http://hank.ricefarm.net smack talk Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:08:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Stalled-Server-Room.aspx http://hank.ricefarm.net/2008/06/25/server-room-in-the-womens-bathroom/ Cnet has a photo gallery / article, "World's Most Efficient Solar Dish?" "This is actually the most efficient solar collector in existence," said Doug Wood, an inventor based in Washington state who patented key parts of the dish's design. They forget that this thing will cook any birds or bugs that fly ... http://hank.ricefarm.net/2008/06/23/re-worlds-most-efficient-solar-dish/ Google Street View is becoming much more useful. If you look carefully (ignoring the arrows), the angle & aspect of the views are going to be for a GPS unit view if you can get your phone or other device connected to it. Now someone needs to create a quick ... http://hank.ricefarm.net/2008/06/16/google-maps-street-view/ I'm starting an small electronics project in my garage this month and I just completed the first pass at my workbench setup. The famous people in Silicon Valley created their work in their garages, so I'm planning to do the same. --- The workbench --- Close up. That's an power ... http://hank.ricefarm.net/2008/05/05/electronics-time/ Some garden pictures with the new SLR. Tomato Flowers. I'm growing cherry tomatoes this year. 5 plants worth. --- Mini Grapes. There's a grape vine. It's regular table grapes, nothing fancy. --- The grapes are being trained onto a wire that I have going across the whole fence line. Maybe ... http://hank.ricefarm.net/2008/05/05/garden-2008/ I also just upgraded my dSLR. It's a Canon 40D. Here's a shoutout to Ken. This is IMG_0001 from the camera. I realized while downloading this picture, that I should've shot something more creative. Oh well, at least it's actually a picture of something. http://hank.ricefarm.net/2008/04/25/new-dslr/ It's been about 3.5 years and I'm upgrading the small digital camera again. The current camera is a Canon SD300, which is the same form factor as the Canon SD400, SD450 and about 1mm thinner than the SD500. Although I own an SLR, a small camera serves many purposes. Form ... http://hank.ricefarm.net/2008/04/23/buying-a-new-small-digital-camera-is-hard/ The National Geographic Adventure blog has an article about the 10 worst hiking songs. However, they're probably the 10 best songs to annoy ppl when you're drunk. 450 ? 450: true);" /> http://hank.ricefarm.net/2008/04/15/10-worst-hiking-songs/ Arrow keys is move. Up arrow is jump. Blog article: http://blog.nihilogic.dk/2008/04/super-mario-in-14kb-javascript.html Regular version: no music or with music Double size: no music or with music http://hank.ricefarm.net/2008/04/10/supermario-in-javascript/ Since I live in the Bay Area, there's really no reason to go do touristy stuff until some friends get into town. My friend, Mike from Iowa, came into town, so we decided to go. The tour price of $25 is a pretty good deal. It includes ... http://hank.ricefarm.net/2008/03/22/alcatraz/