March 29, 2007
step 29, swim across...
google maps displays route info for the UK now.
on a humorous note, if you map Portland to London it sends you east, tells you to swim across the ocean, and continues with directions to london.
March 24, 2007
moon dates to 2012 (ical file)
here's two ical calendar files for the moon phase/lunation, till 2012.
One just has full & new moon days (full day 'events')....the other has full, new, and quarter dates -with times noted (as 'appointments' in outlook).
read more...burn dates, ical file
here's an ical calendar file for the burn & burnal solstinox (equinox) dates, plus 'opening' gates -till 2012.
nothing 'official' here, just my calculations, maybe you'll find it useful... mostly i'm just playing around with exporting calendar data & calendaring. you can import this into outlook, google calendar, whatever. i have a another version with more dates like regionals -suppose i could post that as well if people wanted. maybe useful planning trips to catch regionals?
you can also use this with the moon calendar to project the moonlight schedule durning the event, or anytime you're on the playa really.
March 16, 2007
d-link di-524 router
picked this up at fry's and been doing pretty well. it's a basic router. just looking for another cheap option since the airlink wasn't working out. took a little time to set up. still hoping the folks at airlink will sort out the problem or send a replacement.
the d-link was actually pretty fussy at first --not reseting properly, getting stuck/frozen during boot process. grr, these routers are getting on my nerves. i had to manually reset the unit a bunch of times.
however, once i got the latest firmware in place it appeared to work properly -and that problem went away. all good.
read more...March 13, 2007
ohsu tram
the only perk about M being in the hospital was i could take the tram to see her. i was against the project from the start, but as long as i could take a free spin i thought i should check it out. the station isn't far from my office.
it's beautiful, as trams go. but it's really just for doctors -they can live on the waterfront and work up on the hill (not much for public use?). i'm usually for public projects like this, not for such limited use though. ohsu spent a god portion of the money, but still that doesn't make it good for portland. maybe if we had sky trams everywhere, i dunno.
here are some photos.
read more...hairy potter?
daniel radcliffe, a.k.a. Harry Potter, will make his theatre stage debut in the play "equus"... i heard this and immediately thought sheer brilliance.
it's the perfect tease for so many of his fans,
think of all those girls, coming of age...
who like ponies.
monday, monday...
we arrived at the emergency room at 9pm (sunday night). M was in pain, it took a long time for them to schedule her in. i wonder at times if you they wait until you get that totally vacant look just waiting, staring into space, before they take care of you. it was pretty busy and she wasn't bleeding right, but on the floor clearly in pain and vomiting, yikes. well --it wasn't pretty. i don't blame them, jez, what a hard job. anyway, we got bumped up on the list -still it took hours to finally get a bed.
read more...March 07, 2007
theboom cellphone mic review.
[read the follow-up review, for the whole story here].
sure, my vw bus doesn't take off and land like a blackhawk helicopter --that doesn't mean i can't have other cool toys and upgrades installed...
read more...March 05, 2007
ar"420" -airlink101 router problem
i got the airlink101 ar420W wireless router to replace the linksys.
this is actually my 6th or 7th router since i went wireless years ago. tried all the major brands. it replaced the linksys i used for about 4 years until that died a slooow, long painful death (suffered from heat stroke). so this is not new territory for me (i find it curious each one uses slightly different terminology, and approaches basic tasks in a different manner). once they're in place, they there sit for years really.
honestly i was just looking for a cheap replacement, and i didn't need the absolute latest features, just the usual suspects. namely port forwarding for some random services i host at the homestead.
read more...March 02, 2007
lobot :: complete
we finished the rpm challenge and submitted the cd!
some rough work on the submission, in a rush to the finish line -but great sounds and interesting compositions. i'm rather pleased with the project, the collaborative process, and our progress.
we'll clean the tracks up in post production and put polished versions on a web site, somewhere soon.
riight, the web site... guess that's next.