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• Humor, Technology & Science

  Guess What This Isn’t

  05.12.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  One of my favorite net sites is Hacked Gadgets – I’m endlessly entertained by the devices posted there. Over the weekend they started running a contest to guess what the machine pictured above isn’t. Leave a comment on the entry and the most creative entry wins a mini-R/C helicopter. It’s less about the prize and […]

• Technology & Science

  Hotlinking Redux

  05.09.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Well, I’ve tried being nice, I’ve tried being reasonable, I’ve tried everything I can think of to stop people from hotlinking to images on this site. It’s all to no avail, so I’ve implemented an extremely rude picture that chastises the hotlinker and is rude enough that hotlinking will likely reduce to nothing. It’s a […]

• Technology & Science

  New Comment Attack

  05.09.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on New Comment Attack

  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 […]

• 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 […]

• Innovation, Technology & Science

  Maker Faire This Weekend

  05.03.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Maker Faire This Weekend

  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 […]

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