Burning jet fuel while going nowhere over Richmond, VA

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Not so obvious: 12x Plextor burning
faster than 16x Pioneer burning?

Not so obvious: 12x Plextor burning
faster than 16x Pioneer burning? 07/16/2004 12:06 AM
CD Freaks: Not so obvious: 12x Plextor burning faster than 16x Pioneer burning?

Richmond, B.C. to get wireless Internet

Richmond, B.C. to get wireless Internet 03/06/2004 02:05 AM
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Richmond Med. Ctr. for Women v. Hicks

Richmond Med. Ctr. for Women v. Hicks 06/05/2005 11:29 PM

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Richmond council uses web voting to set
key agenda

Richmond council uses web voting to set
key agenda 09/22/2004 02:43 AM
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Some photos from the Richmond helicopter
experience

Some photos from the Richmond helicopter
experience 04/02/2005 01:49 PM

Here are some photos by David Rafner, who grew up in my old neighborhood in Bethesda, Maryland and now lives in Richmond.  He rode in the back seat with a camera while Kevin Peterson and I flew Sky 12.

We start off with Sky 12, a 15,000-hour Bell 206 Jet Ranger sitting on its dolly, my nemesis at the end of every flight.

Part of the preflight process involves climbing on to the top of the helicopter to check the nuts and bolts holding the rotor system and flight controls together.

Beautiful downtown Richmond (actually Richmond is all office buildings and highways; anyone with money has fled to the western suburbs though the Fan district near the art museum shows some signs of revitalization if you don't mind living right next to some truly bad neighborhoods)...

I watched more TV news in the last week than in all of 2004.  The camera monitor includes a little inset window showing the actual broadcast, complete with commercials.

Flooding Devastates Historic Richmond,
Va. (AP)

Flooding Devastates Historic Richmond,
Va. (AP) 09/01/2004 03:55 AM
AP - Giant sections were taken out of roads where the earth had given way to rushing water beneath the concrete. An intersection disappeared into a 30-foot sinkhole, with cars, twisted pieces of fencing and part of a front yard lying at the bottom. Five people were dead, while others were left carless, homeless and jobless.

WWII Government Pamphlets Available at U
of Richmond Site

WWII Government Pamphlets Available at U
of Richmond Site 05/31/2004 06:44 AM
The University of Richmond (GO SPIDERS!) is offering for Memorial Day a collection of 60 digitized World War II pamphlets. They can be searched and browsed at http://oncampus.richmond.edu/is/library/digital/america_at_war/Gateway .html , while...

Richmond man charged with police threats
on 'net

Richmond man charged with police threats
on 'net 04/14/2004 07:56 PM
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BroadFx Media Appears in Richmond Review

BroadFx Media Appears in Richmond Review 12/29/2003 02:51 PM
BC Technology Dec 29 2003 1:43PM ET

4.5 MAG EARTHQUAKE VIRGINIA; BUILDINGS
SHAKE DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, FELT IN D.C

4.5 MAG EARTHQUAKE VIRGINIA; BUILDINGS
SHAKE DOWNTOWN RICHMOND, FELT IN D.C 12/10/2003 10:24 AM
It was felt by many here in the Raleigh area .. Officials say .. Sure enough .. WRAL

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Richmond awards contract for adults care
management information system

Richmond awards contract for adults care
management information system 08/11/2004 02:57 AM
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Richmond Computer Geek Has the Answer to
the Post-Holiday High-Tech Blues

Richmond Computer Geek Has the Answer to
the Post-Holiday High-Tech Blues 12/19/2004 03:32 PM
Everyone in Richmond now has a remedy to his/her digital headaches thanks to Chris Casheros, the mobile computer geek who recently launched two new franchises with Geeks On Call®, the nation’s premier provider of on-site computer support. Offering assistance to businesses as well as residential customers, Casheros and his team of computer professionals zip throughout Richmond in their trademark Chrysler PT Cruisers (affectionately dubbed “PC Cruisers™”) to deliver essential computer services including troubleshooting, repairs, upgrades, wired/wireless networking, one-on-one training, and custom-built PCs. [PRWEB Dec 16, 2004]

