No where really. I just haven't been doing a lot of random web browsing. I think work and deadlines do that to people.
Anyhow, the most useful link I've found in the last several days covers the Secrets of Auto Detailing. I like to take care of my things. Hopefully I'll have time to take care of this before it gets too cold.
UPDATE: Well this detailing stuff is way more complicated than the mentioned site describes. Found a forum entry that has recommendations on products to buy and things to do. Looks like I'll be dropping the car off at the detail shop.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Bible Word Clouds
I've started bible studies recently. This is not because I'm a super devout Christian. Its because I believe there is a little more to life than programming and blogging. Seriously! I feel the need to explore various religions. Sure I'm starting out with Christianity (its the one I'm most familiar with), but I do plan on exploring Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, and other religions. I feel people generally tend to find opinions about or judge these other religions without ever exploring them. And this journey for me is not to judge, but to discover the common ground between all these religions. It's something that, in my opinion, people really do not focus on.
So with this current journey, I've found some way to involve computers and programming. Its just a thought for an application. An aspect of this application includes the idea of word clouds (also known as tag clouds). These are essentially a measure of frequent a particular word occurs in text. The more frequent the word occurs the larger the font.
An excellent example of this is some word clouds that I found produced from the Bible.
So with this current journey, I've found some way to involve computers and programming. Its just a thought for an application. An aspect of this application includes the idea of word clouds (also known as tag clouds). These are essentially a measure of frequent a particular word occurs in text. The more frequent the word occurs the larger the font.
An excellent example of this is some word clouds that I found produced from the Bible.
Canned Tuna
It looks like I'll finally be making my rounds back into a gym sometime soon. Its not because I'm getting fat or anything. Its just that I enjoy working out and challenging myself physically. For this reason I've actually considered doing a triathlon.
Well like every workout freak will tell you, the truth of the matter is that the majority of training has to do with your diet. You can work out all you want, but without a good diet you are not achieving your workout goals without the good balance of exercise and diet.
So I've been considering that lately and have decided to attack the 10 cans of tuna we have in our cupboard. I stumbled on this excellent site for basic ways to spice up tuna for those of us who get tired of eating the same old can daily. Enjoy!
Well like every workout freak will tell you, the truth of the matter is that the majority of training has to do with your diet. You can work out all you want, but without a good diet you are not achieving your workout goals without the good balance of exercise and diet.
So I've been considering that lately and have decided to attack the 10 cans of tuna we have in our cupboard. I stumbled on this excellent site for basic ways to spice up tuna for those of us who get tired of eating the same old can daily. Enjoy!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Programming for the iPhone
As I primarily work on a Mac and own an iPhone I've been interested in iPhone development for quite a while. I have the necessary license and several programming videos but like always don't have the time. Besides, I've decided to prioritize mastering JAVA and picking up some RUBY first.
Although I've decided to put my iPhone programming on hold tuaw had a pretty good post the other day on how to get started in iPhone programming.
UPDATE: It seems apple has gotten rid of their iPhone Non Disclosure Agreement. Now developers will actually be able to help each other with their programs. Its good to see that Apple is starting to make decisions that just make sense.
Although I've decided to put my iPhone programming on hold tuaw had a pretty good post the other day on how to get started in iPhone programming.
UPDATE: It seems apple has gotten rid of their iPhone Non Disclosure Agreement. Now developers will actually be able to help each other with their programs. Its good to see that Apple is starting to make decisions that just make sense.
Our Pandora's Box
Well it seems like we've opened up Pandora's Box in our home. My wife and I were doing just fine with no TV and cable. This was mainly caused due to my laziness of putting up our home entertainment system. This all ended when the necessary cables came in the other day.
I immediately got the Wii and PS3 hooked up to the projector (which is projecting a beautful 80 inch image). I'd take some pics and post them online but I fear the resulting damage of turning on that system again would cause. Since the system was setup we decided to go ahead and buy Mario Kart Wii. That game is addicting! We had a semi gathering here on Saturday and everyone was instantly hooked.
We're so hooked that yesterday before we could leave to a friend's house for dinner and we had to sneak in a couple games of racing. So be forwarned if I disappear from posting for a couple of days you'll know the cause.
On a random web browsing note, I'm interested in setting up our system so that it plays .avi's and other multimedia formats. So far I've found TVersity but that seems to be a Windows only solution, BLEH! We'll see what else I can figure out in the weeks to come.
I immediately got the Wii and PS3 hooked up to the projector (which is projecting a beautful 80 inch image). I'd take some pics and post them online but I fear the resulting damage of turning on that system again would cause. Since the system was setup we decided to go ahead and buy Mario Kart Wii. That game is addicting! We had a semi gathering here on Saturday and everyone was instantly hooked.
We're so hooked that yesterday before we could leave to a friend's house for dinner and we had to sneak in a couple games of racing. So be forwarned if I disappear from posting for a couple of days you'll know the cause.
On a random web browsing note, I'm interested in setting up our system so that it plays .avi's and other multimedia formats. So far I've found TVersity but that seems to be a Windows only solution, BLEH! We'll see what else I can figure out in the weeks to come.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Projector Screen
As the arrival date for my HDMI and Component Cables come closer I'm starting to consider what kind of effort has to go into building the projector screen. I was able to find two good sites that had information on how to build a projector screen:
- How-To: Make a custom projector screen [engadget]
- Make a 100" Screen for under $100 [projector central]
Rubik Cubes
So based on my profile pic its obvious that I have a thing for Rubik Cubes. I blame this all on Mr JoyRun.
Funny story about them. A bunch of buddies and myself were heading to Las Vegas for my bachelor party. We were at the airport and I was showing them how to solve the original rubik's cube. One of their wives call and he explains what we're doing. Later, I find out that she said something along the lines of "that's going to be the geekiest bachelor party in Vegas ever." Less than 12 hours later we run into Paris Hilton at a club at Vegas. Same buddy calls his wife to tell her about it and she promptly slaps herself in the head. True story!
Anyways the same buddy sent me a link to this new rubik's cube that looks pretty challenging. That one will have to wait until after I solve the rubik's revenge and the professor's cube sitting on my shelf.
Funny story about them. A bunch of buddies and myself were heading to Las Vegas for my bachelor party. We were at the airport and I was showing them how to solve the original rubik's cube. One of their wives call and he explains what we're doing. Later, I find out that she said something along the lines of "that's going to be the geekiest bachelor party in Vegas ever." Less than 12 hours later we run into Paris Hilton at a club at Vegas. Same buddy calls his wife to tell her about it and she promptly slaps herself in the head. True story!
Anyways the same buddy sent me a link to this new rubik's cube that looks pretty challenging. That one will have to wait until after I solve the rubik's revenge and the professor's cube sitting on my shelf.
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