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March 31, 2005

Airclick

Link: Airclick.

Exactly what I've been looking for. A remote control for my iPod. I have one of the Altec Lansing iPod dock with speakers. The dock works and sounds great but it'll be nice to control it from the comfort of my sofa. The newer docks come with a remote control but I have a older model.

March 30, 2005

Lentil Soup


Lentil Soup
Originally uploaded by signal11.

The Lentil Soup was a big success for me. A big reason for this success was a good ready made chicken broth. Most brands of chicken broth have too much sodium in them which tends to overwhelm the flavor of everything else in the dish.

Sigh.....

Sigh.....

March 29, 2005

Easing back into it

Felt a little better today. In other news, I've gone and done something. Something that I've dreaded doing because it felt like a betrayal. Still feels like it. For personal reasons, it might be the right thing for me to do. I'm not sure what the potential fallout and implications of this action will be. If carried to it's logical conclusion, I hope it's the right decision for me.

It appears that the Buzz game is up and running again. The virtual fortune I've amassed is now back to early Saturday morning level (meaning I have close to zilch dollars).

March 28, 2005

I'm feeling exhausted already

Needed an extra cup of coffee in the afternoon to keep me going. Hopefully I'll get over this.

March 27, 2005

Back to Work

I'm back to work tomorrow. The week off has been good for me. The weeks leading up to it I've been feeling rather rundown. The week off has allowed my batteries to recharge.

I'm not good as new but I'll survive.

March 26, 2005

Buggy Buzz Game

I saw Movable Type become a penny stock so I had to invest my last 38 dollars on it. I probably hit a boundary condition bug because it says my account now has 200 grand.

I'll wait a day before sending them an email about it. Perhaps it will rectify itself.

If only it were real money.....

Transparent Screen - BreizStone


Transparent Screen - BreizStone
Originally uploaded by w00kie.
This is the latest hippest technology: Transparent LCD screens.

The screens are not actually transparent. Just some really good photograpy. It got me thinking though. Could I tape a camera to my powerbook and drive it to take photos every couple of minutes? With some math and calibration, could I post a "Transparent screen" perfect picture to my desktop every couple of minutes (say 10).

March 25, 2005

Vacation Day 5

Spent most of the day cleaning the apartment. Most of the week was spent organizing but today I did cleaning. Vacuumed the apartment sucking up little dust balls that had accumulated in the corners. Those dust balls are gone now! The apartment stills need to be organized some more but I now have a framework to build on. I've paid a large startup cost but the price of maintenance and improvements will be smaller (hopefully!).

I've made lots of progress with Haskell. Large parts of the "Gentle Introduction to Haskell" now make sense to me. Infinite Data Structures still throw me for a loop and it's something I need to revisit.

2 more new recipes under my belt. Marinara sauce and Polenta. That makes it 6 or 7 new recipies I've tried depending on the criteria. Polenta with Marinara sauce is really filling. I was going to make Lentil soup for dinner but was still full from the lunch I had. I'll try to make the Lentil soup with Lamb chops tomorrow. I figure I'll get to at least 8 new recipes. A little short of my goal of 10 but a good accomplishment for me.

Buzz Game

Link: Buzz Game: Home.

The Tech Buzz Game is a fantasy prediction market for high-tech products, concepts, and trends

A fun little game where you pick technologies like stock.
My picks:
Javascript
Skype
Mac OS X Tiger
Wordpress
Mac Hardware
Podcasting
Lisp
REST
43 Things
FireFox
Ubuntu
Ruby On Rails
Ruby
Groovy