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Browsing Posts published in October, 2011
Dalek Pumpkin
October 28, 2011
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Prius Hack collection
October 21, 2011
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I hate it when things are “hidden” by manufacturers, especially to “protect me”. Thank you, Big Brother, but I’ll make my own decisions. Thanks to the folks over at PriusChat for posting these at various times. Also, another handy reference is this eaa-phev wiki. I just wanted to get the ones I use most all [...]
Lytro light field camera is now available
October 20, 2011
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I wrote a bit on the Lytro “light field” camera back in July. The first version of their nifty new camera technology is now available for purchase! Here is a neat article from ArsTechnica which describes a bit about how this technology works. At the moment, you’ll need a Macintosh computer to work with [...]
Mouse-Overs – good UI idea, but problematic
October 18, 2011
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Having the mouse activate things (like help on what to put in a text field) just by hovering over some spot is pretty neat. However, with this being used more and more, it’s starting to cross over from neat to annoying. UI Guideline: If you are going to do a mouse-over help box for a [...]
I ran across this blog by Ed Burnette today: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette/its-the-platform-stupid-says-google-engineer/2382?tag=mantle_skin;content He’s talking about a tirade by Steve Yegee of Google (click here to read it). Warning: It’s long, so get comfortable. On the other hand, it’s also right! As Ed says in his blog above, people are missing the point about Steve’s rant. He’s not [...]
Personal Helicopters – aka the real geek’s Beanie Hat
October 12, 2011
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So with the latest disappointment from Moller, I did some poking around to see what other people are doing. I turns out that quite a few folks are working on VTOL, but in a different way! It’s a shame that none of these products, even though some appear to work quite well, seem to make [...]
More musical fun – Not The Boy Scouts
October 7, 2011
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If you like folk rock, check out http://www.nottheboyscouts.com – I play drums with these guys and there are some videos of live gigs, and also a couple of studio versions of some of the songs. We hope you enjoy!
Net New vs Frog New
October 4, 2011
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Here’s some techie Inane for you. The phrase “Net new” has become very popular, and is now being flogged to death in high tech marketing materials and presentations. The beef I have with this silly phrase is that “Net” contributes absolutely nothing and is simply a trendy fluff-word. I propose substituting an equally worthless word [...]
Desperate StorageVendors
October 3, 2011
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We’ve been evaluating storage solutions at my company, and with the politics (both internal to our company, and external to the storage vendors), it is starting to feel like a soap opera. So, I whipped this out:
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