There should be a few more of these in the next little while. Some of you may recall that I had been working on a robot some time ago. Since that time, I’ve bought some more parts, gotten my Arduino working with a new Atmel chip, completely re-designed the chassis (though it looks [...]
Entries from December 27th, 2008
Wordpress Upgrade
December 20th, 2008 · 12 Comments · Web Development
I’ve finally updated to Wordpress 2.7. I won’t even tell you how far behind I was in my updates because it’s rather embarrassing. Let’s just say I wasn’t quite with the 2.0 crowd yet.
I have to say that I’m absolutely floored to see the massive UI improvements and was shocked to find how [...]
This Is Why Trusting The Media Is Difficult
December 19th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Topics Of Interest
There’s been a lot of news this past year over manipulated photos. The photos at the centre of the controversies had generally been photoshopped to enhance or minimize elements to suite the story. The most famous was probably that of the photo that had added smoke to a bombed area making it appear [...]
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Biggest Technical Oops I’ve Ever Seen
December 12th, 2008 · 12 Comments · Topics Of Interest
I’ve had my share of oops moments. One of my most embarrassing mistakes was what captured in a photo I like to call experience materialized. But I have to hand it to the guys at CERN. After spending multiple billions on a device many kilometres in diameter that had to be aligned [...]
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Canadian Political Mess
December 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Rants
Well now we’ve done it.
We’re in it up to our eyeballs at this point. I explained the nuts and bolts of the situation a few days ago, but now things have just gotten ridiculously messy. The Governor General chose to prorogue Parliament. That means that we have another couple of months for [...]
It’s Time To Get Over Bush
December 7th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Rants
As the exit interviews begin, there’s a sense that people want to hear President Bush apologise for past mistakes or, at the very least, reflect upon where things went wrong. It’s not going to happen people. There’s no point in holding your breath. This individual believes that he has made the best [...]
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