Mostly technology in small bites
Spent a decent number of hours over the weekend looking at the field of OSS and private Facebook and Twitter alternatives. Initially, the two that leaped out at me were Diaspora* and Mastodon. I decided to take a shot at installing Diaspora, in spite of it’s messed up name, because it is pro-ported to be […]
Once taxes were done, I turned to much more important activities, like mounting my Oculus Rift sensors for better accuracy. A bit janky, but it cost about 2-cents and gets the job done.
Forced by employer to use Internet Explorer 11… my goodness I forgot what a HORRIBLE browser IE is/was. Took me 5 minutes just to figure out how to use favorites… and even then it was an fuggly experience.
A <1 year old $80 lipo car jump starter pack crapped out on me. It worked great for a while, but then stopped accepting a charge. I ripped it apart and found that the individual cells in the lipo pack were wildly out of balance. I hooked each cell up individually to a power supply […]
What?! Doesn’t everyone use a power drill in the kitchen from time to time? I had a hanker’n for apple cider pork w/spaetzle and no practical way of making it…so I improvised. Turned out great, but also turned out to be disposable.
My 5-year old grand niece has been siting here conversing with Alexa/Echo for the last half hour. It won’t be too many generations in the future where conversations with AI will be just as common place as with biologicals.
A historical event just occurred! One of our smoke detectors started chirping about it’s battery in the middle of the afternoon instead of 2AM. For years I’ve wondered if manufacturers secretly included atomic clocks in their detectors to ensure they ONLY start beeping in the middle of the night.
Learned two lessons this morning: 1. A normal car floor jack is utterly useless for an SUV or pickup. 2. Off brand generators from big box stores are all of the cheap’o pieces of crap that you would imagine.
Visiting battleship Iowa for a look at some robust old school technology right next to a super modern littoral class ship.