Calculate The Estimated Fuel Cost Of
Your Trip - Fuel Cost Calculator

Calculate The Estimated Fuel Cost Of
Your Trip - Fuel Cost Calculator 03/28/2005 08:11 AM
Calculate The Estimated Fuel Cost Of Your Trip - Fuel Cost Calculator
http://www.fuelcostcalculato r.com/

Using current gasoline prices from AAA's daily, online Fuel Gauge Report, as well as the latest highway fuel economy ratings from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the AAA Fuel Cost Calculator estimates the amount and cost of gasoline needed to complete a vacation trip. Although the total number of miles driven and prices paid for gasoline during your trip may vary from the estimates provided, the AAA Fuel Cost Calculator is intended to help you determine the cost of fuel needed to complete a vacation drive.

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.1.23

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.1.23 09/16/2004 04:58 PM

the pavements are burning

the pavements are burning 08/28/2004 06:35 PM
I've written more stuff in this one sitting today (I'm closing in on six hours) than in the last month, so I've been taking breaks and surfing the web to give myself time to recharge between furious bursts of creativity.

Read the entire entry @WWdN.

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.1.20

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.1.20 08/13/2004 02:36 PM

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.1.17

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.1.17 07/02/2004 04:28 PM

Burning Rubber

Burning Rubber 08/13/2004 05:33 AM

« The smell of burning rubber. »

Cruising Night was last Friday but it seems I didn't get the memo about them first collecting in the harbour area before meeting in the icehall parking lot soo...it was too dark to really take any photos after 10p when the cars finally started arriving there. I only bothered with a few shots of the cars burning rubber on the lot for spectators and those who love the smell of burning rubber. I was disappointed since I do love classic cars.

And, barring any loss of motivation, the Prague photos will be available by sometime tomorrow.

Nero Burning Rom 6.6.0.12

Nero Burning Rom 6.6.0.12 04/15/2005 12:54 PM

basement burning

basement burning 09/19/2004 03:58 PM
. . . the really good interviews are the ones where the journalist has done his or her homework, is actually interested in what we're talking about, and isn't afraid to throw the list of questions away if something more interesting comes up in the course of the interview.

Read the entire entry @ WWdN.

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.0.2

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.0.2 12/29/2003 05:33 PM

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.1.10

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.1.10 05/04/2004 08:08 AM

Baghdad Burning

Baghdad Burning 12/24/2003 05:27 AM
And most importantly… did anyone see it coming? .. the possibility of civil war .. Questions and Fears .. Baghdad Burning .. ENTRY PERMALINK

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Burning Man, the Simulation

Burning Man, the Simulation 01/05/2004 06:12 AM
Thanks to a California artist, Burning Man addicts can get a fix every day of the year, provided they have Microsoft Flight Simulator. By Daniel Terdiman.

The burning Bush

The burning Bush 04/30/2004 02:47 PM
PBS's "The Jesus Factor" looks at the passion of the president -- and its far-reaching political repercussions.

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.0.0

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.0.0 12/12/2003 06:35 PM

Burning Bright

Burning Bright 12/29/2003 08:30 AM

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Keep the bird burning

Keep the bird burning 09/14/2004 07:32 AM
Shelley needs some coins in her tips jar. I can't imagine the blogosphere without her strong voice......

5 things I'll be doing while you're at
Burning Man

5 things I'll be doing while you're at
Burning Man 09/02/2004 08:11 AM
Xeni Jardin: Snipped from 5ives:

Five things I'll be doing while you're at Burning Man

1.carefully stewarding my pallor
2. repeatedly watching Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on the TiVo
3. defecating indoors -- copiously, often, and without queueing
4. not tongue-kissing a sweaty Java programmer in clown makeup named "Shanti"
5. wearing clothes--lots and lots of square, capitalist, heinous-body-covering clothes

Link (Thanks, Jason Schultz!)

