Nonplussed Rants: July 2014

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

"Just" is like "A small matter of programming". Someone knows it'd be a big chunk of work, a substantial...

"Just" is like "A small matter of programming". Someone knows it'd be a big chunk of work, a substantial time sink, but is handwaving it.

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It's never too late

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"Do you enjoy reinventing yourself every few years? Are you comfortable in an environment where people...

"Do you enjoy reinventing yourself every few years? Are you comfortable in an environment where people 20 years younger than you are your technical peers? Is the idea of true, lifelong learning exciting, or is it exhausting? If not, then a lifetime spent programming is perhaps not for you."

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The first Doctor

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Wrists annoying me. Re-purposed demo trackpad stand pieces as keyboard stand to get it better ergonomic...

Wrists annoying me. Re-purposed demo trackpad stand pieces as keyboard stand to get it better ergonomic angle.

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6 Stages of debugging

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6 Stages of debugging

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Monday, July 28, 2014

That's some world-class crazy right there.

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Sunday, July 27, 2014

Ideas for either a home printer, or possible a #2 printer for LTL. http://ift.tt/1kife0W...

Ideas for either a home printer, or possible a #2 printer for LTL.

http://ift.tt/1pl9n9T

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Taking apart printers to salvage their motors and rods is a common occurrence in hacker circles, but...

Taking apart printers to salvage their motors and rods is a common occurrence in hacker circles, but how about salvaging the electronics? A lot of printers come with WiFi modules, and these can be repurposed as USB WiFi dongles. Tools required? And old…

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Yesterday, astronaut Reid Wiseman shared this image of Earth showing Italy at night from the International...

Yesterday, astronaut Reid Wiseman shared this image of Earth showing Italy at night from the International Space Station tweeting "I looked on in awe and was rendered speechless by so much beauty."

The Expedition 40 crew has been hard at work 260 miles above us in the floating laboratory. They set a new record for #ISS research completed in a week -- 82 hours -- this past week.

Image credit: NASA

#nasa #italy #earth #spacestation #exp40 #iss

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Saturday, July 26, 2014

2014 Body Goals - Status Report Just because I haven't been writing about my goals doesn't mean I've...

2014 Body Goals - Status Report

Just because I haven't been writing about my goals doesn't mean I've forgotten them. In fact, a week ago, I participated in Zoo Run Run, a 5K around Columbian Park to benefit the Columbian Park Zoo, and my time was 34:12, which put me well past my goal for ...

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There is a 15' tall 3D printer in Goshen, IN. I think we need to do a road trip.

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Friday, July 25, 2014

This is why I've moved to a standing desk.

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Amusingly appropriate. Still, Happy Sysadmin Day!

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Thought about other boilerplate hacks but not how to give someone good poisoning with IOT refrigerators...

Thought about other boilerplate hacks but not how to give someone good poisoning with IOT refrigerators.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The 70s were a golden age for a certain type of science fiction, and this really hits it. Think I need...

The 70s were a golden age for a certain type of science fiction, and this really hits it. Think I need to see this.

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Name Things Like You, or "Do you ever feel like an idiot?" I was preparing a talk on developing against...

Name Things Like You, or "Do you ever feel like an idiot?"

I was preparing a talk on developing against the FitBit API yesterday, which lead me to look at the FitBit website, and I found something called "Alertness Checker", which I didn't recognize. The others, like TicTrac and FaceBook and IFTTT, I did, but not "...

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

My photos from the field trip to spingarage. Is that is, +Andrew Angellotti? All lower case?

My photos from the field trip to spingarage. Is that is, +Andrew Angellotti ? All lower case?

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LED USB Lamp Circuit for Laptops - Engineering Projects For complete information, visit http://buff.ly...

LED USB Lamp Circuit for Laptops - Engineering Projects

For complete information, visit http://buff.ly/1pvdGxP

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Monday, July 21, 2014

Does this go to +Jeremy Glasgow's needs?

Does this go to +Jeremy Glasgow 's needs?

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Yeah, clearly, I shall have to see this.

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A sign that undergrads with Bob Marley shirts will selfie in front of for years.

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I'm hitting a similar thing in a side project, but as it is Android, there are no choices where I am...

I'm hitting a similar thing in a side project, but as it is Android, there are no choices where I am familiar already.

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Saturday, July 19, 2014

Friday, July 18, 2014

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

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Monday, July 14, 2014

Found out about this track from Jerry Seinfeld talking to Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner on "Comedians In...

Found out about this track from Jerry Seinfeld talking to Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner on "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee". I've seen the original movie several times and the musical once. Not so sure I would've recognized this if I didn't know the name.

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Friday, July 11, 2014

Happy 158th birthday to Nikola Tesla! One of history's most prominent inventors, Tesla believed invention...

Happy 158th birthday to Nikola Tesla! One of history's most prominent inventors, Tesla believed invention is humanity's greatest product.

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Lafayettech Labs member +Andrew Angellotti in WLFI. Congrats and good luck.

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Just saw +Andrew Angellotti and Spingarage on WLFI. Coolness.

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Usain Bolt knows what it's all about.

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aka "Night of the Living Rednecks" from Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death. I use it as an example...

aka "Night of the Living Rednecks" from Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death. I use it as an example of what to do when you break a string. (http://ift.tt/1r44AN8) Also, proves that Portland wasn't always Portlandia.

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Love this. Where did you get the camera mount? Did you 3D-print it? If so, is it on Thingiverse?

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Several positions of C major going up the neck, screengrabs of my guitar-neck tool auto-awesomed by ...

Several positions of C major going up the neck, screengrabs of my guitar-neck tool auto-awesomed by G+

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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Question about versioning with Perl modules My main two languages are Perl and Javascript, and I've ...

Question about versioning with Perl modules

My main two languages are Perl and Javascript, and I've been coding them here for several years. This means that I have a body of code I'm perpetually updating and maintaining old code. And, while I am shamed to admit this, I test in production, I dev in pr...

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