I used to think going to a gym was boring, but if you bring along an iPod or a friend it can become fun. Just imagine you are hanging out with your friends or listening to music, but you just happen to be lifting weights or using machines at the same time.
If you think of it more as another event (listening to music) with some exercise thrown in, it makes it easier. I hope that makes sense.
(hehe, just kidding (just so you don't think I'm some stupid French-hating American (don't want to propagate that stereotype), I have nothing wrong with the French))
Yes.. Yes.. I was just about to mention that. I first heard it in Starcraft as the thing when the seige tank goes into seige mode. Since then I have heard it dozens of times and it always reminds me of Starcraft.
Oh man, typical PC gamer. That is the stupidest video ever. I bet you were the guy who asked if Half Life 2 would run on his 286 (during that 600 meg preview video a few months back).
PS: I own a PowerBook and I am a gamer.
Gametab has a working torrent now
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I looked at Gametab a few minutes ago and nothing. I search the comments for a working bit torrent link, but nothing. So, one last ditch to check Gametab and what do you know? Here is the link to the torrent:
One other thing I forgot to mention. There were also a helicopter and airplane flying overhead. They loaded each up with some wireless gear and flew around Seattle trying to set up an air-to-air or air-to-ground link. Everytime a helicopter or airplane flew by everyone would be like, "Is that it!?" In the end, I think we did identify which ones were ours. However, I didn't hear the results of this test.
Hello all. I attended the demonstration at the Alki site. I'll try and give a basic description of what it was like.
We used a 18(?) dbi Yagi to connect to someone in the Columbia tower (the big black building, the tallest in Seattle). We also used a 24 dbi parabolic to connect to the Magnolia site. First we got internet working by relaying through a guys office in the tower. I got over 250 kB/s at some points. It took us a while longer, but we eventually got the connection to Magnolia working. Actually, Ken Caruso did most of the work fixing the Soekris box on the Magnolia end (it was configured for a different network). We had a little bit of problems with the DNS for the internet access, but that was eventually fixed. We were all able to get into an IRC room and use iChat, but we weren't successful on getting iChat AV to work across the main link. I think it may have to do with the fact that all the computers were behind a NAT to the internet. Rendezvous, unfortunately, didn't work across the link because we were routing.
It was actually a sight to see. We had solar panels, batteries, a generator, lots of tables, tons of cables, video cameras, still cameras, cell phones with cameras, FRS radios, etc. Actually, you can see it. I have pictures on my website:
Actually, hehe, I don't really know much about.htaccess files. If you could give me a few lines to put in my.htaccess file that would use mod_rewrite (or something) to send them to, say, aol.html, then that would be great. I would create a page explaining the actions of AOL.
I just blocked all AOL users from accessing my website. I am considering blocking incoming mail from AOL users, but I have to talk it over with my users first. If AOL will block internet hosts willy-nilly (they blocked me because I'm on a dynamic connection), then I might as well block them too.
And by standard you mean, of course, having to install an extra menu to use them. Just like Mozilla comes standard with Windows, all you have to do is download and install it!
Blue Man Group's rock concert "The Complex" is a parody of rock concert. At the beginning of the show, a voice comes on like this (I'm paraphrasing):
Thank you for purchasing the rock concert manual. This manual will teach you to how host a rock concert. The most important thing for performers is choreography. Will the advent of autotuners and backing tracks, performers can now focus all their attention on dancing. You no longer have to worry about things like hitting the right notes or showing emotion. Start by loosening your hips. Now, lets try this simple beat...
They performed this on Leno recently as well. It is quite funny how they make fun of all the rock concert cliches.
I looked around the DirecTV website and din't find a digital video recorder that supports HDTV.
If you did get a Tivo one, you are limited by what they let you do. They can remove 30 second skip at well or make you watch advertisements. Stuff like MythTV has lots of features with no advertisements and it doesn't track what you record (and send it to some master database at HQ). Plus, MythTV-like programs allow you to do a bunch of other stuff like play ROMs, DVDs, look at your pictures of the network, listen to mp3s, check your weather, etc.
When I was in an airport a few days ago, I saw one of their chemical identification things (where they put that little cloth after wiping down your bag) booting up. It was running (I believe) Windows 95 (either that or 98, couldn't see the number). I felt safe knowing that national security is in the hands of Microsoft.
In Half Life, the radio is usually louder than the gun shots. This was annoying, because it hurt to turn up the volume. However, the people who created Enter the Matrix did a great job. If you adjust the volume so the guns were the same level as Half Life, then the voices would be too low. So, you adjust the voices to be a good volume, and then you get rocking gun sounds. I am glad some games are finally including good dynamic range.
In terms of music, I also don't like stuff that is all loud. I heard they do that to get people's attention on the radio. That is one of the reasons I like symphony pieces in soundtracks, they have good dynamic range (Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, etc.)
On a similar topic, if you are in the Seattle area on August 30th, you should check out the Wireless Field Day. We will be creating a number of links between various parks in the Seattle area. Plus, we hope to connect to SnowNet and use it to link with Tacoma. I will be demonstrating iChat AV over wireless so people will be able to see the advantages of having a public community wireless network. Be sure to come check us out!
