http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051215/20051215005893.html?.v=1

(Scroll down about halfway, or search for "Gentex")
short version - we are working with a company called ppg to supply our electrochromic glass to boeing for use on the 787.
hot damn.

So, Ive decided that I get involved in some fairly involved useability / gui design type discussions at work (even though that has very little to do with the software we write). Its usually me and another guy debating about stuff, like wether the xp blue theme or win2000 theme is better on winXP, and how buttons and stuff should be laid out, etc ( Read more... )

Ok, so its been forever since ive written here. Things are going well- work is busy (but I like it that way), we have snow(and more is coming...), and mythtv and my other various projects are making progress. Some of that stuff is probably better saved for a later post ( Read more... )

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/13144665.htmWho wants to start a network with me? We'll run funny, edgy, quality, and (gasp) intelligent shows. We might not get the bazillion idiots who watch Nanny 911, prison break, and the like, but who cares ( Read more... )

I swear i dont come looking for this stuff.

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Coke to drop Vanilla Coke Sales in the US:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4408914.stm

Wtf are they thinking?

I expect to see this on ebay next year

United States Geography was always pretty hard for me to grasp.

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So, I really dont like excel for plotting, but its equation stuff is awesome. I just wrote a function that approximates the maximum for a quadratic curve (which is created from several other columns in the sheet ( Read more... )

So, tonight on CSI they were walking through a dark house, with things left kinda eerie or whatever. There was a tv on in the kitchen, and it was showing the intro to Aqua Teen Hunger Force, except the sound was replaced with generic cartoony sounds. Like something from tom and erry or something. I laughed a lot at meatwad turning into a hot dog ( Read more... )

So, I never do these, but im bored out of my mind ( Read more... )