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ReplyAll convinced me to post on LiveJournal again
Last night while mowing my lawn I was listening to Reply All: #100 Friends and Blasphemers and it inspired me to dust off my old LiveJournal and post again ( Read more... ) -
PS3 Remote
I ordered a $7 remote for my PS3 from Ebay. It's just a simple remote, and a USB IR receiver you plug in to your PS3. I plugged it in and navigated around with the remote just fine. Next I "learned" the functionality on my Sony RM-VL600 and now I can control my PS3 with a real remote ( Read more... ) -
Posting
I really should post on LiveJournal more often. -
What would you read?
If your computer could magically read Wikipedia from 2050 for one hour what articles would you read? What specific queries would you look up, not "what stock should I buy"? For me it's a balance of what articles would be of personal interest to me, and how can make the most of that information in the present day.
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Don't drive and listen to sports!
The UPI (and the Houston Chronicle) report that the U.K.’s Transport Research Laboratory has found that driving while listening to sports on the radio can be as dangerous as driving while drunk:
[R]eaction times were slowed by up to 20 percent when drivers were listening to sports, adding nearly 20 feet of additional stopping time for a car ( Read more... ) -
On nerding out...
Toys R Us has Dragon Quest IX on sale for $35, and they give you a $15 gift card. I couldn't pass up a deal like that, so last night I packed two kids into a warm car and drove into Clackamas to hit up Toys R Us. The baby was especially grumpy, for no discernible reason, but we emerged victorious. Gabe got some congratulatory Legos, and I got ( Read more... ) -
New hobbies
I picked up an Arduino at the recommendation of bleything and it's been a really fun hobby. I didn't know anything really about electronics before but I'm learning a lot. The community is very helpful, and the platform is very powerful. If you're in to electronics you should definitely check it out. -
Problems with a Netflix DVD
Dear Netflix:
I recently rented the new Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr. and had some problems with the disk. There are approximately eight minutes of previews for films that I could not skip! I’m fine with DVDs including previews for other films, but I like the option of being able to skip past them. I was unable to either chapter ( Read more... ) -
R.I.P. Gary
(02:12:28 PM) Scott Baker: I can't be on call this weekend ( Read more... )