My one burning question of the day

My one burning question of the day 02/19/2004 02:08 PM
Do flowers grow on the moon? I had a dream last night about moonflowers and they were so beautiful. Silvery...

The smell of burning

The smell of burning 02/17/2004 10:19 AM

Apparently after I last posted, the fan on the web server that hosts this site shuffled off its mortal coil, and headed for a higher fanly plane. And because of the timing of things, it took a long time for the replacement to settle into its new home. But now it's here, and I've certainly forgotten everything I intended to write. The more I think, "I need to write more posts!" the less I ever write. Perhaps now with the new humming fan, things will get back on track. Oh yeah, and A-Rod to the Yankees?! Argh!

Coasterless CD Burning

Coasterless CD Burning 11/17/2002 09:46 PM
It seems that the well stocked CDRW home is never without enough drink coasters. Tips to prevent blown CD burning.

Burning down the Log Cabin

Burning down the Log Cabin 06/03/2004 09:18 AM
Assailing the "cabal of geniuses" who cooked up the gay marriage ban, one of the GOP's only openly gay leaders breaks with his party.

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.1.25

Nero Burning ROM 6.3.1.25 09/20/2004 04:30 PM

still building and burning

still building and burning 02/01/2005 09:53 PM

For the past week or so, I've been furiously working on my MacWorld presentation, trying to find exactly what I want to say, and just the right way to say it. It's been a lot more difficult than I had anticipated. This is going to be a very different type of experience than what people are used to at keynotes. I'm not going to talk about the future of anything, or pontificate about how Apple is doing this or not doing that . . . I'm strictly there to entertain the audience. I'm a little nervous about how they'll respond, so I've thrown out everything and started over too many times to count. The entire time, I've watched the clock get closer and closer to 9:30 Thursday morning.

When I least expected it (around seven this morning as I packed lunches for Ryan and Nolan), the whole thing sprung into my head fully formed. What a relief! This is my favorite way to write: I can see the entire thing in my mind, like I'm looking down on a huge map. Because I know how the general landscape looks, I can zoom in on some areas and discover really interesting and unexpected details, then pull back to see the whole thing. The entire time, I know where I'm headed, so I'm not afraid to take some side trips as I transcribe what my brain's come up with when I wasn't paying attention.

I'm not going to publish all my remarks ahead of time like I usually do, because I think there will be a webcast, and I don't want to give it all away . . . but it's been so much fun to develop, I don't want to wait two whole days to share it with an audience, so I'm going to preview a little bit of it right now:

I was twelve going on thirteen the first time I saw a Macintosh computer. It happened in the summer of 1984 -- a long time ago; even longer if you measure according to Moore's Law.

I was in a bookstore in the San Fernando Valley, looking for a magazine (I think it was called "Byte.") My friend Brian told me that this magazine was filled with playable arcade games — all I had to do was copy the programs, written in BASIC, to my TI 99/4a.

"Wil, we're late for dinner. We have to leave now." It was my father. He held my brother's hand, and my six year-old sister sat atop his shoulders.

I looked at the rack in front of me: the magazine I had hoped to find wasn't there, and now I would have to leave empty-handed. I tried to stall him.

"Hey, did you see this, dad?" I took a book off the shelf. The picture on the cover showed that someone had written "hello" in cursive on a computer's built-in monitor.

He took it from me and looked at it.

"That should keep him occupied for a minute, and I can find this maga—"

"Jeremy," he said to my kid brother, "take this to mommy and tell her we're ready to leave."

Before I could protest, my brother ran the book across the store, my mother paid for it, and we were on our way to The Jolly Roger restaurant to celebrate my being cast in a movie called "The Body."

In 1984, my family had almost achieved escape velocity from our white trash roots, but we were still poor. It was a big deal to go out to dinner, it was a big deal to buy a book, and I didn't want to tell my dad that he'd paid for something I didn't want. So I masked my disappointment and began to read.

