I'm too lazy to retype everything, so here's a link to a writeup ;)


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'I found that being on the track is a whole other world and I can't lie: I've been eying track bikes & leathers and am considering completely eliminating what little "sporting" street riding I currently do ( Read more... )

So I've had some confidence issues after a 1-2-3 punch of a hiatus from riding, death of a friend (RIP Ghent :( ), and some silly newbie wrecks. This led to me not really riding as much as I would like to and increased stress and self-pressure when I'm on a group ride in the twisties. My friend Garrett has been encouraging me to get out to the ( Read more... )

So i worked on my bike all day saturday, and messed around a bit yesterday trying to take "hdr images". The basic gist is that you bracket photos of the same object at different exposures and then use a plugin/app to composite them into a single hdr image. No current display technology is capable of displaying a true hdr image, but through some ( Read more... )

So we did this little recruiting music video at the office. Please give us some views/ratings/favorites if you could spare the time!

(If you've already heard this a dozen times, my apologies, but I'm trying to get the word out to friends in different circles ( Read more... )

so we took the first steps into karting the last few weeks ( Read more... )

I haven't said much about it, but I got involved in politics this past spring. I responded to a call for action from the Marijuana Policy Project, as they were interested in supporting a "Lowest Law Enforcement Priority" initiative in Santa Monica. I got in touch with them and ended up sitting on the committee and acting as a proponent on the ( Read more... )

I heaven't put much research into this yet, but my 5 minutes of googling isn't yielding much. Is there a quick and easy way (i.e. not activex/flash) to unobtrusively autodetect a viewing browser's monitor resolution? pointers to example code appreciated.

My Tivo Series 3 arrived today. While I handled the lifetime transfer from one of our (currently dead) series 2, mags called time warner to arrange cable card installation. After first flat out refusing (and trying to upsell their shitty HD DVR), she eventually convinced a supervisor to schedule the appointment. They claim their cards are ( Read more... )