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New Comment Attack
05.09.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Periodically the asshat comment spammers get ahead of Akismet, that seems to be happening now. Rather than provide a clear text link to what they’re doing, I’ve put a screen capture to the right that is representative of their present douche-baggery. The interesting thing about this attack is that the spammers are generating a unique [...]

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Technology & Science, Travel
Maker Faire 2008
05.04.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

Yesterday was a very full day, the family went to the Moonside Bakery, as is our Saturday tradition, carted the kid off to soccer practice, the humped over the hill to the Maker Faire (still on today - two hot tips: buy your tickets online and pick them up at will-call, park in the Hayward [...]

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Innovation, Technology & Science
Maker Faire This Weekend
05.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

If you’re local to the Bay Area or even visiting, the annual Maker Faire is this weekend at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds. My daughter and I went last year and will check out the action today:

Giant Mousetrap
Power tool drag racing
Steam powered vehicles
Robot wars (my daughter’s favorite)
Nose picking machine
Sensitive robotic giraffe
And much, much more…

It’s fun [...]

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Innovation, Technology & Science
Monty is a Busy Robot
05.02.08 | Permalink | Comment?

And doesn’t always have time to vacuum. Thus, he got a Roomba robotic vacuum as an assistant. If you haven’t seen Monty, you’re missing a quantum leap in robotics…Watch the video after the jump.

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Technology & Science
Science At Work
04.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Sure, it’s convenient to think that there is some all powerful being behind the universe, but it’s even more convenient to observe, note differences, and form hypothesis (predictions.) The thing that is interesting about this video is that you can see the relationship between the observation, prediction, and the ultimate proof of the prediction.

HT: Rondam’s [...]

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