June 2009
56 posts
Announcing my new Burning Man camp, a tribute to Barry White: Camp Get Enough Of Your Love, Baby! Props to my girlfriend
May 2009
63 posts
Laser Multitouch Surface | CNMAT →
This is an inexpensive way to turn any surface into an input device that senses the x & y position of multiple simultaneous touch points. The hardware necessary is easy to find online by following…
Introduction (Google Wave Federation Protocol) →
Google Wave introduces a new platform built around hosted conversations called waves—this model enables people to communicate and work together in new and more effective ways. On top of that, with…
got the bike back, in great shape. Stopping power is awesome again but the gear shift lever seems displaced. the mechanic swears it’s right
Enjoying the sun around greenlake but the laptop is warming up too easily
working in Greenlake while my motorcycle has regular maintenance. But my favorite cafe here has closed up shop! (Souped Up Cafe)
taking off to see Moon at SIFF. This promises to be good!
Just realized I missed the first showing of Moon at SIFF. I’m planning on catching it tomorrow at 4:15 if anyone cares to join
scheduled V-Strom motorcycle maintenance on Thursday, partly to replace the chain/sprocket which has started rattling above 5000 RPMs
back home: 560 miles in 13 hours, with lots of site-seeing across the dam lakes and highway 20
Breakast with tea in Leavenworth
already suiting up for the cross-state ride.
planning a ride tomorrow to Grand Coulee Damn and then back around the Northern Cascades Loop, for memorial day
Eating lunch on the way to @saturdayhouse
I’m #reading A People’s History of the United Stat… by Howard Zinn - http://tinyurl.com/q3yad3
I want to read: Linkers and Loaders by John R. Levine - http://tinyurl.com/oomrvo
the sun? rising? and I’m still coding? eek!
saw cool cafe racer / custom / retro motorcycles at Backfire Moto, then saw Saturn and some nebulae through a telescope at UW’s observatory
every MacPorts installation I’ve dealt with eventually reaches the point where things just don’t build right. Yet it’s still recommended…
Slate’s debugger can now resume execution from arbitrary frames! especially helpful to correct typos or other small issues
Starring the Computer →
Starring the Computer is a website dedicated to the use of computers in film and television. Each appearance is catalogued and rated on its importance (ie. how important it is to the plot), realism…
ComiKit - Creative Construction Kits for Children →
LamsonProject: Lamson The Python SMTP Server →
We’ve all been there, mucking around in the sendmail m4 macros trying one more time to get the damn mailing list to update for the new users. Every time we say, “This sucks, I want to rewrite this…
Matthew Crawford's Shop Class as Soul Craft. - By... →
“Now you begin to understand why you watch The Office. The cubicle life is amorphous. What are you actually making? How do you know if you are advancing at your job? Does sending e-mail all day help…
40 (NEW) High-quality and Free Icon Sets | Noupe →
my iMac seems to be locking up randomly after the latest updates. doing some googling, but it’s not clear yet what the problem might be.
relaxing at home after a very full weekend. looking forward to digging into A People’s History of the United States and a newer book by Zinn
Geeking out at Powell’s with the girlfriend. Good to see @zenspider, too
arrived at Jupiter Hotel on Burnside in Portland, getting ready to go out
excited to see Charles Stross again tonight at Pike Place, before I take off for Portland for the weekend (with scenic driving on the way)
good news: my toe is healed and I can fully walk on it (says the doctor). bad news: the insurance for the party who cut me off won’t pay!
Awaiting a final set of toe X-rays
developing a vague plan for this weekend’s Portland outing