Archive for December, 2007

Damn Spam

December 30, 2007
By lispian

Comments are off. They were turned on by accident, anyway. This should stop the spam at least.
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Media as a Utility

December 30, 2007
By lispian

I see that New Yorker Magazine just did something very nifty: The Complete New Yorker Portable Hard Drive. Although having it online as a subscription service would be great, too, this is an awesome thing to have it if you want to read past articles, search articles, or just relax by reading stuff from...
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Cool and Useful Hardware

December 20, 2007
By lispian
Cool and Useful Hardware

Some pieces of hardware are simply too cool. I picked up this piece at Tiger Direct. It allows you to easily swap drives for different OSes. I used to use a tray system for my old IDE drives but this is mucho simpler. The old system required $30 trays while this new system costs...
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Midwest US Ice Storm

December 12, 2007
By lispian
Midwest US Ice Storm

I feel for the folks in the US Midwest. This storm has dropped between 0.5cm to 2.5 cm of ice causing general havoc. We went through The Ice Storm of 1998 which is considered the worst ice storm in recent history — dumping 5-7 times as much ice as the Midwest is experiencing. Some...
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Lisp Machine VM

December 10, 2007
By lispian

I’ve been wondering why no-one has put together a proper Lisp Machine VM. By that I mean a VM that runs in something like VMware Player. It would allow anyone who needs one to simply launch a Lisp Machine. I do realize the original Lisp Machines, like the Symbolics 3600 I coded on decades...
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Bubble 2.0: The Video (updated)

December 4, 2007
By lispian

Saw this video over at TechCrunch. Brilliant and funny. Enjoy. That’s the new version. Read why it’s changed here: Updated Video at Plagiarism Today. A nice, level headed piece on the whole issue. Tech Crunch also weighs in. I’ll just sit back and enjoy the video now that it’s back. It is funny, esp....
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A blog of my musings. Some folks find it interesting and so I continue. Hopefully it will remain fairly interesting. At worst, it'll keep me writing orthogonally to my day job.

 

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