Wax Eloquently

I really really like this:
Super Mario World vs. the Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Physics
The visualization of all of the permutations is significantly more interesting than a simple (and clean) tool-assisted run.
This reminds me of the terrible Nicholas Cage movie “Next” wherein Cage’s character can see two minutes into the future. There’s a visualization near [...]

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I’m building a 16-step tone sequencer using the Arduino Diecimila prototyping platform!

I’ve reached the first milestone: potentiometers for Volume, Tone, and Duration are all responding as expected (after correcting a few mistakes).  Here’s a movie showing how it all currently works!

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As part of a pre-marriage Manly Dinner celebration, me and my groomsmen went out chow last night. Some food was eaten, beverages were imbibed, and conversation flowed like a proficient rapper.
As the dinner wound to a close, Sean told us that some of his friends had recommended visiting the Whirlyball place that was (sorta) [...]

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[NOTE: Oops! Forgot to publish this a few weeks ago!]
On the plane trip down I saw three laptops open (including my own), and all three were Macs. Times: are they a-changin’?
I spent the weekend in beautiful Palo Alto, California attending Startup School hosted by Y-Combinator and Stanford BASES. It was great! [...]

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It sure is dark around here!

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For those of you for whom this doesn’t work, try this.
NOTE: I actually wrote and recorded this last night right after the power went out. I got the video uploaded via an insecure “linksys” [...]

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Hi there! Here we go again.

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Let me know if you sign up — I would love to hear about where you get cards from.
(For those of your for whom this method doesn’t work, try this link)

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Now that the word is out about my leaving (and word spreads fast), it seems that my amount of work has doubled. It is not an uncommon occurance for me to be in the office later than 7:30 anymore.
If I wasn’t already quitting, I would probably be thinking hard about it right now.
In other [...]

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My new toycomputer arrived on Friday, and I decided to take some photos of some of the action. Without further uhdew…

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This is it folks; all of the packages are “OUT FOR DELIVERY”.  Now I just need to remember to grab some additional cables on the way home.
So exciting!  Woo!

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Package 2 (the Mac mini) has landed in Seattle! It is the first to make it here, and thus gets 10 points added to its score.
Package 1 better hope to make it up in delivery time bonus, else they are out of the game!

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