dreamed i saw a desert rose
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Find that job you've always dreamed of
Find that job you've always dreamed of
12/30/2004 09:39 PM
Indeed.com is what a job search
aggregator was meant to be. I stumbled across it and have found it
immensely helpful. It indexes every job site that I’m aware of,
corporate employment pages, newspapers and craigslist then makes the
jobs searchable based on keyword(s) and (optionally) location.
Searches can be made into RSS feeds, e-mail alerts, etc. Current beta
only work for jobs in U.S.
Ever dreamed of building a boat and
sailing away?
Ever dreamed of building a boat and
sailing away?
01/06/2005 02:45 PM
Ever dreamed of
building a boat and sailing away? Two clearly mad Canadians decide
to built a yacht. Clearly mad because they actually do it! It's a bit
of a saga but well worth the read for the vicarious pleasure. I'm
green with envy!
N.B. the site navigation can be a bit dicky so you may have to change
the url to get to the next day sometimes. It goes up to day 222.
Into the Desert
Into the Desert
07/12/2004 09:03 PM
I finally received Combat
Mission: Afrika Korps (CMAK) and the companion book The Battery
Commander, His
Batman, and A Cook. Woohoo! While the game was
installing, I checked out
the book. Excellent!
The battle where the book's title came from was that of Combeforce,
a hastily formed
group of 2,000 British anti-tank and artillery crews along with
riflemen to protec
them, trying to block retreating Italian 10th Army.
That's right.
2,000 men facing an army without even a single tank. But then
armies usually
retreat in a line so they had to face only the forward elements and
most of the armies
were on road-bound vehicles (stretching for miles and miles).
As the story went,
the last Italian tank was knocked out by a gun manned by the
commander of 106th Battery,
his batman, and a cook.
And that was just one chapter in the book. While I enjoy
reading calm accounts
of battles like Rommel's classic Infantry Attack, stories like this
really evoke the
smell of the battle through quiet understatements and dry
humor. Only bad part
about the book was that only 12 of the battles in the book had CMAK
scenarios.
Darn. I am going to browse through SMAK scenarios
repositories to see if the
missing scenarios have been created by other CMAK
enthusiasts. I doubt it though
because you need more than just stories to create battle
scenarios. At the minimum,
you need order of battle (OOB) which lists the number and types of
units involved
in a battle.
Firing up CMAK briefly, I remembered why I stopped playing CMBO
(Combat Mission Beyond
Overlord), the first volume of the series. It was the damn
artillery spotters
and 88. A well-positioned gun can stop significantly larger
forces dead on its
track and sometimes the only way to knock them out is with
artillery or aerial bombardments.
But whenever I moved a spotter into position where he can see the
gun, he gets fired
on by the gun. How can they someone far away hiding behind a
bush? Binocular
reflection? Rubbish. Add to that the devastating power
of 88 made me so
fruistrated with a Bocage campaign that I stopped playing for a
month and then forgot
about the game.
With CMAK, unrealistic spotting ability of gunners will make some
sense since there
won't be many bushes to hide behind in. One can hide behind
sand dunes or bury
one self in like commandos do but it's just not the same as hiding
in treelines or
bushes. Anyway, I am looking forward to my desert battles for
many evenings
to come.
Wi-Fi Shootout in the Desert
Wi-Fi Shootout in the Desert
08/03/2004 05:26 AMHackers gathering for DefCon's annual conference think they may have
broken a world record for Wi-Fi connectivity. But even if they didn't,
they had lots of fun trying. Kim Zetter reports from Las Vegas.
Desert dreams
Desert dreams
08/30/2004 01:52 PMUSA Today Aug 30 2004 5:52PM GMT
A Tale in the Desert II 1.0
A Tale in the Desert II 1.0
09/17/2004 04:27 PMAn online game set in ancient Egypt where players work together to
build the perfect society.
Wireless in the Desert
Wireless in the Desert
09/22/2004 12:34 PMBurning Man revelers used a free phone in the desert, courtesy of a
fellow visitor: The phone used 802.11, voice over IP, and satellite
for backhaul. The phone's creator offers some great information on his
Web site including details of where calls where placed and anecdotes
about surprised people who were very glad to find a phone....
