In Search Of High Speed Network Connection From Basement to Second Floor
... or... man, I really don't want to have to run CAT-6 wire from the basement to the second floor....
Madcatz EVO FightStick Pro Remora, ArcEye3, and ChimpSMD Mod
In Search of a Decent Bluetooth iPad Keyboard
I've been looking for a good external Bluetooth keyboard for my iPad for a while. While the on-screen keyboard is okay for typing a couple of words at a time, it is very much not acceptable for much more than that.
A Watch Band Fit For A James Bond Hacker
I finally found the first watch band I've ever been excited about in my entire life and I just wanted to share it. It's the Ballistic Nylon Strap (24mm, 5-Ring, Black). The reason this is so exciting for me is that when you attach your watch to it, you end up with a non-standard watch band where the buckle is actually near the side of your watch instead of on the bottom of your wrist. This means that if you're a programmer like me, you won't have a bulky watch band buckle digging into your wrist all day!
On Getting Unlarger and Unrounder
How many times have you heard something that starts with "it's a funny thing when you start getting older" and then end up hearing things that make you cringe and silently vow to yourself that it'll never happen to you. Yeah, me neither. But let's imagine that we have.
Trying Out This Here Google AdSense Thingie
I really should have done this years ago, back when I was syndicated on a couple of FOSS planet RSS aggregators. *sigh* Anyway, after talking to my good friend Scott Knaub, and hearing how much money he periodically gets from just putting Google ads on his pages (I mean, it's not tons of $CASHDOLLARZ, but still, every little bit counts!), I realized that I really need to look into doing just that.
This Isn’t My Street Fighter Any More
I came across this article today on BitMob, titled "A characters' history of Street Fighter 4". I've been playing and loving Street Fighter since Street Fighter 2 came out in 1991. I spent untold amounts of money at the arcades during my college and growing up years, playing Street Fighter with my brother Josh. And I loved it. And through the last 20 years (WOW), I've loved playing it on the PC, SNES, Xbox, and finally with the release of Street Fighter 4, on the PS3 and Xbox-360. I used to play with my kiddos and loved teaching them how to do the moves and learn footsies and strategy and mechanics. And I loved it.
A Tale Of Two Tablets
I've been meaning to blog about the two tablets I've been playing with for the last year+ for quite a while, and just never found the time or motivation. Let me say up front that I'm not writing this with the intention of swaying anyone's opinions or influencing anyone's purchase. I've been mulling the goods and bads about these two tablets around in my head for a long time and I just want to put them down somewhere so I can keep track of them.
Goodbye, for now at least, Linux Desktop
I've been an Open Source developer and hacker for a loooooong, long time. It has become far more than a part of what I do. It has become part of who I am.
Logitech Marble Mouse and “auto-scrolling” in OS X
I love my Logitech Marble Mouse. It's seriously the best mouse I've ever owned. And it works really nicely in Linux, especially thanks to this excellent Ubuntu wiki page. And, reportedly, it works really nicely in Windows too, with Logitech's mouse config software (which does me absolutely no good being that I refuse to run Windows). But I could not get auto-scrolling (where you hold down one of the smaller buttons and move the marble to scroll) to work in OS X.