http://www.flatline.net/journal self-deprecating yet still self-promotional witty comment Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:13:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caution: this post contains kanji and hiragana, I'll put in the romaji names as well when possible.] Three nights in Midtown East and three excellent dinners: 1) Hane Sushi, 3rd Ave at 38th location. This is probably going to become our default restaurant for "we just got in, we're tired, we want ... http://www.flatline.net/journal/2009/01/05/manhattan-murray-hill-and-japanese-cuisine/ ... because I'm currently doing a lot of hacking to try and finish up my first-semester project in the mTID program at CMU. I have a backlog of half-finished posts that will get finished after the semester is over. [tags]design,mtid,school[/tags] http://www.flatline.net/journal/2008/11/26/taking-a-little-break-from-posting/ Given the number of negative attack ads running on the TV and radio, I find myself unable to watch your channel or listen to your station. Between now and the day after the election, I will only be watching national news that I've recorded on my TiVo DVR, and even ... http://www.flatline.net/journal/2008/11/01/attention-pittsburgh-broadcast-media/ I wish this were in The Onion and not the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: A national children's advocacy group is pushing to get Pittsburgh removed from the Street View of Google's map search until the technology is refined so pedophiles can't use it to pinpoint children's homes, schools and playgrounds. Street View, an addition ... http://www.flatline.net/journal/2008/10/11/googles-street-view-and-paranoid-movie-plots/ After ~5 minutes looking on the interwebs, I gave up and just made my own EAGLE library file for the Arduino Nano. I haven't used it to make a board yet, so I'm going to call this the "alpha" version until I do. Use as you like, just don't blame ... http://www.flatline.net/journal/2008/10/04/eagle-library-arduino-nano/ I don't follow PA state politics closely to understand why this is a partisan issue, but the claim is that Democrats in the house are trying to kill a bill that reflects current federal law regarding antenna regulation by sending it off to a subcommittee. This from the Atlantic Division Director, ... http://www.flatline.net/journal/2008/09/28/attention-pa-amateur-radio-operators/ Ok, first cut at a spreadsheet comparing Arduino types. I still need to add the LEDuino and probably some new columns, so consider this an alpha at best. CSV, PDF, and Excel(-ish) formats. [tags]arduino[/tags] http://www.flatline.net/journal/2008/09/26/which-arduinio-is-right-for-you-alpha/ As part of figuring out which Arduino to use, I'm making a chart of the various characteristics of Arduino boards. So far I have the obvious -- # I/O pins, form factor, required power, etc. Anything in particular that you (collective) would find useful in such a chart that I might ... http://www.flatline.net/journal/2008/09/18/preview-which-arduino-is-right-for-you/ I've had a HP Business Inkjet 1200n for 4-5 years now and it's been a great printer. For only $250 I got duplex, ethernet, color and dual trays. Apple's OSX, however has not played well with it. Starting with 10.4, there's been a low-level problem in CUPS (the free software Apple ... http://www.flatline.net/journal/2008/09/07/tech-note-apple-os-x-105-and-hp-business-inkjet-1200/ Since moving to Pittsburgh I've been exposed to the constant refrain of, "How do we get businesses/people to come to Pittsburgh?" Since any answer requiring Pittsburgh to change is probably going to be ignored, I think there's a different question we need to ask. That question is, "How can we ... http://www.flatline.net/journal/2008/08/22/what-do-newcomers-to-pittsburgh-say-when-theyre-back-home/