October ← 2007 ← A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way

Two thoughtful posts about the Buckeyes

Oct

2007

From last week. Over at SMQ: Sunday Morning Quarterback :: MEET YOUR FRONTRUNNER: OHIO STATE — a nice analysis of the Buckeyes. Warms the heart. And at Buckeye Commentary, an analysis I hadn’t seen of OSU’s historical failures against SEC teams. The record is not good. A hypothesis is that OSU has generally been playing ...

Good Press for Lala

Oct

2007

Free Music Now! Lala.com’s Plan to Give Songs Away Could Upend the Industry

Halloween costumes you should probably avoid

Oct

2007

* Inappropriate baby Halloween costumes, volume one — I suspect someone will call Child Protective Services on your child’s behalf. * Unless you are going as a loser, I would pass on the NFL Helment Cap

Troubleshooting your network

Oct

2007

How to Troubleshoot your Network ~ Chris Pirillo recommends Axence Nettools. He’s also a fan of OpenDNS which I admit seems cool, but the neat shortcutting thing won’t work obviously when I am on some other network. Then there is Lanroamer if you need to operate at a lower level. Of course there is Network ...

Andy Sack

Oct

2007

A Sack of Seattle: Emotions of winding down a company — a very open and honest post about the tough times Andy and JB are going through.

Stuff I Want But Do Not Need — photo edition

Oct

2007

* Eye-Fi ? Home — awesome, wifi bundled with a memory card. auto photo auploading * Rich on various things including camera bags * Still need a great basketball lens – some ideas from rich, some more ideas from rich for low light * Polarizing filter * Fotoflexor for seam carving resizing of photos * ...

Vortex Tunnel

Oct

2007

Too late for this year but maybe next — Eric recommends this — Laser Widow laser light show is battery powered and lights up the room with a cool home laser light show. – Disco Dj Party Lights Lasers — his notes: “These projectors usually come with preset or sound-triggered patterns (stars / circles / ...

The Buckeyes are dominant

Oct

2007

Latest BCS standings — 7385660_37_1.pdf (application/pdf Object) — the voters are pretty much behind the Buckeyes. The computer polls are a little squirrelly — I’ll accept LSU ahead of OSU in computer polls, they have played some quality teams. And maybe I can take BC, though this is debatable. Nonconf foes were Army, Mass, BGSU, ...

Halloween Status

Oct

2007

Dry run last night: * Foggers in good shape. Large fogger ran fine on about a 12.5% duty cycle, will crank up by Halloween night. 3 point foggers (Cujo’s doghouse, mausoleum, tree) all worked fine. Will need to check fog fluid levels. * Sound systems all operational. Thunder and lightning sounds good, Mausoleum sounds good, ...

Apple, Starbucks, AT&T, and T-Mobile Suck

Oct

2007

OK so I am in the grocery store this AM trying to check college football scores on my iPhone and what do I get? The stupid T-Mobile homepage because there is a Starbucks next door. And to support the iTunes store Apple slams you on to the stupid T-Mobile network, but no other web connectivity ...

Apple's Big Mo

Oct

2007

I certainly would not have predicted 15 years ago that Apple would have returned to such glory. Apple’s iPhone Builds Huge Lead in Customer Satisfaction – Seeking Alpha — they are building a huge lead in the cellphone space (thanks for the article Cam). Rich points out their financials are awesome, paced by mac sales, ...

Latest Reads

Oct

2007

* “Shibumi”:amazon by Trevanian. The first Trevanian I’ve read, a lot of fun. OK the characters are a caricatures but still a fun romp. * “A flag for sunrise”:amazon by Robert Stone. A bunch of Americans stumble around like bulls in a china shop in a fictional central American country during the cold war. They ...

OSU still #1

Oct

2007

Defense is clearly the #1 defensive unit in the country. The offense is still growing. Meanwhile, the buckeyes are the least respected #1 ever — Buckeye Legends | Week 8 – The Ol’ Ball Coach Insults Ohio State. Hangover from the January debacle. This from a guy who just faceplanted against Vandy. And to refute ...

Mirror fun

Oct

2007

* ImaginEERIEing : Mirror — I’ve mentioned this one before, really need to find time to build one of these. next year… * Just a concept — manipulatable mirror

H2O spray latex

Oct

2007

Krylon | Spray Your Way – Krylon H2O Latex — recommended by a fellow halloween enthusiast

BCS projections

Oct

2007

Early BCS projections at An early projection of the BCS rankings : Fanblogs College Football Blog and Rich Tellshow. Both in agreement that OSU will be #2 and in the championship game if the season ended right now. Hard to believe. But OSU has showed up for every game and taken care of business, unlike ...

Rick Thompson, Mr. Zune

Oct

2007

Microsoft Taps Thompson to Run Zune — good luck Rick. Tough job but a great guy.

Informing consumers re power usage

Oct

2007

Smart meters could help you save power ? Coolest Gadgets — ok here is a story about some fancy new smart meter that will help consumers make good decisions. Seems dumb to me — how many of us ever actually look at our meter? OK if I had a webpage for my meter and could ...