"This is made by Apple? Oh, man! Kevin has that Apple ][, and it's totally lame! It doesn't play Pac Man like the arcade, and you can't even hook it up to the television!"

To give this thought some context: in 1984 I thought that Thriller was "awesome" and letting my boxers hang out the bottom of my corduroy OP shorts was "rad," so perhaps I wasn't the best judge of what was and wasn't lame.

It took less than fifteen minutes to drive from the bookstore to the restaurant, and I read that book the entire way. By the time we got out of the car, I had completely forgotten about my silly TI 99/4a. This "Macintosh" computer, I had decided, was the future.

"Dad! This is so cool!" I said as we got out of the car. "You use this thing called a 'mouse' to tell the computer what to do!"

My dad nodded politely while he helped my mom get my sister out of her car seat.

"Oh really?"

"Yeah! And it's got this puzzle game built right into it, and you can use this mouse thing to draw pictures, and it's got something called 'MacWrite' that I could use to write stories, and there's a clock, and it makes a happy face when you turn it on, and . . ."

I took the book with me into the restaurant, and by the end of the meal I had convinced myself that I had to own one of these machines.

"Mom," I said, in my most grown-up voice, as we finished dinner, "a lot of other kids at school have computers, and they use them for homework, and to learn math and stuff."

"What about your Texas Instruments thing?" She said.

"Pish!" I said, "That thing? All that can do is play games! And it doesn't have a mouse. I hear that all the new computers will have mouses. They're very important."

My parents looked at each other.

"We'll think about it," they said, in unison.

"Oh? Good. Because, you know, it has a built-in monitor, so I wouldn't have to hook it up to the television when you guys want to watch TV."

"Thank you for thinking of us," my father said, dryly.

I beamed. This was going very well.

"And it's portable, too! See?" I opened the book, and showed them a picture of the handle that was built into the top. "I could get a carrying case, and take it with me to Aunt Val's when we go to visit. I could totally entertain myself, and I wouldn't bother you guys at all."

"That's very thoughtful," my mother said.

"Have you thought about selling cars?" my father asked.

"No. Why?"

After I tell the story of how I got my first Mac, and give a quick synopsis of my history from then until now:

"In 1988, I attended my first MacWorld, and after about an hour here, I realized that, even though I'd upgraded it to four megabytes of RAM, my MacPlus was woefully out of date. I was flush with cash from my weekly gig on Star Trek, so I went nuts: I bought a Macintosh IIx, a 30MB SCSI hard drive, a 2400 baud modem, and eight 1MB SIMMS. When I booted it the first time, I experienced a rush of excitement that I hadn't felt since I first completed that cool built-in puzzle back in 1984: two hundred and fifty-six fabulous, vibrant, living colors splashed across my screen."

Then, I plan to segue into Just A Geek. I'll talk a bit about how I wrote my entire final draft on my iBook, and then I have this thing that I hope Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak will maybe hear someday: "Steve and Woz? Thank you for being such a big part of my life. Thank you for showing people like me that if you dream it, you can do it, even — especially — when nobody else believes in you."

I'll read two stories that I hope have a little bit of a universal appeal: The Trade, and Fireworks. If everything goes well, I'll come in at just under an hour, and everyone will enjoy themselves.

And remember, if you're in the area and are not coming to MacWorld, you can still come out to Borders in Union Square on Friday night, where I'll be reading from and signing Just A Geek. I start at 7pm.

My eyes... the burning...

