matt | July 13, 2008
Last night, I went to bed with a splitting headache. I had been out in the hot day (85 with 70% humidity) for about 6 hours picking peas and working in the yard, plus cooking at the grill and such. I had mild heat exhaustion. I knew it, and that the best treatment is hydration, [...]
matt | July 13, 2008
Really good article on the economics of peak oil, which basically says what I've been saying for years: we won't run out. It will get more expensive, so people will hoard and speculate until such time as it becomes too expensive to actually burn it in anything. Meanwhile, alternative technologies which will be developed which [...]
matt | July 13, 2008
I'm skipping Historicon this year, but still taking the time off (which I already took off from work) to have a half-week staycation. I missed pre-registration, Historicon is always crowded, and there is always a lot of stuff going on at this time of the year. So, from now on, I think I'll hit Cold [...]
matt | July 12, 2008
A company called Sustainable power is making is making bio-crude from organic waste. Byproducts appear to be fertilizer, and the article says that 12% of our agricultural waste could make enough oil to run the country. Oh, and it runs cleaner than petroleum oil. Crap like this is why I don't like closed-source OS's and [...]
matt | July 9, 2008
I drove one of the fire trucks. This one wasn't too bad – F350 with 300 gallons of water and some big truck boxes, but it had a 5 speed manual, and I haven't driven stick in years, and even then, not in a large truck like this. It's a little different. The clutch is [...]
matt | July 6, 2008
We had friends up this weekend for the 4th, and there was much consumption of food and drink, some Wii, and many hours of sitting on the porch talking and laughing. I made chicken wings, ribs, potato salad, sushi, a smoked salmon and cream cheese frittata, oatmeal pancakes, and Liz made some wonderful creme brulee [...]
matt | July 5, 2008
(Hat tip to ) Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test… English Genius You scored 93% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 93% Advanced, and 80% Expert! You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have [...]
matt | July 5, 2008
This article where Simon Phipps talks about how Sun “screwed up” in their dealing with the open source community got me thinking about what I think Sun should do in the next 10 years or so. For starters, let me say that I like Sun. They make some really good hardware, and Solaris was where [...]
matt | July 5, 2008
I bought a book on Whiskys. It breaks them out by country and has a small segment on each one. Each one is less than a page. This makes it the perfect length for reading whilst on the throne – think the small tales in “Chicken Soup for the Soul”, only, you know, interesting. One [...]
matt | July 5, 2008
(hat tip to ) “The people” in the second amendment means the government, but means “the people” in all of the others. You're now officially a bunch of asshats who fail both basic logic and history. This is why I'm not a member of the ACLU. The bill of rights is not a la carte [...]
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