- Perfect lens could reverse Casimir force (July 2007) – News – nanotechweb.org — a way to eliminate sticking forces at the nano/mems level. pretty fascinating.
- Motor proteins (AAAS membership required) — “The biological cell is equipped with a variety of molecular machines that perform complex mechanical tasks such as cell division or intracellular transport. One can envision employing these biological motors in artificial environments. We review the progress that has been made in using motor proteins for powering or manipulating nanoscale components. In particular, kinesin and myosin biomotors that move along linear biofilaments have been widely explored as active components. Currently realized applications are merely proof-of-principle demonstrations. Yet, the sheer availability of an entire ready-to-use toolbox of nanosized biological motors is a great opportunity that calls for exploration.”
Archive for July 14, 2007
Interesting matsci stuff this week
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UNESCO world heritage sites
World Heritage Centre – World Heritage List — good resource for next trip, places i really should see
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Halloween stuff
- Via Make, uC Hobby ? Blog Archive ? uC Meets BJT — how to control high current devices with a microcontroller
- D*Face — awesome — how can i turn ordinary structures around my house into halloween themed items?
- American Science and Surplus — good source for offbeat parts
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Clipboard Text Scrubber
Most useful software tip of the month — 7. Deformat your clipboard text – Lifehacker — no more routing thru Notepad to eliminate formatting.
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Ignition blog roundup
OK well mostly Rich highlights.
- Tong Family Blog: iPod Backup — Rich points to a summary of ipod backup tools. L this is what you need.
- Brett on field water purification. We just had an instance of giardia in the family so this is timely
- Rich on home NASes. I’ve gone away from NASes as I always have an old PC around and it just easier to whack a bunch of usb drives on it and use it as a server.
- Rich on Seattle Dim Sum.. Rich you have to take me to lunch at Top Gun someday and show me what to order
Stupid Halloween Gadget
Help, there’s a poltergeist in the library! ? Coolest Gadgets — at this price, probably incredibly cheesy, but still kind of cool.
Nutrition Data
Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Squash, winter, acorn, cooked, baked, with salt — great site for detailed nutrional analysis of any food product.
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Software links
- WikiMatrix – Compare them all — lists and compares all the wiki implementations
- Forummatrix — same dealy for forums
- MonkeyGTD — the fusion of wikis and GTD ideas is a strong draw to me. i religiously use my blackberry todo list, i wish it could be richer and embody more GTD functionality
- Pictobrowser flickr viewer. nice way to view a flickr photo album
- WIndows codec installer. Amazingly sad that you need tools like this on windows.
- How to use photoshop to create a mosaic effect
- Bust a name — better way to find domain names
- I never knew the value of CTRL-SHIFT-ESC. ANother sad commentary
- Turok – maybe I will need to get a PS3
Vista still troublesome
Vista Still Sucks, Pirillo Pissed — in my case, my reliability index hovers at about 5 and I can drive it down arbitrarily low by running games. I have seen some slight improvement but if I had the time I’d be sidegrading to XP.
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OSX and Windows playing nicely
A bag of tips on making OSX and Windows happy on the same machine — Hack Attack: Set Windows programs as defaults for your Mac (and vice versa) – Lifehacker — I am fairly convinced my next desktop will be a Mac so saving this for that day
Ohio State Decor
EDSBS ? Archive ? THE GREATEST FOOTBALL ROOM EVER EVER — I am clearly an amateur when it comes to Buckeye-themed decor, all I have is a rug. And lamp. Some posters. Pennants. And a couple flags.
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Best Starting Salaries
College grads see higher starting salaries this year – Jul. 12, 2007 via The Big Picture. Engineering rules yet again. Might be a tortoise and hare thing tho, I’m not convinced the picture is the same 20 and 30 years out of college.
More Stuff I Want But Don't Need
- Bell & Ross BR 01 Phantom — beautiful sparse design. Not sure I could ever justify 4-5K for such sparseness tho.
- The Teslaphonic Organ — I pretty much love anything involving a Tesla coil.
- Burning Rocks. They just look cool.
- Ultralight Pack. If/when I ever get serious about hiking I will have to go ultralight
- Electronic guitar tuner. Not sure that adding a bunch of electronics and a battery to the process really helps in guitar tuning…
How to get google mail for your domain on the blackberry
Scott Hanselman’s Computer Zen turned me onto the fact that you can get your google-hosted email on your blackberry: “I almost like the BlackBerry Gmail app (note, there’s two apps, one for Gmail and one for GAFYD - again with the Google Split Brain) better than the BlackBerry email itself.”. After spelunking around for a while, I found the app download link. Very nice.
GFI power cord
Toolmonger ? Blog Archive ? Be Safe: Bring Your Own GFCI — I always blow a circuit or two, what with lots of outdoor props and northwest rain. This would save me time and trouble.
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Optical illusions
Dark Roasted Blend: Optical Illusions Update — always love these.
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Formula D Saturday
Formula Drift – Professional Drifting Championship — great event. The sport is in its infancy here so you can easily get into the pits, up close to the track, meet the drivers, etc. The races are exciting although a little repetitive. They need to think about how to get more cars on the track at once, and to add some uncertainty to the event.
Oh yeah, attending Formula D does not contribute to good driving behaviour. The parking lot was a showcase of amateur drifting and the highway home was a sequence of race vignettes featuring a variety of souped-up ricers, including some really nice imports. I’ve been known to drive fast at times but I was background noise.
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Inverted World Map
148 – Oh, Inverted World ? strange maps — just awesome. now someone needs to write the corresponding series of fantasy novels.
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Stuff I Want But Do Not Need
- French Ranges – Lacanche Stoves — beautiful ranges
- Pioneer music tap — in the sonos, slimdevice space
- d3o shock responding polymer — absolutely no need for this but it is cool
- Van Hoy Snap Lock Knife — cool opening mechanism
- Casio Youtube Camera
- Belkin Vision Router — i hate most of the belkin gear i get but this is a nice innovation on your standard ugly router box
- Remote Control Jousting Knights.