in the trunk,' or they're a little crazy, socially inept or intensely frustrated with the opposite sex." Now there's a bit of wisdom.
Rivers of Coke - Those Italians seem to like their cocaine, "runnin' all 'round my brain".
An Insider's View of 'Ciscogate' - This is actually a great article. This lawyer seems to have a head on her shoulders, and from face value, the text of her blog, seems to be decent. For a lawyer. I may have to check out her blog.
Bridging the Google Ad Gap - Google's search results seem to have gotten a lot worse these days: too many sites selling crap come up in the top results.
Waiting for the "Eye"-Pod - I'm waiting for my video iPod, ok?
Why flying is safer now - Well, it sure as hell isn't because we're using Airbuses....
Hiroshima survivors: 'never forget' - Never forget. But there will always be wars—it's human nature—and when the technology exists, it will be used. Nuclear weapons will be used again, someday, and there's not a damn thing anyone in the world can do to stop it.
Rivers of Coke - Those Italians seem to like their cocaine, "runnin' all 'round my brain".
An Insider's View of 'Ciscogate' - This is actually a great article. This lawyer seems to have a head on her shoulders, and from face value, the text of her blog, seems to be decent. For a lawyer. I may have to check out her blog.
Bridging the Google Ad Gap - Google's search results seem to have gotten a lot worse these days: too many sites selling crap come up in the top results.
Waiting for the "Eye"-Pod - I'm waiting for my video iPod, ok?
Why flying is safer now - Well, it sure as hell isn't because we're using Airbuses....
Hiroshima survivors: 'never forget' - Never forget. But there will always be wars—it's human nature—and when the technology exists, it will be used. Nuclear weapons will be used again, someday, and there's not a damn thing anyone in the world can do to stop it.
Painting Models
And I don't mean applying makeup to hot chicks.
How to Paint
rec.models.scale FAQ, part 17
Another painting models guide.
A couple of interesting detailed descriptions:
Syreen Exo-Armor
Various high-level detailing
How to Paint
rec.models.scale FAQ, part 17
Another painting models guide.
A couple of interesting detailed descriptions:
Syreen Exo-Armor
Various high-level detailing
2005-08-05
Life After the Oil Crash
I think sensible people should at least take notice of this. Running out of oil to sustain the economy is a certainty; the uncertainty is when. With this in mind, it's a matter of getting in a position to weather the coming changes.
Weird cases from Slashdot
Someone's "parabolic heat sink case mod", which is actually a half-pipe-like mini ramp for skateboarding....
And some guy who built a Mac mini into his parents' kitchen: iKitchen....
And some guy who built a Mac mini into his parents' kitchen: iKitchen....
2005-08-04
Random Ham
From this Slashdot article:
I've been watching the shuttle mission on the K6BEN [qrz.com] amateur TV repeater near San Jose, which is on 421.25Mhz, the same as cable (not broadcast) channel 57, through my VCR and with a Yagi I made [wa5znu.org] from a magazine article. The NASA Ames Amateur Radio Club is providing the feed [nasa.gov] with a 1.2GHz uplink to the repeater. They also have shuttle audio [nasa.gov] on two meters, and I can receive that with my VX-2R HT [universal-radio.com].
2005-08-03
Wired News, slightly dated (7/27)
Mars Plan Envisions Comfy Colony - Where do I sign up?
In Japan, Summer Is for Games - Hmm...Katamari Damashii is on my buy list....
And from Furthermore: "Did a dehydrated art thief drink a watery artistic statement about global warming? That's one theory behind the mystifying disappearance of Weapon of Mass Destruction, a 2-liter clear plastic bottle filled with melted Antarctic ice and valued at $74,137, according to Scotsman.com." What the hell? Sounds like a nice racket. Somebody tell me how that's a work of art. Moreover, where's the idiot who would pay $74k for a bottle of water? I have a few things to sell him....
In Japan, Summer Is for Games - Hmm...Katamari Damashii is on my buy list....
And from Furthermore: "Did a dehydrated art thief drink a watery artistic statement about global warming? That's one theory behind the mystifying disappearance of Weapon of Mass Destruction, a 2-liter clear plastic bottle filled with melted Antarctic ice and valued at $74,137, according to Scotsman.com." What the hell? Sounds like a nice racket. Somebody tell me how that's a work of art. Moreover, where's the idiot who would pay $74k for a bottle of water? I have a few things to sell him....
2005-07-23
Warhammer 40k Painting & Modeling Tips
Useful, I thought, for general modeling, although there's not a lot of info. Where are the maniac tips that I need?
2005-07-20
Crazy chess guy
There was an article on Wired News about Chess960. The modification to traditional chess is that the back row is randomized, subject to certain rules. Apparently the game was invented by Bobby Fischer, which he calls "Fischer Random Chess".
I had no idea that Bobby Fischer was such a nut. It seems he likes to shoot off at the mouth about various subjects, not the least of which is his anti-Semitic views and wild theories, and about how evil the U.S. is. (Let me clue you, Bobby boy, plenty of other countries are worse, namely China and North Korea. You wouldn't get a trial in those countries, you'd just quietly disappear, never to be seen again...the U.S. let you off easy.) Here's a bit about Fischer's "Yoko Ono", and the Wikipedia entry for Fischer.
I had no idea that Bobby Fischer was such a nut. It seems he likes to shoot off at the mouth about various subjects, not the least of which is his anti-Semitic views and wild theories, and about how evil the U.S. is. (Let me clue you, Bobby boy, plenty of other countries are worse, namely China and North Korea. You wouldn't get a trial in those countries, you'd just quietly disappear, never to be seen again...the U.S. let you off easy.) Here's a bit about Fischer's "Yoko Ono", and the Wikipedia entry for Fischer.
Sandpaper 101
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about sandpaper but were afraid to ask. Or so they say. It's pretty interesting and useful information. But what about grits > 1000? I found some 4000 grit paper at Tokyu Hands. What do you use that for?!
2005-07-08
Frank Sinatra called it "music for cretins"
An article on CNN describes the first hit rock 'n' roll single, "Rock Around the Clock" by Haley & the Comets, on its 50-year anniversary. Sinatra was being harsh, but hey, he was no longer the hottest act around, and getting kicked off the hill hurts. Coolness, is of course, a steady thing.
2005-07-05
Audio-Related Electronics
Found this site while looking for information on voltage supply ripple rejection....
Cryptainer
Found a link to a free Blowfish-based encryption program. I'm not mindlessly surfing—honest! I was looking for single-ended Vpp for SATA (which is apparently 500mV). This link happened to be in an ad on the article page.
2.5" SATA JBOD
There's a company called Rancho Technology selling a 5-port SATA-2 enclosure for 2.5" HDDs that fits in a 5.25" drive bay. That's crazy!! I mean, it's cool, but that'd generate an awful lot of heat in a tiny space. Especially if you were to use 7200 RPM drives. Seems like a couple 250GB drives would be cheaper, faster, and generate less heat. To each his own, I suppose....
2005-06-27
Eminent Domain
There's news that the Supreme Court has ruled that eminent domain can apply to non-public uses. In the past, eminent domain was evoked to widen roads, etc., e.g. for the general public benefit. With this ruling, basically anyone can be evicted as long as someone high enough up in government thinks that it's a good idea. How one feels about notions of land ownership aside, this is bullshit. Better keep one eye on the proposals flowing through the city office, or you might wake up one morning to find your house being knocked down (to make room for a bypass).
The trend these days seems to be that even lawmakers and judges don't respect the law—so how can citizens be expected to behave any differently? The Bill of Rights is very clear on the point of not reapportioning land from one private party to another. But I suppose the same people who have trouble with the 2nd Amendment are now also having trouble with the 5th.
