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Powerline Ethernet Revisited
So the grand experiment with Powerline Networking has effectively come to a end. Besides the MUCH lower than advertised bandwidth, which I decided to tolerate (since it was better than my WDS WiFI setup to extend the WiFi range), I've seen many dropouts in the past few weeks. They are rather short dropouts, and always seem to resolve themselves ( Read more... ) -
IFF Boston 2009
While I missed the opening night festivities on Wednesday evening, choosing to go to the Sox game instead, last night the Independent Film Festival of Boston 2009 began for me. Last year's festival I set the goal of writing reviews of all 15 films I saw in the fest, but crapped out after 6 reviews. This year, I'm trying to set a much more modest ( Read more... ) -
Small World Revisited
A few years ago I mentioned running into a coworker from Rovia several times since the companies unfortunate demise.
Well today I got a LinkedIn invitation from Matt, and it turns out he works a few buildings over here in the Arsenal complex. We've likely been working a few hundred yards from each other for the past 2+ years and not known it.
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Review: Netgear HDXB111 Powerline HD Plus Ethernet Adapter Kit
Update: This equipment worked less effectively than I had thought when I originally wrote this review. See this post for an update.
When we first moved into the new house, I initially set up a single WRT54G access point (running dd-wrt) in the office in the back of the house. I quickly learned, however, that this location didn't provide much ( Read more... ) -
My Schnozz
I've been having difficulty with my nose/sinuses for some time now, and it gets much worse in the dry winter months. So after some prodding from friends, i finally went this morning to consult with an Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor ( Read more... ) -
3D Scanning and Printing as a method of replicating discontinued parts
I'm not huge fan of Jay Leno, but this is a great summary of some of the cool aspects of 3D scanning and 3D printers. He uses a scan/print setup to reproduce a part for an old steam car which hasn't been made since 1910. But in my mind, he missed the most revolutionary aspect of this production system.
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2008 Films in Review
Another great year for film.. Trying to pick my favorites this year might have even been harder than in 2007.
To reinforce my tradition of not placing importance of one film over another in each category, I decided to alphabetize the lists this year.- Top 10 Films of 2008 (in Alphabetical Order):
- Top 10 Films of 2008 (in Alphabetical Order):
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Bizarre Dream
Last night, I dreamed that I had lost/stolen my MacBook Air. In the dream (as in real life), I knew I had good backups, so I was less upset about the loss as I was about the cost of replacing it. Continuing this uniquely rational dream logic, I decided that I needed a larger salary to be able to afford to replace it. I instantly found myself in ( Read more... )
