Archive for August, 2006
Tuesday, August 29th, 2006
Where is common sense?
I never followed the JonBenet Ramsey case, but when this guy claimed to be the killer, why didn’t they just take a swab while he was in Thailand and check his DNA before going to the huge expense of bringing him to Colorado?
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Sunday, August 27th, 2006
Pick a random number
A Random Number
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Saturday, August 26th, 2006
My next pocket knife
85-blade “pocket” knife (hat tip Boing Boing) Cory Doctorow: Wenger’s “Most Incredible Knife,” a $1,200, 85-blade Swiss-Army-style knife is apparently not a joke. I guess if you had really big pockets? Link (via Charlie Stross)
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Friday, August 25th, 2006
Possible fixes for Cube problem with Firewire video
This is just a placeholder post for my own benefit…please ignore Trying to set up webcasting at Bethany, but can’t get the 450MHz Cube running 10.4.7 to work with my Canon Elura 40MC DV camera. Quicktime Broadcaster sees it, but there is no video or audio coming through. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2599936�
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Friday, August 25th, 2006
How to really fight terrorists: Anti-terror
How to really fight terrorists: Anti-terror (from Boing Boing) Bruce Schneier has an excellent piece up today on how to really, effectively fight terrorism: anti-terror: Another thought experiment: Imagine for a moment that the British government arrested the 23 suspects without fanfare. Imagine that the TSA and its European counterparts didn’t engage in pointless airline-security [...]
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Monday, August 21st, 2006
Even I don’t find this appetizing, and I love bacon!
Bacon Snack Bars 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1/2 cup peanut butter 1 pkg. (2.8 oz.) OSCAR MAYER Real Bacon Recipe Pieces 4 tsp. TANG Orange Flavor Drink Mix 3 cups POST HONEY BUNCHES OF OATS Cereal, any variety MIX sugar and syrup in large saucepan. Bring just to boil on medium [...]
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Thursday, August 17th, 2006
Beethovenfest: free downloads
Deutsche Welle is one of the sponsors of the annual Beethovenfest, and is putting up free downloads of performances for the next few weeks. Current options include: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Opus 68, “Pastoral” Listen to a live recording of Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, the “Pastorale,” performed by Istanbul’s National Conservatory [...]
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Monday, August 7th, 2006
Goodbye Gaming
Bob, Shari, and Rey are all leaving, so we got together to game tonight. Here’s a sample:
