Penny Alcohol Backpacking Stove
I finally got around to building this beer can stove tonight. While it was fun, I doubt I would actually use it for backpacking. A white gas stove is worth all the extra weight and Esbit is lighter. However it’s not often you get to justify playing with fire and suggest building one for the fun of it anyway.
-rob
White and Nerdy
| At last! The woes and joys of my life are put to song! The melody was taken from “Ridin Dirty” by Chamillionaire and the lyrics were masterfully written by the mighty Weird Al. Watch the video: White and Nerdy! |
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Plastic Batteries
Longevity of an Alkaline + Quick Charge of a Capacitor = 
Researchers at Brown University are working with a new material to create a paper thin battery that has “100x” the capacity of today’s Alkaline batteries while also having the ability to recharge in literally seconds.
Awesome. The first applications of this that come to mind for me are digital cameras, cell phones and mp3 players. I wonder how environmentally friendly these are though when it comes to eventual disposal.
Succumbing to the Dark Side
This post is rife with links. Read my story and despair!
My last, solid bastion of defense against the forces of Apple crumbled like so many broken hopes and dreams of orphan children everywhere. I’ve been tantalized by the siren call of the delicious MacBook Pro since its unveiling. The last excuse I could think of was the fact that I had a Windows Mobile PDA Phone and that synchronization would only be possible by dual-booting (w/BootCamp) or running Parallels. I thought that either method was cumbersome.
Well, I was wrong.
Markspace.com offers “The Missing Sync” a product that handles synchronization between a Windows Mobile/Pocket PC and native Mac Apps.
Now the only meager defenses I can muster are: 1) Wait until the Core2 Duo becomes available for the MacBook Pro, 2) Wait to hear from Adobe to see whether my license of Photoshop CS2 for Windows XP is transferrable to a Mac version.
Wish me luck.
All Hail Big Brother!
I’d be careful about picking your nose in public, especially in Middlesbrough, England.
Loudspeakers have been attached to seven of the 158 CCTV cameras that pepper the city as a “crime deterrent” initiative. Instead of helplessly witnessing crimes as they happen, police can now ineffectually yell at the non-caring perpetrators.
Gliffy-licious
There’s nothing like a visual aid to help get your point across. Microsoft Visio seems to be the de facto enterprise standard for making such aforementioned visual aids. For those of you who swore to only use Microsoft Office products that are purchased by your company, you can rest easy that your blood pact will remain intact by using Gliffy, a Flash-based diagramming tool. Like Google Calendars, Google Spreadsheets, and Google Writely, it offers inherent collaboration support so that you and your friend(s) can work together to try and come up with naughty pictures with the icons offered.
Anyone care to wager on when Google will purchase this company?
Child Drummer Prodigy
I actually spent a few seconds figuring out the best sounding combination of the words “child”, “drummer” and “prodigy”. “Prodigy Drummer Child” came in 2nd.
You have to wonder how this kid is going to develop socially–I mean he’s 4 years old, people. Hopefully he’ll find other 4-year-old prodigies and form a band to cover all their parents’ favorite hits from the 80s.
Synchronization Mecca
If any of you are like me (which I hope you’re not), then you have an obsessive compulsion towards organization. I have a PDA that I sync with Outlook at home and at work. I keep multiple Google Calendars for various organizations that I’m involved in. I check my email via Outlook, Thunderbird and on occassion, GMail.
I’m a freak.
To aid me in my freakiness, I look for tools to keep everything synchronized. I use Plaxo to keep all my Contacts synchronized, and that works wonderfully. Calendar synchronization remains a problem, until now.
I’m investigating the use of ScheduleWorld.com as a go-between for my Outlook Calendar and my Google Calendars. So far, it’s working great. What’s the best part? It’s free.
Here’s a great set of instructions on how to use it. If any of you try it, let us know how it works out for you.
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