Archive for August, 2008
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29 Aug 2008
"I find it odd that @BarackObama hasn't been Twittering this week."
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28 Aug 2008
The Nikon D90 announced yesterday will include a video function. It can shoot HD (1280x720) at 24fps with pretty much any lens that fits on the camera. -
28 Aug 2008
The house I grew up in is now for sale. Own a unique piece of Plutor history!
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27 Aug 2008
"Cooking eggs is really a question of temperature, not time."
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27 Aug 2008
I somehow missed this announcement for an east coast Penny-Arcade Expo. I'll be there.
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27 Aug 2008
"It came! It's awesome! http://tinyurl.com/59pr57"
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27 Aug 2008
OLYMPIC SPORT PROPOSAL
SUBMITTED TO IOC 2008-08-27SPORT NAME: Astronomy Biathlon
SUMMARY: Each competitor must run from the starting line, following a predefined route of approximately 1600 meters carrying a telescope of their choice. The route will end at a Sighting Area. The competitor must set up the telescope in the Sighting Area and accurately find and identify three (3) astronomical objects listed on a list provided. Then he or she will break down the telescope, and run the next route to the next Sighting Area. There will be five (5) Sighting Areas in all, followed by a final 1600 meter run to the finish line. Sixty (60) seconds will be added to a competitor’s time for each object not correctly identified. The competitor with the shortest final time will be the winner. Mixed genders.POSSIBLE VARIATIONS: 4×1600 Astronomy Biathlon relay; Astronomy Biathlon medley (galaxies at first Sighting Area, binary star systems at second, etc); Astronomy Triathlon (routes alternate 1600m runs with 5km biking)
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27 Aug 2008
Weird time to do it, but it's a good step in the right direction.
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26 Aug 2008
Recently listened to: Ratatat – Classics, The Streets – The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living, The Postal Service – Give Up
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25 Aug 2008
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25 Aug 2008
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25 Aug 2008
Woah, they made it with an Arduino. That's brilliant.
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25 Aug 2008
Startlingly, his "anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP."
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23 Aug 2008
"Obama sent the veep text at 4:20am?"
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22 Aug 2008
The Firefox folks have added an on-the-fly JavaScript to native code compiler to 3.1. It'll speed up JavaScript execution sevenfold.
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22 Aug 2008
"That vet clinic receptionist sure knew his shit."
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22 Aug 2008
About a thousand of them, going back to 1952.
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21 Aug 2008
Hell yes. (I wonder what this same study would have shown thirty years ago.)
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21 Aug 2008
querySelectorAll() will revolutionize DHTML programming in much the way that jQuery (et al) already has.
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20 Aug 2008
He broke the records for 100m and 200m sprints in the same week. Unbelievable.
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20 Aug 2008
"Oh god, this wasteful coffee is so good."
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20 Aug 2008
I had this idea in college, but didn't have any of the necessary skills to pull it off. Well done, JPL.
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20 Aug 2008Friends on Peters Hill
The three of us had dinner at the scenic overlook at the Arnold Arboretum, and Angus made about 15 new friends.
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19 Aug 2008
We'll know by next Monday, considering that's the start of the DNC. Nate Silver, as always, with the deep insight.
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19 Aug 2008
"I declare inbox victory! http://fffff.at/inbox-victory/"