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Oh, Crap. Jon, does this mean that I’m screwed with my love of cheap vending machine “Chocolate”?
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I’m many days late with this one. But it seems to me that the debates ought to be public domain by their very nature, much like all government proceedings
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“There are as many blogs with the f-word as there are with “China” – Well, depends on what f-word you’re looking for. I’m almost tempted to drop it here just to get flagged. But not. ** As I’m posting it to del.icio.us, I’m noticing that the “f-word” is o
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Why I’m going to get my kids to learn Mandrin and Sanskrit instead of French or Spanish
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Someone translated pi into music. I’m digging on it.
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I vote yes. Security isn’t something that’s an option any more. Now, ask me why I don’t have a public key? (The answer is lazy)
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Another confession to make here – I’m pretty much out in left field when it comes to internet access. I think that it’s going to be as crucial to an economy in the 21st century as the Eisenhauer Interstate Highway System was to the US’s boom in the 20th c
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I’ll admit – when I was 16 and found out about this, I had “many sleepless nights in our house”. If only I’d had proper counsel, I could’ve paid for college!
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More on Floyd. More on screw practices by the lab.
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If anyone ought to be able to ride this year, it’s Hamilton. Tyler did his time, and is in shape. Let the man ride, let him get tested just like the others. It’s not justice if it continues to follow you
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Cool. Free power
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You can never know to many knots
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Freakin’ Canadian-Industrio-Military conspiracy to spy on the US
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I’m intrigued. But moreso for the idea of a $250 home server
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This is super cool. What a great idea – I’ll have to work this into the back yard.
Category: Geek
links for 2007-04-24
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There’s a long and mostly forgotten tradition of open source hardware, and sharing hardware hacks. Barn raisings spring immediately to mind.
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Sorry, I’m a complete geek when it comes to this. Makes me feel 7 again.
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My new favorite blog – GeekDad
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Code V1 was great. Cannot wait to read Code V2
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Who doesn’t want a flying motorcycle? You? HA! I call you a liar if you don’t want one of these.
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No, seriously.
links for 2007-04-14
links for 2007-04-13
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Comfy bikes that require little maintinence and are easy to use? What will they think of next?
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My question here – did they have to tell the model in the stock photo that she’s being used to spice up an article about the clap?
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This looks to be a useful bit of software. I may have to give it a try.
links for 2007-04-10
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Found this at Wired’s Table of Malcontents. I’ll admit, after college I did, more than once, play “Jagged Little Pill” really, really loudly and sing along. I told myself
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Wonder how this will affect Flock, my current favorite
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Cool, cool, cool – Fixedgear drives a MAVIC neutral support car for a pro race in the US. Absolutely enthralling if you follow pro cycling
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lalala – I can’t hear you. I cannot wait to listen to this.
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somebody forgot to carry the one….
“It appears Fermilab made elementary mistakes in the design of the magnets and their anchors that made them insecure once the system was operational.”
links for 2007-04-06
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Designing for Hackability at Like It Matters
“You want attention? Make it simple for people to give you attention and to retell your story. Designing for hackability means giving people the things they need to retell your story in their own terms.”
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Electronics tutorial – sections 1- 5 & contents
Yeah! Resistors and Capacitors and Diodes, Oh My!
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Nazis, UFOs and Nukes in Antarctica
Man, I need to get more creative when I ask for funding. Dig this acedemically published paper: “he Nazis, some believe, established a secret base in Antarctica to which they spirited Hitler at the war’s end, fought off British special forces and an Ameri
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I say tough turkey. Kids don’t like to eat vegetables or clean their rooms, but both of those are essential to becoming well developed adults.
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Wonder if it’ll be the cool girl robot from T3 or the creepy guy from T2
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My rule of thumb has always been that PPT shouldn’t include any words you’re actually going to say during a presentation. Otherwise, why bother with the monkey up there? If you’re going to send the PPT as a stand alone document, use the commentary pane. B
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Hey, free stuff! Seriously, if you haven’t actually shelled out the pound of flesh for Microsoft Office, Open Office really is useable in Windows and Linux. Mac – not so much; the official port uses X11, which is all sorts of a hack. There’s NeoOffice fo
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New attack cracks WEP in record time
WiFi rocks. ‘Cept you might need a new router:
“The news here is not that WEP isn’t especially secure—that fact is already well-known. What is important to note is the speed with which someone with a Centrino laptop and the proper tools can compromise -
Slashdot | FCC Says No to Mobile Phones on Airplane
thank god. Seriously, the thoughts that this might get approved gave me the heebiejeebies. Imagine – someone else’s anklebiter kicking you in the back, while the numbskull in the business suit in the aisle seat trys to get a tee-time at teh destination, a
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Hackszine.com: $15 sneaker – culture hacking
Hey, I need me some new hoops shoes! Wonder how they work for tennis?
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11 Big Money Strategies – lifehack.org
I love this, even if it is completely and totally cynical.
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How to take papers on a bike – lifehack.org
Cool and useful, and so simple it never would have occurred to me in a million years
A little experiment – My Google Maps and Jank’s Places to Run!
So, I’m updating my Google homepage this morning after a little birdie suggested something, and I come across something called “My Maps”, where you can essentially create map files (.kml files, just like Google Earth uses if you want to get technical) by pointing and clicking on the Google Maps website. So, I did a quick little brain dump, and here, without further adieu, is:
Jank’s Favorite Places to Run!
You’ll notice that most of them are fine, fine, fine places to bike, too.
I’m not completely sure if the link will work; could someone (anyone?) if you’re reading this try it out and post a comment? Thanks.
links for 2007-04-05
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I am so looking forward to hearing this
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It’s about freakin’ time. the Google Mac Blog has more on the development
links for 2007-04-04
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Story of my freakin’ Life: Lateness, wanting their job, etc, so on, so forth
links for 2007-04-03
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This is about as far as I’ve ever gotten with a “productivity” program. But I’ll second it.
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“Although little is known about the mysterious device, its implications are far reaching. Should the tests go well, it could have the effect of dramatically changing the broadband landscape in the US. Wireless networks using the spectrum should be relativ
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“Quanta, the company manufacturing the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project’s XO laptops, plans to begin selling low-cost budget mobile computers for $200 later this year. According to Quanta president Michael Wang, the company plans to leverage the underl
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I’m 16 as my permanent Age
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I am so buying this *for the kids* when my wife won’t kill me for spending more money
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I can’t decide if I like this or am repulsed by it. Money paragraph is “Quinn herself has a rare earth magnet implanted in her finger, giving her a “sixth sense” (in addition to the obvious ability to lift small metallic objects with a single finger), whi
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Scientists have developed a way of converting one blood group into another.
The technique potentially enables blood from groups A, B and AB to be converted into group O negative, which can be safely transplanted into any patient.
Which completely r