The trend these days seems to be that even lawmakers and judges don't respect the law—so how can citizens be expected to behave any differently? The Bill of Rights is very clear on the point of not reapportioning land from one private party to another. But I suppose the same people who have trouble with the 2nd Amendment are now also having trouble with the 5th.
2005-06-25
Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil
Apparently there's a piece of software called Airfoil that allows any software running on Mac OS X to stream audio to the AirPort Express. This is probably just an adapted version of Jon Johansen's JustePort. On the other hand, he's pulled JustePort off his site, and it only worked with Apple Lossless anyway. Fortunately I already saved the source code, but it's written in that bastardized Java called C#. Ugh.
Here's an interesting Apple wireless fan blog, AirPort Blog.
This guy Tatsuhiko Miyagawa (who apparently works for Six Apart) has a blog entry mentioning the RAOP protocol used by the AirPort Express. Apparently Apple Lossless is the only format the APX likes. And it looks like I need to start hacking Perl on OS X.
The implementation of the AirPort Express player is located here on SourceForge.
My AirPort Express doesn't want to play nice with my iodata WAP in WDS/WPA mode. I suppose it's not that big of a deal, since the only benefits would be the use of the Ethernet port and the ability to adjust the signal strength (also maybe the ability to playback tunes from the other segment of my network). Well, for now I suppose this will have to do.
Here's an interesting Apple wireless fan blog, AirPort Blog.
This guy Tatsuhiko Miyagawa (who apparently works for Six Apart) has a blog entry mentioning the RAOP protocol used by the AirPort Express. Apparently Apple Lossless is the only format the APX likes. And it looks like I need to start hacking Perl on OS X.
The implementation of the AirPort Express player is located here on SourceForge.
My AirPort Express doesn't want to play nice with my iodata WAP in WDS/WPA mode. I suppose it's not that big of a deal, since the only benefits would be the use of the Ethernet port and the ability to adjust the signal strength (also maybe the ability to playback tunes from the other segment of my network). Well, for now I suppose this will have to do.
Nerdcore is disturbing
An article on Wired News describes "nerdcore", aka "geeksta rap", which is a bunch of anti-cool people with a DJ/MC habit trying to make a buck. Nice. I prefer the guns-n-hos motif, myself.
Businesses for sale
This is a site that lists businesses like a realtor's website. Good for wannabe M&A (mergers & acquisitions) people, I suppose.
2005-06-20
Tokyo is the world's costliest city
Linguistic mysteries solved
The female equivalent of a 'misogynist' (misandrist)
Are there any other English words with three consecutive sets of double letters besides 'bookkeeper'? (not without a hyphen)
Is there a unisex word for cows/bulls? (bovine)
What does bimonthly really mean? (both every two months and twice a month: but really, semimonthly should be used to mean twice a month)
Is 'deliverables' a real word? (yes, although recent)
Once, twice, thrice, ...? (there're no words continuing this series)
Primary, secondary, tertiary, ...? (quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, denary!)
What's the difference between a 'street' and a 'road'? (road is general, street is has a more restricted meaning, typically an urban setting with buildings along it)
What's the opposite of 'exceed'? (there's none yet, but 'deceed' might be a candidate)
Is there a word with five vowels in a row? (yes, 'queueing', but this is often 'queuing' in American English)
Are there any other English words with three consecutive sets of double letters besides 'bookkeeper'? (not without a hyphen)
Is there a unisex word for cows/bulls? (bovine)
What does bimonthly really mean? (both every two months and twice a month: but really, semimonthly should be used to mean twice a month)
Is 'deliverables' a real word? (yes, although recent)
Once, twice, thrice, ...? (there're no words continuing this series)
Primary, secondary, tertiary, ...? (quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, denary!)
What's the difference between a 'street' and a 'road'? (road is general, street is has a more restricted meaning, typically an urban setting with buildings along it)
What's the opposite of 'exceed'? (there's none yet, but 'deceed' might be a candidate)
Is there a word with five vowels in a row? (yes, 'queueing', but this is often 'queuing' in American English)
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