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  1. Photos by MrScience · · Score: 4, Informative · on PAX05 Writeup

    I'm trying to get everyone to use the PAX05 tag on flickr. There are around 450 pictures so far.

    I've personally uploaded around 150 of the 1700 I took, and threw together a quick page hosting a few panoramas (wait a few days to download the large versions where possible, I don't know if they really meant unlimited bandwidth. :).

  2. You should be archiving your stats... by MrScience · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Halo 2 Stats Reset

    There are tools out there that let you monitor the RSS or HTML results of your games. No matter what Bungie does with the stats, you can keep your progress stored on your computer.

    I've authored one that I'm quite pleased with (stores everything in a relational database, includes over 30 reports, including a clan management report and personal stats report, archives the original HTML, comes with command-line scraping utility for scheduling, and more), but there are lots of them out there that provide varying levels of granularity.

  3. You should be archiving your stats... by MrScience · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Halo 2 Stats Reset

    There are tools out there that let you monitor the RSS or HTML results of your games. No matter what Bungie does with the stats, you can keep your progress stored on your computer.

    I've authored one that I'm quite pleased with (stores everything in a relational database, includes over 30 reports, including a clan management report and personal stats report, archives the original HTML, comes with command-line scraping utility for scheduling, and more), but there are lots of them out there that provide varying levels of granularity.

  4. All of the tools... by MrScience · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Making the Most of Your Halo 2 RSS Feed

    I've tried to put together a list of all Halo 2 statistics software here, results of research while I wrote one of the most comprehensive tools to date.

  5. All of the tools... by MrScience · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Making the Most of Your Halo 2 RSS Feed

    I've tried to put together a list of all Halo 2 statistics software here, results of research while I wrote one of the most comprehensive tools to date.

  6. And the tools are forming to parse the data. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Providing Gaming Stats to the Community

    One of the best ones is the Halo 2 RSS Excel Workbook", which reads the RSS feed and provides pivot-table capabilities.

    An RSS to CSV utility has been created for simplifying analysis.

    Several Cold Fusion/Flash entries have been made to parse the RSS.

    And, of course, I'm currently working on a Halo 2 Statistics Tracking Utility, which pulls in a bit more than just RSS. Right now it just throws everything into a database (I released this bit early so that people could get started archiving), but a useful UI beta should be coming out this month.

  7. My microwave drilled through it's own door! by MrScience · · Score: 2, Funny · on Using Microwaves to Drill Through Glass

    I didn't have anything in it, and accidentally hit the cook button instead of the minute timer button. 20 Minutes later, POOF! The whole thing caught on fire. Turns out that the mixing belt failed, so it was all focused on the door. The engineer said, "Lucky you didn't loose the whole house! I've seen them burn straight through glass light bulbs...."

    Pictures and story here.

  8. Re:Microwave to heat � best container material by MrScience · · Score: 2, Interesting · on A Foundry in Every Kitchen

    Apparently my microwave's door is made out of that bond. It caught on fire while there was nothing in it!