Cyber Monday a myth
According to BusinessWeek, it’s all just marketing hype created to increase sales.
Xbox Media Center
Kind of kicking myself for not having done this early, but I soft-modded my Xbox (using MechAssault), and installed the XBMC 2.0.0 package this weekend. With a 0.0 build, it’s a bit buggy, but for the mere cost of an Action Replay 8MB memory card and a $2.29 used copy of MechAssault from Gamespot (not to mention about 3 hours to get it working…. my bad) I have a super-powerful media center PC, which can play movies PROPERLY off my NAS box, Youtubs, whatever. The interface is slick and fast, and supports FF and RW at various speeds, unlike my DSM-520.
Only 1 downside, the thing is LOUD when on (and cannot be turned on or off with the remote).
With some smart shopping on eBay, you could get this High Definition platform up and working for under
$150 + $30+$3 = $183, a bargain compared to the competition and the power of this platform.
Speedy internet
Here’s what I’m getting out of Qwest these days for $40/month:
It’s sweet. I suppose technically I’m paying for 7 Mbps down 1.5 Mbit/s up, but I may have been uploading a frame to my timelapse (every minute, two cameras) during this test.
Parkour - Russian Climbing
As you may have guessed, just worked out how to embed YouTube videos in my blog. Here’s another one of my favourites, showing some Parkour (the sport).
Hard drive abuse….
I have no connection to any of these videos, stumbled upon them at YouTube:
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Europe trip
Here’s some pictures from our whirlwind business trip of Europe: France, England, Netherlands, Germany:
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Alkali metals on Brainiac
Yup, that’s Richard Hammond from Top Gear….
Diet Coke & Mentos
Just discovered not everyone had seen this…. Enjoy!
London to Brighton train time lapse
Flight Patterns
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Date: 05/12/2007
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Weight
Now Reading
Planned books:
- All the Presidents’ Pets : The Story of One Reporter Who Refused to Roll Over by Mo Rocca
- Voice of Reason : Why the Left and Right Are Wrong by Ronn Owens
- Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News by Tucker Carlson
- 1491 : New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
- The Original Turtles Trading Notebook by Russell Sands
Current books:
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
Recent books:
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke
- The Yiddish Policemen’s Union: A Novel by Michael Chabon
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn\’t by Robert I. Sutton
