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| Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 | | 6:51 pm |
After I re-vamped my website the URLs for the RSS feeds changed. For those of you who are using Google Reader or another aggregator (I really don't know who any of you are) you should re-target your aggregators to either of the following URLs: http://drwho.virtadpt.net/rsshttp://drwho.virtadpt.net/atomSorry about the silent changes, they caught me by surprise, too. | | Monday, June 22nd, 2009 | | 6:36 pm |
| | Monday, June 8th, 2009 | | 1:14 am |
| | Sunday, June 7th, 2009 | | 11:47 pm |
Dear FrustratedWeb...
About a month ago I built a media box using Ubuntu v9.04 for the living room. Sound worked perfectly until I let it install the 109 (!) pending updates for the box in question, after which audio complete cut out. Video works fine but I can't hear sound from anything I've tried to play. Tonight I rebuilt my media machine and the exact same thing happened: sound worked fine until I let it install the updates that have come out since Ubuntu v9.04 hit the Net; after that I can't get anything from the speakers. I haven't installed anything other than the nVidia version 180 drivers. I've been hacking on this problem for over a month, and I've just about given up. I haven't had this much trouble with sound since Slackware v3 came out. Has anyone run across this, and if so, how did you fix it? My audio chipset is plain-jane Intel HDA. | | Sunday, May 10th, 2009 | | 1:10 am |
| | Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 | | 11:36 am |
Yep, it's bronchitis, though a mild case. I'll be taking five days of firestorm-worthy antibiotics to shake it, and should be done just in time for a root canal next Monday. I can't win. | | Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | | 8:56 pm |
Down the rabbit hole, but not too far.
If your threat model involves organized crime decapitating members of your development team so that they can use superconducting quantum interference detectors or scanning-tunneling microscopes to extract proprietary information from their brains without a fight, maybe you need to re-think what you're working on. | | Friday, January 23rd, 2009 | | 6:14 pm |
Official schedule for the RepRap build-a-thon has been announced!
The official schedule for the RepRap build-a-thon at HacDC has been announced: Saturday, 24 January 2009 Main Auditorium 10:00am Welcome and introductions 10:30am Plenary: “The RepRap Project” by Zach ‘Hoeken’ Smith, Director, RepRap Research Foundation 11:15am RepRap Technology Overview from Local RepRap Builders 11:45am Activities Outline by R. Mark Adams 12:00pm Break for Lunch 1:00pm Build the Cartesian Robot with Zach ‘Hoeken’ Smith HacDC Workshop 1:00pm Assemble the RepRap Electronics 1:00pm Learn to Solder Breakout with MAKE:DC’s Adam Koeppel 2:00pm Arduino Basics Breakout with HacDC’s R. Mark Adams 3:00pm 3D Modeling for the RepRap with Balt/Wash RUG’s Brian Dolge 5:00pm Close for the day/adjourn to local restaurant for group dinner Sunday, 25 January 2009 HacDC Workshop 10:00am Complete Electronics Assembly 1:00pm Video Address by RepRap founder Adrian Bowyer, Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath (invited) 2:00pm Assemble components and print a minimug! 3:00pm Meeting Close For more information, please visit the official post. Spread the word, and we hope to see you there! | | Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 | | 12:41 pm |
Never thought I'd find myself writing a lazyweb question...