I don't think it can read and write to compact flash at the same time. However, that is why it has a buffer that can store photos. Send some via wireless while they are filling up the buffer, then download to CF from the buffer, then send those over wireless.
The Experience Music Project is another fun thing to do. The have all kinds of music exhibits enhanced with technology. The place is largely funded by Paul Allen, so most of the computers use Windows (but you can't see their interface). Actually, I have seen some of the demonstration computers have a BSOD:). They have lots of memoriblia. A section called Northwest Passage details the history of music in the Pacific Northwest. All along the exhibits they have relavent music and videos playing. They also have a new section following Jimi Hendrix's life. A really cool place is the Sound Lab where you can learn instruments and other music things. They have keyboards, drums, guitars, vocal rooms, mixing boards, DJ equipment, and record scratching gear that you can learn to use. All of these includes video screens that give step by step instructions on how to play. Once your are confident, you and your friends can get together in a jam room consisting of multiple instruments and just play around. You can also be your own band in another section (I don't remember the name). You go onstage and have your choice of songs. The songs play and you play along on your instrument of choice in front of an "audience." Finally, you can chill out in the Sky Church which is a very tall room with tons of lights, fog machines, jellyfishes on the ceiling, video projectors, and other things. Plus, half the room is covered by a huge LED screen.
If you wait long enough before coming here, you can see the scifi museum that is set to open in a year or two (talked about here on/. a while back). Also funded by Paul Allen and in the same building as EMP.
For hiking, I would suggest stuff over by Lake Chelan and Glacier Peak. They have a bunch of trails there which are away from civilization and have great views.
I know someone who owns an airport in Walla Walla. He took us up in his small plane. He flew my brother of the wind farms which is really cool.
If you know anyone with a boat, have them take you out on Lake Washington so you can see Bill G's house.
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I used to think going to a gym was boring, but if you bring along an iPod or a friend it can become fun. Just imagine you are hanging out with your friends or listening to music, but you just happen to be lifting weights or using machines at the same time.
If you think of it more as another event (listening to music) with some exercise thrown in, it makes it easier. I hope that makes sense.
Amen, brother
Andrew Hitchcock
What do you think I am... French?
Andrew
(hehe, just kidding (just so you don't think I'm some stupid French-hating American (don't want to propagate that stereotype), I have nothing wrong with the French))
I have a torrent up and running. Go here:
. mp 3.torrent
http://torrent.andrewhitchcock.org/files/song34
link
RTFA. To quote the second sentence, "Remove the turntable from the microwave and replace with chocolate on a plate (so the plate does not rotate)"
Yikes, some people.
Don't forget Anandtech.
Yes.. Yes.. I was just about to mention that. I first heard it in Starcraft as the thing when the seige tank goes into seige mode. Since then I have heard it dozens of times and it always reminds me of Starcraft.
Just FYI, I don't think you say degress when talking in terms of Kelvin. It is just 291 Kelvin.
If you check out Verisigns traffic page at Alexa (http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details ?q=&url=http://www.verisign.com), you can see why they aren't easily giving up their sitefinder project.
Oh man, typical PC gamer. That is the stupidest video ever. I bet you were the guy who asked if Half Life 2 would run on his 286 (during that 600 meg preview video a few months back).
PS: I own a PowerBook and I am a gamer.
I looked at Gametab a few minutes ago and nothing. I search the comments for a working bit torrent link, but nothing. So, one last ditch to check Gametab and what do you know? Here is the link to the torrent:
http://www.gametab.com/files/torrents.php?fuse=70
One other thing I forgot to mention. There were also a helicopter and airplane flying overhead. They loaded each up with some wireless gear and flew around Seattle trying to set up an air-to-air or air-to-ground link. Everytime a helicopter or airplane flew by everyone would be like, "Is that it!?" In the end, I think we did identify which ones were ours. However, I didn't hear the results of this test.
Actually, Frys didn't open until just this Wednesday. Everyone already had gear from before it opened :).
Hello all. I attended the demonstration at the Alki site. I'll try and give a basic description of what it was like.
s sfieldday
We used a 18(?) dbi Yagi to connect to someone in the Columbia tower (the big black building, the tallest in Seattle). We also used a 24 dbi parabolic to connect to the Magnolia site. First we got internet working by relaying through a guys office in the tower. I got over 250 kB/s at some points. It took us a while longer, but we eventually got the connection to Magnolia working. Actually, Ken Caruso did most of the work fixing the Soekris box on the Magnolia end (it was configured for a different network). We had a little bit of problems with the DNS for the internet access, but that was eventually fixed. We were all able to get into an IRC room and use iChat, but we weren't successful on getting iChat AV to work across the main link. I think it may have to do with the fact that all the computers were behind a NAT to the internet. Rendezvous, unfortunately, didn't work across the link because we were routing.
