“While it is possible to find a needle in a haystack, even using specialized machines to do so takes a considerable amount of time, particularly since bone needles cannot be picked up by magnets. The task is difficult enough to still make the saying viable.” – MythBusters, Needle in a Haystack Episode And that’s with …
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I just returned from 4 days in Minnesota’s northwoods. Completely disconnected. The only things I took with me; water bottle, a couple days change of clothes, my notecards, and my wallet. I hiked waterfalls, scrambled across rocky beaches, and fell asleep to flickering fires. I pondered living in a lighthouse. Hiking a hundred vertical feet …
Video of the HTTP Status Presentation I Co-led with Jamie Thingelstad @ Minnebar 2012
In this session Jamie and I quickly go over every HTTP status code, what it is for, why you use it, etc. More on the Minnestar Wiki
3 Surprises from my recent Pandora listening
I’ve been listening to more music via Pandora lately. To be accurate – I’ve been listening to a Less than Jake & Might Mighty Bosstones seeded, late-90s ska station. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones get better with age. I really dig Social Distortion much more than I remember Ska-punk covers of ska-punk tunes are delightfully meta …
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Slow Tech
“I realized that I should probably never be on the internet on my iPhone. It’s smaller and slower than my computer. But it’s very easy to just pick it up and read it, rather than a book. So I’m going to try and implement a hard rule of going to my laptop if I want …
Make Stuff Week 2012 – April 30 – May 6
I spent almost all day Sunday outside. Test driving the new BBQ coffee roasting drum, brewing up a batch of sour ale, taking the littlest one for a stroller ride, then tricycle ride, then walk around the block, read 3 chapters in an actual paper book! And today is the beginning of Screen Free Week …
Used this song to calm down the 20month old today
The little guy’s getting some new teeth – so he’s been screaming and crying more than usual today. At a couple points, I picked him up, held him like the baby he still is and sang him Ze Frank’s Chillout song: chillout by zefrank Worked faster than I could have hoped.
Making real connections over the web: Ze Frank on TED.com
Ze shows the internet can create powerful emotional connections. That promise is why I spent my professional life and so much of my personal life within it. Unfortunately, the powerful emotional connections are rare. Trite, heavy-handed, emotional panderings are aplenty. That’s what we’re opting out of.
Point / Counterpoint: Camera Edition
Point: “…focusing after the fact, means no auto-focus motor. No auto-focus motor means no shutter delay. So, capture the moment you meant to capture…” Counterpoint: “The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype …