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Friday, September 03, 2010 12:30 AM

Potholes Timelapse Video

Yesterday I posted a timelapse video where the main feature was the GPS points on the topo map. When we drove back from Potholes a few weeks ago, I focused more on the images. I taped a USB webcam to the rear view mirror and had it connected to the laptop...
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Thursday, September 02, 2010 12:30 AM

Camp Muir Timelapse Video

I’ve been playing around with a lot of time lapse ideas lately. I took some pictures for part of the return trip from Potholes which you’ll see soon, but on the hike up to Muir, I distracted myself by thinking how I could combine all the various...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:30 AM

Share Facebook Pictures

There are an estimated 1 billion people who have regular access to the internet. Facebook gets 500 million unique visitors per month. Half of the people on the internet use Facebook. That means this post is pretty much useless, but in reality, we all...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010 12:30 AM

Bejeweled HUD

I’ve been addicted to Bejeweled Blitz lately. Each game only lasts 60 seconds but you always want to play just one more. I got pretty good at the game, but I started thinking about how it could be automated. I actually wrote a program that played Bejeweled...
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Friday, July 09, 2010 12:30 AM

Amazon Associates

Amazon has had a program called Amazon Associates for quite a while, but I only recently signed up for it. It’s basically a referral program. If someone ends up buying a product because I sent them to Amazon, I get a cut of the money (~4% depending...
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Monday, July 05, 2010 12:30 AM

Compass Declination

I was replaced the battery in my fancy Sunnto Vector watch which meant that I had to recalibrate some of the sensors including the compass. Calibrate a compass? We all learn in grade school that magnetic north isn’t exactly the same as true north, but...
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:30 AM

Microsoft By The Numbers

I think the only part of my math major that stuck with me after college was a love for interesting statistics (and that’s something I learned before college.) So when I saw this post about a bunch of Microsoft-related statistics, I was hooked. Here are...
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:30 AM

Great Scott!

I had a good giggle when I looked at TweetDeck over the weekend. On Saturday I posted the following Tweet: Later, I noticed that I had a reply from Doc__Brown: If you take a look at his Twitter account , you’ll see that it’s just a bot set up to make...
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010 12:30 AM

Softball Stats

When people ask me why I don’t have an iPhone, my immediate response is always “Because Steve Jobs won’t let me write apps for it. I have to buy a Mac to write an app and then get it blessed by his goons before I can distribute it.” The next question...
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010 12:30 AM

Bingo

From the makers of Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, and War: The Card Game comes an exciting new game of 100% change and 0% skill: BINGO! It’s all the drama of the lottery but with the added test of staying awake! I’ve never actually played Bingo before...
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Monday, June 07, 2010 12:30 AM

Recommended Computer Utilities

It has been over four years since I wrote my last list of recommend utilities for your computer, and it’s time for an update. You are unlikely to need all of these, but hopefully you’ll find something useful in the list. Microsoft Security...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:30 AM

Liberty of the Seas Facts

The cruise ship was a technological marvel. Here are some geeky facts to blow your mind: Underwater “wings” deploy from the ship with ailerons to counteract the rolling of the ship. Main propulsion is from two azipods and one fixed propeller...
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010 12:30 AM

Flash 10.1 Beta

Now that I have a fancy new machine with a newer video card (although it’s by no means top of the line), I can finally get in on the Adobe Flash 10.1 beta. If you have a supported video card, flash processing will then be offloaded to your video card...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:30 AM

Kitchen Computer

I’ve been chewing on an idea to build a computer specifically for the kitchen. Here are a few of the requirements/scenarios: It should mount on an arm that comes out from the wall or to the bottom side of the counter. I don’t want to give up any counter...
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Friday, April 16, 2010 12:30 AM

Computer Build

A couple weeks ago, I mentioned I was about ready to pull the trigger on the new computer. That day finally arrived and I carved out some time to put it together on Wednesday. The final parts list looks close to what I said in that post. Core i7-860 GigaByte...
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