Month: January 2009

Department of Engineering Science

This is an old mate­ri­als engi­neer­ing hand­book that was giv­en to me by a pro­fes­sor upon his retire­ment from my under­grad uni­ver­si­ty. I believe he res­cued it from as it was being retired from the uni­ver­si­ty library. When he was clean­ing out his office, he asked a few stu­dents to come in, indi­vid­u­al­ly, and select… Con­tin­ue read­ing Depart­ment of Engi­neer­ing Science

Live Blogging the BSG Final Season Premiere

The begin­ning of the end of Bat­tlestar Galac­ti­ca. Angela and I are watch­ing: Well, Earth sure a drag. Hey! Hera uses the same plas­tic spoons as Ains­ley. That beach where Tyrol is hav­ing some flash­back to old Earth… is that actu­al­ly the beach at Stan­ley Park in Van­cou­ver? Well, Star­buck. I guess you’re the twelfth and… Con­tin­ue read­ing Live Blog­ging the BSG Final Sea­son Premiere

Kodak Zi6 First Impressions

So, as part of one of my goals for 2009, we’re start­ing to shoot more video (most­ly of Ains­ley, natch). We’ve done so in the past, but with not with any reg­u­lar­i­ty. Though one can­not ignore the fact of lazy par­ent­ing, I do think there are oth­er more sig­nif­i­cant issues con­tribut­ing to our lack of… Con­tin­ue read­ing Kodak Zi6 First Impressions

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MacWorld SF — 2009 Edition

For the past few years, I’ve jot­ted down some post-game thoughts on Apple’s announce­ments dur­ing their keynote at Mac­World1. I sup­pose — like the major­i­ty of folks, no doubt — I was a bit under­whelmed by this year’s address. Not that Schiller him­self did a bad job, mind you. It’s just become clear that Apple… Con­tin­ue read­ing Mac­World SF — 2009 Edition

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Goals, Not Resolutions

Over the years, I’ve decid­ed that set­ting for goals is a bet­ter notion that res­o­lu­tions. A res­o­lu­tion is some­thing that, once you’ve broke it there seems lit­tle point in keep­ing it from then on. They are so all-or-noth­ing. A goal is some­thing to keep striv­ing for. Even if you don’t reach it, at least you’ve… Con­tin­ue read­ing Goals, Not Resolutions

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