Tag Archives: Xmas List

Servo Magazine

Uh, oh. Now I have to decide between Servo Magazine and Architectural Digest. Given the number of “projects” that are taking up corners of my house right now, it seems the two would be at cross purposes. (Via Jeremy.)
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Wrist GPS

The Garmin Forerunner 201 just made it to the top of my Christmas list. I’ve been in the market for an inexpensive GPS receiver for a while now, looking for something durable and ultraportable that will talk to my Zaurus. Though I may still need to do a little fiddling to get them to talk, [...]
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Splash

When I am cleaning up and find the $650K that the former tenants of my house accidently left under a floorboard (used to be a drug dealer’s house, I hear, so not too much of a stretch), I think I’ll buy a Be-103. Great for landing in tropical getaways. (Via Greenspun.)
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Dark kiss

Hershey’s is coming out with dark chocolate kisses. I am not fanatical about chocolate, but when I like it, I like it dark. I don’t think these quite work into my current diet plan, but I don’t think one (or three) could be a bad thing. Just thought you should all know. And I’ll let [...]
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Packing Light

I’m back. It was good to get away for a little bit. Great oportunity to gain a bit of perspective. However, until I work out exactly what that perspective is, I don’t think I’ll blog about it. Has something to do with not having as much fun in my chosen profession as I once did. [...]
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RL Instant Replay

Did I just see what I thought I saw? Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to rewind life by 30 seconds and be able to reply it? Now you can, with these relatively cheap (~$80) eyeglass-mounted cameras. The eventual aim is to have cameras that record, you know, your whole life. I would go [...]
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Talon: SUV from hell

You know I want this baby. It was used by some unnamed person as a “mobile panic room.” It has all of the extras: three engines, a positive pressure air system with oxygen, halon extinguishers underneath, grenade launchers, the skin is electrified at 11000 volts, IR lighting, a 600 gallon water tank with a remote [...]
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  • Tweets

    • @JosephGalbo Really hard to categorize tweets based on keywords, just because there are so few of them in a tweet... 14 hrs ago
    • Though it is categorizing any tweet with the word "fan" as "sports" (wrong!), but not my only tweet ever with the word "sport"‽ 14 hrs ago
    • This says I tweet mainly about education, technology, and... healthy living (?)... fun topic-izer of tweets: http://165.124.128.196:8000 14 hrs ago
    • @lrainie As it is, each time I start a class session with "Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin..." fewer and fewer recognize it. 3 days ago
    • @lrainie It's hard for me to do anything menacingly, and I'd try it for a classroom entrance, but I suspect the reference would be lost... 3 days ago
    • @lrainie That is my new goal! Channel Omar more often :). 3 days ago
    • @lrainie Reducible in part to "who said it wasn't already all a game"? :) 3 days ago
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