Beyond the Pale

So there I am, all smug in my 99 Nerd Score and along comes a guy who builds an Apollo Guidance Computer in his basement. Not a software simulator, mind you (a nerdy exercise I can at least imagine), but an actual wire-wrapped reproduction. I am but a smudge of …

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Frisbee Golf

Spent the weekend getting my butt kicked in a Frisbee Golf Tournament over on the Hilo side. Camped at the gorgeous Mackenzie State Park, where the first two rounds were played in a very tight, forested course (the only two holes that weren't through trees were over the water). Yesterday …

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Scoblephones are free at Amazon!

The hip and wonderful Audiovox SMT-5600 is going for \\(150 with a \\)150 rebate at Amazon. Get 'em while they're in stock:

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HOWTO convert TiVo-to-go files to MPEG files

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I’ll be using this as soon as the service makes it over here… 

*[Cory Doctorow]{style=""}: TiVo's new DRM system allows you to move video from your TiVo to your PC, but not as a plain MPEG file that you can slice and dice and watch …

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Retired From The Toolroll

::: {.Section1} Here are some programs that I’ve evaluated and recently cleared off my Tablet PC:

\< ![if !supportLists]> [[·[      ]{style="font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\""}]{style="mso-list:Ignore"}]{style=";font-family:Symbol"}\< ![endif]> EverNote: Although I really like the idea of a chronologically ordered view of my notes (actually, what I …

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Casinos? Gyms? Yeah, right.

Airbus has unveiled the A380, the biggest freakin' passenger jet evah (261' 10” wingspan. Yoiks.) Here are some images. There's been lots of talk about how the plane will have casinos and gyms and various other fun things. Sure. It's not like any airline would be so heartless as to …

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Beyond The Pale

So there I am, all smug in my 99 Nerd Score and along comes a guy who builds an Apollo Guidance Computer in his basement. Not a software simulator, mind you (a nerdy exercise I can at least imagine), but an actual wire-wrapped reproduction. I am but a smudge of …

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"Fine art" oil painting being outsourced to Russia

My wife is a fine artist (oil painting). She tells me that a huge thing in the art market right now is galleries specializing in Russian art, usually selling canvases in the \\(20-50K price range. Not because there's an important movement coming out of Russia, but because the galleries are …

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Microsoft Not To Launch Low-Cost Tablet

Scoble has quashed the rumor of a Microsoft-branded Tablet PC that I linked to and discounted yesterday.

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Iggy's Always In Love

::: {.Section1}  Iggy Kin is the philosopher-king of the inkerati. He obviously loves to just [think]{style="font-style:italic"} about stuff and how it relates. Although I’m sad to see his “Tablet PC Hep” blog go away, he’s got an interesting new blog that’s actually really firing up …

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