It was actually a sight to see. We had solar panels, batteries, a generator, lots of tables, tons of cables, video cameras, still cameras, cell phones with cameras, FRS radios, etc. Actually, you can see it. I have pictures on my website:
http://www.andrewhitchcock.org/gallery/2003wirele
Andrew
Actually, hehe, I don't really know much about .htaccess files. If you could give me a few lines to put in my .htaccess file that would use mod_rewrite (or something) to send them to, say, aol.html, then that would be great. I would create a page explaining the actions of AOL.
I just blocked all AOL users from accessing my website. I am considering blocking incoming mail from AOL users, but I have to talk it over with my users first. If AOL will block internet hosts willy-nilly (they blocked me because I'm on a dynamic connection), then I might as well block them too.
They are just standard now across browsers.
And by standard you mean, of course, having to install an extra menu to use them. Just like Mozilla comes standard with Windows, all you have to do is download and install it!
Blue Man Group's rock concert "The Complex" is a parody of rock concert. At the beginning of the show, a voice comes on like this (I'm paraphrasing):
Thank you for purchasing the rock concert manual. This manual will teach you to how host a rock concert. The most important thing for performers is choreography. Will the advent of autotuners and backing tracks, performers can now focus all their attention on dancing. You no longer have to worry about things like hitting the right notes or showing emotion. Start by loosening your hips. Now, lets try this simple beat...
They performed this on Leno recently as well. It is quite funny how they make fun of all the rock concert cliches.
Of course /. will be down. They always practice what they preach, just look how they have adopted PNGs instead of GIFs!
Because he wants Digital Cable, not DirecTV.
I looked around the DirecTV website and din't find a digital video recorder that supports HDTV.
If you did get a Tivo one, you are limited by what they let you do. They can remove 30 second skip at well or make you watch advertisements. Stuff like MythTV has lots of features with no advertisements and it doesn't track what you record (and send it to some master database at HQ). Plus, MythTV-like programs allow you to do a bunch of other stuff like play ROMs, DVDs, look at your pictures of the network, listen to mp3s, check your weather, etc.
When I was in an airport a few days ago, I saw one of their chemical identification things (where they put that little cloth after wiping down your bag) booting up. It was running (I believe) Windows 95 (either that or 98, couldn't see the number). I felt safe knowing that national security is in the hands of Microsoft.
In Half Life, the radio is usually louder than the gun shots. This was annoying, because it hurt to turn up the volume. However, the people who created Enter the Matrix did a great job. If you adjust the volume so the guns were the same level as Half Life, then the voices would be too low. So, you adjust the voices to be a good volume, and then you get rocking gun sounds. I am glad some games are finally including good dynamic range.
In terms of music, I also don't like stuff that is all loud. I heard they do that to get people's attention on the radio. That is one of the reasons I like symphony pieces in soundtracks, they have good dynamic range (Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, etc.)
On a similar topic, if you are in the Seattle area on August 30th, you should check out the Wireless Field Day. We will be creating a number of links between various parks in the Seattle area. Plus, we hope to connect to SnowNet and use it to link with Tacoma. I will be demonstrating iChat AV over wireless so people will be able to see the advantages of having a public community wireless network. Be sure to come check us out!
I don't think it can read and write to compact flash at the same time. However, that is why it has a buffer that can store photos. Send some via wireless while they are filling up the buffer, then download to CF from the buffer, then send those over wireless.
Another cool Boeing thing to do is the factory tour. You can tour the largest building (by volume) in the world where they make different Boeing planes.
:). They have lots of memoriblia. A section called Northwest Passage details the history of music in the Pacific Northwest. All along the exhibits they have relavent music and videos playing. They also have a new section following Jimi Hendrix's life. A really cool place is the Sound Lab where you can learn instruments and other music things. They have keyboards, drums, guitars, vocal rooms, mixing boards, DJ equipment, and record scratching gear that you can learn to use. All of these includes video screens that give step by step instructions on how to play. Once your are confident, you and your friends can get together in a jam room consisting of multiple instruments and just play around. You can also be your own band in another section (I don't remember the name). You go onstage and have your choice of songs. The songs play and you play along on your instrument of choice in front of an "audience." Finally, you can chill out in the Sky Church which is a very tall room with tons of lights, fog machines, jellyfishes on the ceiling, video projectors, and other things. Plus, half the room is covered by a huge LED screen.
/. a while back). Also funded by Paul Allen and in the same building as EMP.
The Experience Music Project is another fun thing to do. The have all kinds of music exhibits enhanced with technology. The place is largely funded by Paul Allen, so most of the computers use Windows (but you can't see their interface). Actually, I have seen some of the demonstration computers have a BSOD
If you wait long enough before coming here, you can see the scifi museum that is set to open in a year or two (talked about here on
For hiking, I would suggest stuff over by Lake Chelan and Glacier Peak. They have a bunch of trails there which are away from civilization and have great views.
I know someone who owns an airport in Walla Walla. He took us up in his small plane. He flew my brother of the wind farms which is really cool.
If you know anyone with a boat, have them take you out on Lake Washington so you can see Bill G's house.