Learn Physics With Mario Published July 14, 2005
This awesome flash animation is a fun and very well done way to learn about some physics concepts like frequencies and amplitudes. Check out the movie here.
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My blog. Personal thoughts, anecdotes, and musings.
Fun Movie Stuff Published July 13, 2005
Dr. Doom reviews “Fantastic Four” movie. The Sith Explained
Mmmmmm… recirculated air Published July 6, 2005
The AC is in, and the house is much more comfortable. I slept great last night, so great that I didn’t even want to wake up. I had to take the morning off because the electricians had some more work to do and I wanted to be there when the big stuff was going on. I left them to their work about 11:30 or so, and I guess we’ll see how much of my house is left when I get hom.
Raiden Published July 1, 2005
Raiden was one of my favorite platform space shooter games when I was a kid. Now, some enterprising Flash developors have made a wonderfully accurate (and great-looking) remake that you can play online. Play RaidenX
No AC yet Published July 1, 2005
I was all ready to have my AC installed today, but because of the storm, XCEL Energy (the local energy concern) decided to cancel my service and inspection. The electricians need to have the power company come out and shut things off for them so they can work, and all of the crews are out of town working to restore power to other people’s homes. But screw them… I’m hot!
Burning The Candle Published June 29, 2005
It’s late and I should be sleeping. It’s cooler in the house than it’s been the last few days, but I am still sweating a bit. I’m tired because I’ve been working on very little sleep; the weather has been making it difficult to get comfortable. I’m trying to finish up the rnr site this week and I’m working on a very frustrating project at the office as well. I’m looking forward to Thursday, when I will just be able to sit back and relax while the contractors install my new electrical and central air systems.
Using YUM to Update KDE on White Box Enterprise Linux 4 Published June 27, 2005
You must be Root to do this. You must also not be running KDE when you do this. At the graphical log-in screen, press CTRL+ALT+F1 to get to a prompt. Install YUM. If you don’t have this installed, place the 4th CD in the drive. Look for the file ‘yum-2.2.0-0.fc3.rpm’ and copy it to your home folder. Once copied, install it using the standard rmp -ivh ~/yum-2.2.0-0.fc3.rpm Add the repository to your /etc/yum.
Transitioning Published June 26, 2005
This site is going to take a while to get under control. I have a lot of pages to convert. One nice thing is that my site finally has a search, so I plan to start posting a lot more useful information on here now that I can actually find it. I’m glad I made it to the new blog without losing any posts because I have a lot of interesting things in there.
Supreme gives companies the right to bulldoze homeowners’ houses for minimalls and the like Published June 24, 2005
Boing Boing: Supreme gives companies the right to bulldoze homeowners’ houses for minimalls and the like Where do I start? Eau Claire has a few run-down areas that I’m sure the city would like to just plow over. Wal-Mart is probably really upset that they missed this opportunity to build a “Super Center” near Germania and Birch Street. I should be quiet… we don’t want to give anybody any ideas.
House updates Published June 23, 2005
We’re going to get our electrical upgrade taken care of on Thursday of next week. The air conditioning will go in on the same day. It could take more than one day but I’m really excited to get this done. Tomorrow will be another hot day, with a high of 95 or so. That’s going to be rough, although the house hasn’t been terribly warm yet.