Can anyone recommend a book on learning Python which a) doesn't suck, b) might cover the latest release, and c) has a section on serial port programming? It's not an emergency, but I've got an itch that Perl and C aren't going to scratch anytime soon. | | Thursday, January 8th, 2009 | | 11:37 pm |
Distribute widely: RepRap build-a-thon at HacDC!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Local Technology and Arts Collective Holding Weekend Seminar on Self-Replicating Tools Washington, DC – January 24-25, 2009. HacDC, the Washington, DC-area technology and arts collective, is presenting a free, open to the public two-day event over the weekend of January 24th – 25th. Attendees will participate in the construction and use of a remarkable open source tool, the "Replicating Rapid Prototyper" or RepRap. Anyone can make a RepRap machine, using parts made by another person with a similar machine, and a few additional parts that can be found online or from a local hardware store. RepRap is capable of making a nearly complete copy of itself, given a small amount of (possibly recycled) plastic. Once the machine is made, the user can download designs for other objects from the Internet or create their own designs, which can then be printed with the RepRap machine. The two-day sessions will include talks by RepRap founders and pioneers, as well as demonstrations by local experimenters who have built their own RepRaps and contributed to the development of the system. After the talks, the seminar participants will participate in the construction of a RepRap from the ground up. Attendees will complete this process during the seminar, providing a great opportunity for everyone to get some experience assembling and using a RepRap. Smaller breakout sessions on related topics, such as stepper motor function, microcontroller programming and 3D modeling will be presented, in order to provide the attendees with the skills needed to construct and use the RepRap system. The event will take place at HacDC's headquarters at 1525 Newton Street in northwest Washington, DC. The events will start at 10:00am on Saturday, January 24 and end on Sunday the 25th at 3:00pm. For more information, see the HacDC website at: http://hacdc.org/2008/12/11/reprap-build-a-thon/. ( Read more... ) | | Sunday, December 28th, 2008 | | 7:35 pm |
Back in DC. Tired. Going to bed. Hope everyone had a great holiday. | | Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 | | 11:00 pm |
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) lyssabard and I arrived at her parents' place around 2130 EST5EDT tonight. Maybe I should back up a bit... I got out of work early today (around 1200 or so because $client let everyone out four hours before their respective shifts were over) and came home to relax a bit, eat lunch, and get ready to hit the road. I'm not entirely certain when I realized that I'd started to come down with a cold. I can't win this year. It feels like I've spent as much time on the shelf as I have on the Beltway. It didn't take long to pack because the laundry was already done, I just had to sort through everything and choose what to throw into the hockey bag and what to put in the drawers. I did remember to pack the new suit I'd bought at Macy's on Monday evening for Christmas Day, which I'll try to take a few pictures of when I get time tomorrow. The trip back to Pennsylvania wasn't too bad, we made it in a hair over four hours as the clock chimes. Much to our chagrin we ran smack into a rainstorm high in the mountains, with wind screaming down in sheets and cutting visibility drastically. The final leg of the trip was taken at 20 mph. I'm tired, I'm sick, and I'm not thinking straight. Off to bed with me. | | Monday, December 15th, 2008 | | 11:31 pm |
One year ago today, 'lex Pendragon and Marlise got married. However, he mentioned in a post that he didn't have a current picture of Marlise and himself during their wedding. They do now.Congratulations, Alexius and Marlise. Peace, bessing, and happiness be upon you. | | Saturday, December 13th, 2008 | | 10:25 pm |
| | Saturday, November 1st, 2008 | | 10:12 pm |
As I've mentioned a few times in the past both here and elsewhere, lyssabard and I got married one week ago. Life's been hectic all week, which is why I haven't had a chance to post much about it here. However, rather than cut-and-pasting everything everything from my website it's easier to put a link to everything, from the actual write-up to the photo albums (which are still growing). | | Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 | | 7:58 pm |
If you agree, repost widely.
"I am in a heterosexual marriage, and neither need nor want it "protected" by bigots who think that so-called gay marriage hurts it somehow." | | Saturday, October 25th, 2008 | | 11:51 pm |
There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, lyssabard. We've got work to do. | | Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 | | 11:13 pm |
| | Saturday, June 21st, 2008 | | 7:24 pm |
You know you're a child of the 80's when you clean out your backpack and think to yourself: > inventory | | Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 | | 9:37 pm |
Walking the Thresholds.
I may not be in a position to drive up to the campsite on Friday afternoon - is there any chance that, in such a case, I could hitch a ride up with anyone? I've got my own gear (though not much of it) and food, and I'll help pay for gas. Hopefully I'll know within the next twenty-four hours. |
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