Category Archives: Web

Avoiding accumulated error while using GPolyLine (Google Maps API)

If you’re using the GPolyLine() API to Google Maps, and you’re using the string encoding to store a large number of points, you have to be very careful not to incur accumulated error as you encode the points. The problem … Continue reading

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Why does everybody always do things the hard way?

Problem: You’ve got a 250G drive sitting around, and you want to use it. You’ve already got 1 USB drive attached and adding another seems like a pain in the butt. Solution: You go to Fry’s and see an empty … Continue reading

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Cupertino Snake Oil

Ok, I have something to say: Yes, Apple announced an iPhone. No, its not for sale. In fact, if you look closely, there’s not a single photograph of the device. Steve wasn’t holding it and flaunting it on the show … Continue reading

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Streusel vs. Strudel

Do you know the difference between Streusel and Strudel? Just to settle the argument, here’s what the internet thinks: Wikipedia: A strudel is a type of pastry that originated in Central Europe and is most often associated with Austrian and … Continue reading

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Dicewars!

I bet this is old news, but its still totally awesome. Its DICEWARS! There are no instructions, but I bet you’ll pick up on it real fast.

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I despise amazon.com

Yes. Its true. I despise amazon.com. Or, better said, I despise what amazon.com has become. Why? One simple picure will illustrate my point completely. This is an actual screenshot from amazon, and has not been doctored other than cropping. Click … Continue reading

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Slimdevices: Transporter

Slimdevices announced their “Transporter” today. They say: Slim Devices’ Transporterâ„¢ was designed to appeal to the most discerning audiophiles and music lovers. It streams digital music with sound quality that surpasses even the most exotic compact disc players. At the … Continue reading

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Upgraded to OpenWRT

Today (its hot!) my wife was complaining that she can’t access our internal website(s) from her internal computer. The problem is that the external DNS resolution results in an external IP address, which routes back inside our net, which the … Continue reading

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I’m Super Famous!

Link to my Instructable on BoingBoing Link to my Instructable on Gizmodo. Link on makezine.com From 3ayak.org. Can someone tell me what language this is? http://digg.com/mods/$11_Super_Wide_Angle_Digital_Camera http://www.mufopho.com/2006/06/15/the-11-fisheye-lens/ http://www.ismckenzie.com/06/15/some-photography-tips-and-tricks/ http://www.one26.com/blog/?p=7 http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/The-$11-Wide-Angle-Lens.htm http://loudopinions.com/blog/?p=318 http://www.gigabeat.co.uk/blog/06/15/2006/gadgets/wide-angle-lens-for-11 http://www.gizmojungle.com/2006/06/15/wide-angle-lens-for-11/ http://www.worldstuff.info/2006/06/15/intro-11-super-wide-angle-digital-camera/ http://photography.qj.net/Make-Your-Digicam-a-Super-Wide-Angle-Digicam-For-Just-11/pg/49/aid/55914 http://blogjunktrunk.com/blog/?p=5972 http://blog.ononesoftware.com/2006/06/11_super_wide_angle_digital_ca.html http://loudopinions.com/blog/?p=318 http://tailrank.com/posts/562949953665387/$11_Super_Wide_Angle_Digital_Camera http://spamnet.blogspot.com/2006/06/11-super-wide-angle-digital-camera.html … Continue reading

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My first Instructable!

I wrote my first instructable today: $11 Super Wide Angle Digital Camera Its based on this: http://aggregate.org/DIT/peepfish/ And you can see a couple more photos in my gallery.

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