Archives for: September 2007
Even holy water isn't exempt from airline security
What happens when the aircraft is overrun by vampires? Huh? You reckon 100 millilitres will suffice?
(Via BoingBoing) more »
I'm not smart enough to work at Google
...although you probably knew that already. However, what I can say -- without ever having met anyone who has worked there -- is that the Googlites must be insufferable know-it-alls.
(Via Kotke) more »
Extreme Spammage
Some pillock (IP 62.33.12.24) is spamming the Nimbleblog comment area with adverts. All posts are moderated and thus require the approval of Ritchie, Dena or myself before they appear. This means that the spam doesn't serve its purpose and, other than… more »
Vehicle navigation in Wales
Link is to a Daily Telegraph (UK) story about problems with large vehicles being directed down inappropriate roads. I know Welsh roads and I'm stunned that even locals can drive anything larger than than a small sedan down them. It's too bad that people… more »
Audio CDs being premastered for MP3 artefacting
This is a little worrying. The Wall Street Journal has an article on how it's becoming common to master CDs optimized to sound good when compressed to MP3 and played on a specific DA converter and headphones.
This is just so wrong on so many levels.… more »
The Halo Future
Brilliant future mocumentary on the ridiculous hype surrounding Bungie's Halo 3 release.
Oh, it's actually Microsoft these days? Never mind.
(Via Gizmodo) more »
I Are An Engineer
We're currently going through some job reclassifications at work and my new prospective title is "Senior Project Engineer". I like the sound of it but I'm not a professional engineer and APEGGA gets a bit antsy about the use of the word.
I have to say… more »
So where does that copyright levy go?
One of the questions about the levy placed on blank media is where does it go? In 2006, the proceeds of the levy were finally distributed amongst the allocated participants. In this case, it means over $60 million was divvied up amongst the following… more »
Odd iTunes shortcoming
Depending on the genre of music I want to listen to, I typically either want to listen to a random collection of individual tracks or a random selection of albums. For example, most rock and pop albums work best when excerpted so I like to use a song… more »
Posting frequency
Why, yes, I am trying to make sure there's a new blog post a day. Best way to encourage people to read regularly, right?
As an aside, there are some days where I do write a post but nothing appears on the main list. That's because there are some that… more »
Environmentalism in unlikely places
The quote is from a Russian general describing his country's new mega-bomb:
Unlike a nuclear weapon, the bomb doesn't hurt the environment, he added.
Oh good, it's green. That makes all the difference when you're being blown up. more »
"Geeks In Love"
Link is to a rather wonderful Flash music video. Truly, this is serious Dena and Ritchie territory!
(Via Pharyngula) more »
NASA QA
A few days ago, Ritchie posted a link to a conspiracy-debunking site related to the Apollo and Gemini space missions. On one of the pages, there's a discussion about the huge number of outstanding defect reports when the various missions launched. The… more »
"Internet People"
As the original linker said:
I recognize most of the people in this video, which might be a surefire sign that it is time to disconnect ;).
Quite.
(Via Amber Mac) more »
Wurlitzer iPod dock
Although the illustration has an iPhone rather than an iPod, this is quite a novel dock for the system. If I had the money (or an iPod for that matter) I could be tempted... :)
(Via Gizmodo UK) more »
Food miles
A few months ago I read and referenced an article on "locavores", or the process of eating only what can be sourced from a nearby region. This article from the Financial Times is the other side of the coin in terms of the energy cost of production.… more »
So that's where Giger got the idea...
I actually saw this description on the morphology of the moray eel in one of the Calgary free weeklies first, but Pharyngula has a better description plus I can actually link to it.
Cute title aside, I'm pretty sure H.R. Giger came up with his "Alien"… more »
Goofy, but apt, T-Shirts
I gave this one to Ritchie about a year ago; I'm now thinking about repossessing it as based on the referrer logs he's doing quite well on readership by stirring up the creationist stewpot! more »
The "final" cut of "Blade Runner" is nigh
Sometimes I feel I'm the only person -- including the director -- who actually liked the film noir narration in the theatrical cut of "Blade Runner". The ending probably did improve with subsequent cuts but I felt stripping Harrison Ford's voice-overs… more »
So how's that prediction going, Dena?
They've been awfully quiet over in Annandland. I'm suspicious that there may be great evil brewing... :) more »
Kicking Horse Pass bridge open
When I drove through to Golden, BC, a few weeks back the new bridge was mostly built but not open. This meant I got to drive underneath it on the old highway. It's really very impressive to look up and see this huge thing towering above you. The photo… more »
Happy 1st Birthday to "Ready, Aye, Ready"
It's a bit of a belated wish; "Ready, Aye, Ready" turned a year old some time back in August when I was out of town. Alas I didn't get around to noting it then. Sorry, kiddo.
Come to think of it, I'm not quite sure when the blog turned a year as we… more »
Apple's iPhoto Books
This probably isn't news to the true Mac'o'philes but it was for me: iPhoto, the photo manager that's part of the standard iLife suite included with every Mac, has the ability to generate books of photos. When I say books, I really do mean books and not… more »
End of an era: bye bye MUSE
On QBlog, Richard Bartle has announced that MUSE, his company created to license MUD amongst other things, is closed. For me this is very much the end of a period. I started playing MUD (aka "Multi-User Dungeon", a text-based but extremely sophisticated… more »
User Friendly on software license activation/verification
And here's another data point of the general inanity of continuous license verification (not the comic specifically but what it refers to.) I think Illiad makes the point quite well. more »
TomTom One
Summary: stand-alone car navigation system
I picked up a refurbished TomTom One earlier this year when Future Shop had a special on them. While it's worked pretty well inside the city of Calgary, I wanted to give it a good run for its money and the… more »
