http://www.sububi.org Matt Jadud, writing stuff Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:28:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The last few weeks have been... action packed. This would seem to be as good a description as any. The shipping pod arrived on Tuesday, and we had it packed by dinner time. On Wednesday, the pod went away, and so did we. What followed was an excessive amount of driving over ... http://www.sububi.org/2008/07/16/an-eternity-in-a-week/ I forgot that there are entire weblogs dedicated to ripping old, out-of-print LPs. That said, I was amazed by what happens when you order pizza online: Dominoes has a live page that, as you watch, it updates with the status of your pizza. Now, why did we order pizza? Because we have ... http://www.sububi.org/2008/07/04/pizza/ I have no idea what I'm doing with my camera. Robin points out that I should put the thing on P, ISO 100, and go outside and learn how to compose photos. I'll get around to this. For the moment, I've had the camera for about two days, and I've had ... http://www.sububi.org/2008/07/04/pictures/ I've started using my del.icio.us bookmarks regularly now. I'm pretty sure there's only two or three people reading this (hi mom!), but I thought I'd mention it just the same. In particular, I've made a point of using the notes field. Every time I post a bookmark, I do write a ... http://www.sububi.org/2008/07/04/delicious-feed/ For the better part of a decade, I've lusted after having a digital SLR. Way back when, I even took some summer classes in photography. During our entire stay in England, I wished for something more than the 2MP point-and-shoot that I was using, but it simply wasn't a realistic ... http://www.sububi.org/2008/07/03/camera/ This is a short review of the Google Apps-based application FloatingTime (floatingtime.com). Every semester, Olin College holds an EXPO, where students show off the cool stuff they've done. They might give a presentation, or possibly a poster---but it's two days where we get to see what they've been up to. One ... http://www.sububi.org/2008/07/01/floating-time/ I sang with the barbershop quartet Lost in Gambier throughout my four years at Kenyon. To no ones surprise, I was the best looking and, clearly, the most musically talented member of the group. I say this with confidence, because I believe whole-heartedly that each of the other three members ... http://www.sububi.org/2008/06/24/a-quartet-from-long-ago/ I revived my use of del.icio.us for bookmarks. If nothing else, I have more confidence that they'll survive hard drive crashes than anything on my local computer. That, and they're more searchable. I've just discovered that I can add notes to them. Don't ask how I've "just discovered" this, as the ... http://www.sububi.org/2008/06/24/delicious/ I'm finding it a bit hard to believe that the Readybot is autonomously handling all of these tasks. I mean... recognizing a throw pillow, and properly returning it to the sofa? (Ah. Readybot has some teleoperation, but they're aiming for autonomy. Cool.) I particularly like the Roomba deployment... ... http://www.sububi.org/2008/06/23/readybot/ you say "no thanks." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eELH0ivexKA A rap about tea. Rather good, actually. I mean, in a silly sort of way. From Rick, by way of kent-fun. http://www.sububi.org/2008/06/23/i-say-herbal/