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Monthly Archives: September 2005
Laser virtual keyboard
Years ago, I came up with the idea of a virtual keyboard using sensors on the fingers. I was amused to see this idea used in the Terry Gilliam film Brazil (1985). Last year, Canesta invented a laser virtual keyboard. … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware
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Shenzhou 6
Best wishes to the crew of Shenzhou 6, the next Chinese manned space flight! It was just announced that the launch has been scheduled for 13 October 2005.
Posted in Current Events, Space
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Treo 650 test post
Just trying to blog from my Treo 650 phone/PDA using u*blog. Here’s a poor photo of myself taken with the phone:
Posted in General
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Domestication
The common automobile (Ipsomobile sp.) has coexisted with humans for over a century, and is generally considered to be fully domesticated. However, should the opportunity arise, they have been known to exhibit wild behavior. Note that the occasional playful nip … Continue reading
Posted in Car, Health
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I was voted best speaker at the HHC 2005 conference!
I was astounded to discover that I was voted best speaker at the HHC 2005 conference which wrapped up today in Chicago. I gave two presentations, one on the last year’s work on Nonpareil, and one on the calculator prototype … Continue reading
Posted in Calculators, Nonpareil
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Note to self
When travelling, bring CD-R and DVD+R media, Tyvek sleeves, and a Sharpie. Sigh.
Posted in Computing, Travel
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Nutritional information for canned purified water
On a flight from LA to Chicago last night, I asked for water, and was given a can of Deja Blue, a brand of purified drinking water by Seven-Up, which presumably competes with Coke’s Dasani and Pepsi’s Aquafina. It seemed … Continue reading
OnStar Off
When I purchased a new vehicle in September 2004, I wanted side impact airbags, but they only were available as part of a “Safe and Secure” package that also included OnStar which I did not want. A salesman tried to … Continue reading
Posted in Car, Freedom and liberty, Privacy
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New program “edit33″
The DEC PDP-1 computer at the Computer History Museum has a Type 30 Precision CRT Display with a Type 33 Symbol Generator. The Type 33 allows the computer to more quickly display small symbols (typically characters) using a five by … Continue reading
The secret to enjoying your job
Today there was an article on slashdot titled “Pay vs. Happiness”. I posted the following response: [The secret to enjoying your job] is to work in a field that you’re personally interested in, for a company that is small enough … Continue reading →