A Desert Christmas
A Desert Christmas
12/19/2004 02:58 PM
« Yölyhdyt [Night Lanterns] by Liisa Kyrönseppä in the Forces of
Light installation in Plague Park. »
Today at lunchtime I looked outside and gaped since it appeared like
it was almost night before noon. I thought we had escaped November
but, perhaps not. I noticed a light therapy lamp in the coffee lounge
and had to resist the desire to go press my eyeballs directly onto the
bulb. My backpack still contains my sunglasses as if I'll need them
for another 5 months or so. Always prepared for solar radiation, every
fleeting moment of it. :)
Since we had to cancel our Feb/March travel plans due to the puppy
coming later than expected Jarkko, in a fit of desperation after
finding all the tours booked between now and when the puppy arrives in
January, found a trip at one of the last minute cancelation agencies
in a warm, arid place during the holidays. It's funny how back in my
20s I travelled all over on a whim and didn't think anything of it and
these days I am less enthusiastic about seeing the world. It bothers
me that I have become so jaded in my advancing age. It is that age old
equation of Money | Time | Energy/Enthusiasm - pick any two. I retain
the curiosity but it is tempered by my cynicism. I had to check to see
if I'd need a visa to enter the country and if anyone ever read the US State
Department's consular information sheets on various countries,
noone would ever leave US airspace. They do make for amusing reading
for those of us who live outside the US. Treat yourself to reading the
language of fear, e.g. Finland;
SAFETY AND SECURITY : Finland remains largely free of terrorist
incidents....
Largely free? What is that supposed to mean? No bombs but the
lihakukko is a very dangerous weapon in the Karelian terrorist regime?
Watch out for the drunks and their puukkos at the tram stops? There is
also a section about how few cops there are in relation to the overall
population. I suppose that living in a police state would make you
uncomfortable visiting a place that doesn't have guys in fatigues and
AK-47's hanging out in airports and on street corners. We're going to
a place where we are warned that there is a lot of 'soccer-inspired
violence' and evangelical christians are given a quick ride to the
airport. :)
Me running in the desert
Me running in the desert
02/01/2005 09:56 PMI'm demoing pictures at the moment, ignore this....
Et Cetera: we're migrating DNS, but not
across a desert
Et Cetera: we're migrating DNS, but not
across a desert
01/26/2004 11:06 PMRound up featuring secret knowledge of an apocryphal nature. OK, maybe
not.
In the Nevada Desert for a Week...
In the Nevada Desert for a Week...
05/27/2004 05:09 PMI'll probably be too busy preparing and packing to post much else to
my weblog in the next day, so I'll post this now... (But the linkblog
will stay alive. See below.) Next week (May 29th - June 5th), I will
be flying my around over the Nevada desert. I'm taking part in this
year's Cross Country Camp at the AirSailing Gliderport, in the
Palomino Valley roughly 25 miles north of Reno and not far from
Pyramid lake. I'll be...
Ordeal of 'Deserters' Who Didn't Desert
Ordeal of 'Deserters' Who Didn't Desert
08/23/2004 06:59 AMTwo men falsely identified as deserters by the Indian army were
released in a prisoner exchange with Pakistan, but their lives remain
spoiled by the mistake.
Marine Who Vanished Says He Didn't
Desert (AP)
Marine Who Vanished Says He Didn't
Desert (AP)
07/19/2004 03:10 PMAP - Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, the Marine who disappeared under
mysterious circumstances while on duty in Iraq, insisted on Monday
that he was captured by enemy forces.
Marine Who Vanished Says He Didn't
Desert
Marine Who Vanished Says He Didn't
Desert
07/19/2004 03:23 PMCpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, who disappeared under mysterious
circumstances in Iraq, said today that he was not a deserter.
Desert Island Internet
Desert Island Internet
09/23/2004 03:01 PMIt's one of those slow news days, so here's a post that goes well with
the story the other day about
survi
ving two weeks without the internet. A "desert-island" style
survey that asked people what two media types they would want if they
could only have two, showed that
77% of people
would take the internet as either one of their first or second
choices. In part, of course, this is because the internet can be used
as a replacement for many of the functions served by other media
types. Still, this type of thinking tends to get people confused that
business models for those other media will easily shift online, when
clearly, that hasn't been the case. Just because it's a replacement,
doesn't mean people will pay for it the same way. Being online
changes the business models as well by changing the nature of the
material.
Slice of Heaven in the Desert
Slice of Heaven in the Desert
09/03/2004 06:24 AMSure, there's plenty of fire at this year's Burning Man festival, but
celestial tributes dominate the playa. Daniel Terdiman reports from
Black Rock City, Nevada.
Desert Combat 0.5L Released
Desert Combat 0.5L Released
11/07/2003 08:55 AMDog Survives Five Weeks in Desert Hole
(AP)
Dog Survives Five Weeks in Desert Hole
(AP)
05/19/2004 07:24 PMAP - A family who left their dog for dead after a desert hiking
accident five weeks ago has been reunited with the pooch after a
Riverside County hiker and his brother heard it barking and pulled it
from a 30-foot-deep pit.
CMU Sends Zoë to Chile's Atacama Desert
CMU Sends Zoë to Chile's Atacama Desert
08/14/2004 10:08 AMAccording to a CMU press
release, researchers will be testing Zoë, an autonomous
robot developed at the school, by sending it on a mission into the
Atacama
Desert.
