by Bruce | Aug 17, 2007 | General
I’ll be the first to admit when I am wrong. There is a laptop (coming) with similar specs to my quad-core desktop. It even has 30% more disk space, and a second NVidia graphics card (I only have one). Sure it’ll set you aside $10k, and a...
by Bruce | Aug 16, 2007 | General
I'm all for realistic expectations for shipping dates from online sellers. But this order recently from a popular online bookstore really got me wondering. Shipped on August 13, in Allen Park, Michigan (159 miles away) and departing, but it will take nearly...
by Bruce | Aug 14, 2007 | General
No, not some weird ritual – but about the most fun you can have with latex tubing and surgical clamps! I hope you’ve all had the chance to tie off the end of a nice length of 1/4″ latex tubing and fill it with pressurized water (if you...
by Bruce | Aug 3, 2007 | General
So you are up to almost midnight (late night at work or at the bar) and decide to take a shortcut home on the highway, only to come face-to-face with a semi-truck loaded with 42,000 pounds of carrots. Keeping in mind that 42,000 pounds is roughly 19,000kg and...
by Bruce | Aug 3, 2007 | General
I just want to see if I can actually do a blog post using Jott, let's see if this works. UPDATE: The above was sent via cell phone, transcribed and e-mailed by Jott.com, then post-processed by a quick program I wrote (code soon) and posted automatically to the...
by Bruce | Aug 1, 2007 | General
So, I know we have had a great summer – nice temps in the high 70s / low 80s, little rain to spoil any weekends, nice night viewing for stargazers, etc. – and I know August is traditionally the hottest month, but 97°? 96°? It wouldn't be so bad...
