Archive for July, 2006

Kudos to Smarthome

Monday, July 31st, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I ordered some outdoor flicker lamps from SMARTHOME - X10, Remote Control, Home Automation, Wireless Security, Lighting Control and some of them were defective. In a cranky mood I ... Read more..

Interesting software

Saturday, July 29th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Wow the community of support for the VMWare virtual server is pretty interesting. I am totally missing out on this. Briefcase — a blast from the past. The PC ... Read more..

Attended a very nice dinner with Karen Holbrook…

Saturday, July 29th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Attended a very nice dinner with Karen Holbrook this week, President of The Ohio State University. heard an update on the university, lots of new info for me. The ... Read more..

A bundle of nonfiction

Saturday, July 29th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I’ve been on a bit of a nonfiction jag: The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam. I just couldn’t get into. Too much minutiae, not enough story telling. Contrast ... Read more..

Degree in Football

Monday, July 24th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

EDSBS ADVANCED GRIDIRONOLOGY — a proposal for a football degree, akin to a performance art degree. I totally agree. Read more..

Helio Display

Monday, July 24th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

IO2Technology: Heliodisplay/ Interactive Free-Space Display — these would be awesome for halloween. Though I bet I can achieve a good enough effect with fog and a projector — in ... Read more..

Rattlesnake ledge at 630 this morning

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I hit Rattlesnake ledge this am at 630 — Rattlesnake Ledge Hike - a photoset on Flickr (not my photos) — a good wakeup hike. Saw no one on ... Read more..

PC Mag article on deploying asterisk

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

DIY Software from PC Magazine: Your Virtual Assistant — good article on deploying asterisk for a small business. I want to throw out the phone system at my house ... Read more..

Switching my gaming PC

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Getting ready to switch from a WidowPC box to an Alienware box. I’ve had the WidowPC box 8 months, it is a nice SLI liquid-cooled box, but it has ... Read more..

Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Might be fun to go to this for a day next week — ONAMI : Events Read more..

Bob’s PC Struggles

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Bob building his new PC — like me he is driven by gaming performance. His woes at fry’s — http://www.bobsplanet.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/72-Frys-Slimy-Practices-the-Bobsplanet-PC-project-continues.html — personally I have given up on Fry’s, they ... Read more..

Strong Opinions, Weakly Held

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Brilliant articulation of how to think about the future — A couple years ago, I was talking the Institute’s Bob Johansen about wisdom, and he explained that - to deal ... Read more..

MT3.3 — sigh, need to update

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 Posted in Blog | No Comments »

Learning Movable Type: Plugin Compatibility and MT3.3 — i hate updating software, my patience was worn out years ago. but will have to do this one, start here for ... Read more..

Recent mystery and suspense books

Monday, July 17th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I’ve been on a modern mystery/suspense jag: Ten Second Staircase by Christopher Fowler. Very inventive and engaging mystery. 3rd in a series featuring a pair of superannuated london ... Read more..

Ipe Furniture

Saturday, July 15th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Ipe Wood Outdoor Furniture - Ipe Furniture for Patio, Garden, Porch and Deck — these guys took forever to deliver, and it required some prodding from me, but the furniture ... Read more..

Speedysigns

Saturday, July 15th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Vinyl Lettering, Custom Signs, Vinyl Banners and Vinyl Decals at SpeedySigns.com — I love these guys — aluminum signs made in any size you need with any kind of message ... Read more..

3 fun things to read while waiting for college football

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The greatest musical rivalry, and of course the Buckeyes win. A big play breakdown of the Buckeye’s Fiesta Bowl win over ND — there is nothing quite like watching your rivals ... Read more..

Ignition blog roundup

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Andy’s posting again — welcome back — stuff he is reading. Oh and the importance of urgency and agility Alex bosworth on Swik’s first birthday Bob on Melodeo launch, press re ... Read more..

Bostoncoach

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Welcome to BostonCoach — ok this is not the cheapest way to get around, but Buston Coach has been rock-solid for us over the last several years. The service ... Read more..

xbox 360 #1 blown

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

OK our first 360 bit the dust. locks up 1 minute after booting. 7 months into owning it — just out of the warranty phase. so $129 ... Read more..