The robot is designed to search for life in hostile environments.
David Wettergreen and
other CMU researchers will be in Atacama with the robot
for two months, conducting a series of experiments designed to test
the
robot's perception, mobility and autonomy during long-distance
traverses. It is hoped that knowledge gained from these experiments
can be applied to the next generation of NASA planetary rovers.
Marine who vanished says he didn't
desert (USATODAY.com)
Marine who vanished says he didn't
desert (USATODAY.com)
07/20/2004 06:26 AMUSATODAY.com - The U.S. Marine who disappeared from his base in Iraq
and turned up three weeks later in Lebanon said Monday he did not
desert his post.
Now, Diaper Technology Takes On a Desert
Now, Diaper Technology Takes On a Desert
07/20/2004 12:59 AMTo address the problem of landscaping desert, developers are turning
to an unlikely solution: the technology used in disposable diapers.
Desert Combat 0.5 Beta Released
Desert Combat 0.5 Beta Released
11/07/2003 11:10 AMNo Riders: Desert Crossing Is for the
Robots Only
No Riders: Desert Crossing Is for the
Robots Only
03/08/2004 11:08 PMA motley band of computer scientists, artificial intelligence experts
and robot lovers is taking on the challenge of building a robot that
can compete in a race without a driver.
Marine Says Was Captured in Iraq, Didn't
Desert
Marine Says Was Captured in Iraq, Didn't
Desert
07/19/2004 04:32 PMReuters via Wired News Jul 19 2004 8:17PM GMT
Drone Takes to Sky Above Arizona Desert
(AP)
Drone Takes to Sky Above Arizona Desert
(AP)
06/25/2004 09:50 PMAP - The Border Patrol launched an unmanned drone Friday that uses
thermal and night-vision equipment to help agents spot illegal
immigrants trying to cross the desert into the United States.
A Wi-Fi/VoIP Phone Booth In the Burning
Man Desert
A Wi-Fi/VoIP Phone Booth In the Burning
Man Desert
09/20/2004 11:21 PMCNN.com - Genesis capsule crashes in
desert - Sep 8, 2004
CNN.com - Genesis capsule crashes in
desert - Sep 8, 2004
09/10/2004 09:17 AM2 Iraqi Missiles Are Shot Down by U.S.
and 1 Lands in Desert
2 Iraqi Missiles Are Shot Down by U.S.
and 1 Lands in Desert
03/21/2003 08:09 AM"Bush Orders an Assault and Says Americans Will Disarm Foe"
.. that they weren't .. Saddam Hoessein .. Iraq
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site | 4 links
Border Desert Proves Deadly for Mexicans
Border Desert Proves Deadly for Mexicans
05/23/2004 01:53 AMIllegal immigrants are dying in the wake of a Bush administration
amnesty proposal perceived by some as a magnet to cross.
RE: Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps
(Haegemonia bug)
RE: Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps
(Haegemonia bug)
03/08/2004 11:20 PMDrew Copley (Mar 05 2004)
Key to solar mysteries crashes into Utah
desert
Key to solar mysteries crashes into Utah
desert
09/09/2004 10:46 AMglobetechnology.com Sep 9 2004 2:14PM GMT
Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps (Haegemonia
bug)
Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps (Haegemonia
bug)
03/06/2004 01:52 AMLuigi Auriemma (Mar 05 2004)
D-Rose
D-Rose
12/16/2003 11:07 PMRelease 0.02.00
A rose is a rose..........
A rose is a rose..........
03/08/2004 11:16 PM There may be many flowers in a man's life, but there is only one
rose....
Iraq Desert Bombing Video Shows Carnage
(AP)
Iraq Desert Bombing Video Shows Carnage
(AP)
05/21/2004 04:06 PMAP - Fragments of musical instruments, tufts of women's hair, and a
large blood stain are among the scenes in Associated Press Television
News film of a destroyed house that survivors say U.S. planes bombed
during a wedding party.
Iraq desert bombing video shows carnage
Iraq desert bombing video shows carnage
05/21/2004 05:34 PMU.S. Insists Iraq Desert Strike Targeted
Criminals
U.S. Insists Iraq Desert Strike Targeted
Criminals
05/22/2004 12:43 PMReuters via Wired News May 22 2004 4:49PM GMT
Private Rocket Plane to Launch from
Mojave Desert
Private Rocket Plane to Launch from
Mojave Desert
06/20/2004 10:24 PMReuters via Wired News Jun 21 2004 1:42AM GMT
Online only: St. Mary's rallies to win
Desert Mountain Invitational
Online only: St. Mary's rallies to win
Desert Mountain Invitational
03/27/2005 08:21 AMAzcentral.com - Sun Mar 27, 01:02 pm GMT
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