My eyes... the burning... 08/27/2004 01:51 PM
Pour Some Sugar On Me, as reinvisioned by Townsend, a boy band. Some would say it's the worst thing they'd ever seen, but I'd hazard a guess that it may actually be the worst thing ever filmed. The song is enhanced with a rap section, and the video is enhanced with the addition of the jackass from Smashmouth, for some bizarre reason. NSFNSAVI (not safe for the non sight & vision impaired)

"Baghdad Burning"

"Baghdad Burning" 04/09/2004 04:12 PM

Rip-Mix-Burning DVD players

Rip-Mix-Burning DVD players 05/21/2004 02:19 PM

Copyfight has an interesting post on the discrepancy in congress over ClearPlay DVD players. The players automatically remove scenes that would be offensive to sensitive viewers, but do so in the comfort of one's own home while playing standard movies on DVD. Some politicians oppose it because individuals are creating derivative works and they also see it as opening the door to "recipe hacking", which would be like producing the Grey Album by purchasing two legal records (the original Beatles' White Album and Jay-Z's Black Album) and combining them at home to produce a derivative work (if DJ Dangermouse produced software that could create his mixes).

On top of all that, since the motivation behind ClearPlay technology is largely religious, it turns the argument on its ear to many participants and observers. It's not hard to find folks that loved the Grey Album but see ClearPlay technology as something to be frowned upon, but the underlying technology and law is largely the same. It's an interesting case and hopefully does open the doors to all sorts of creative uses of derivative works.

Burning down the games

Burning down the games 03/14/2005 05:45 PM
I'm trying to be really, really good and hunker down on my book work, so I didn't make any effort to check in at the Game Developers' Conference even though it was right here in San Francisco, and now I'm kicking myself, because it appears that two of my favorite thinkers on the subject -- my old friend Greg Costikyan, and Brenda Laurel, whose "Computers as Theater" was pivotal in shifting the course of my career -- delivered blistering rants today at a p anel there. I don't know if the event will ever be more thoroughly documented, but in the meantime, these notes will do [link via BoingBoing]. Here are choice excerpts:

Costikyan: How often DO they perform human sacrifices at Nintendo?? My friends, we are FUCKED [laughter]. We are well and truly fucked. The bar in terms of graphics and glitz has been raised and raised until we can't afford to do anything at all. 80 hour weeks until our jobs are all outsourced to Asia. but it's ok because the HD era is here, right? I say, enough. The time has come for revolution! It may seem to you that what I describe is inevitable forces of history, but no, we have free will! EA could have chosen to focus on innovation, but they did not. Nintendo could make development kits cheaply available to small firms, but they prefer to rely on the creativity on one aging designer. You have choices too: work in a massive sweatshop publisher-run studio with thousands of others making the next racing game with the same gameplay as Pole Position. Or you can riot in the streets of Redwood City! Choose another business model, development path, and you can choose to remember why you love games and make sure in a generation's time there are still games to love. Laurel: GTA [Grand Theft Auto] I talked to 22 little boys in LA, all of them wanted to see that game. With only one exception, the thing that they wanted to see was to be able to drive by their house. They weren't interested in stealing cars. Or the criminals. Or the back-story. They weren't interested in that, they wanted the simulation of driving by the house.

UPDATE: Greg has now posted the text of his talk. And it seems that at least some of Brenda Laurel's talk drew from material in her essay here on "New Boys."
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Commit Launches New Software Version for
Computer Service Companies New features
extend Commit capabilities fo

Commit Launches New Software Version for
Computer Service Companies New features
extend Commit capabilities fo 03/29/2005 04:30 AM
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Commit Launches New Software Version for
Computer Service Companies

Commit Launches New Software Version for
Computer Service Companies 03/27/2005 03:20 AM
Commit Business Solutions, a leader in management solutions for small to mid-sized IT Service Providers (SMB), announced the launch of its new software version for computer service companies. [PRWEB Mar 27, 2005]

Dell Delivers in the Clutch

Dell Delivers in the Clutch 08/12/2004 06:48 PM
Smart Money Aug 12 2004 11:25PM GMT

NASA Software Engineering Laboratory

NASA Software Engineering Laboratory 11/13/2003 08:49 AM
A list of software engineering documents derived from over 20 years of software development practice at NASA. Here are the ones i found most useful:

-Recommended Approach to Software Development PDF

-Manager's Handbook for Software Development PDF

-Software Process Improvement Guide PDF

PS: These methods are an insight into how to manage a very big project. For smaller projects, many of these details are bureaucracy and are not needed. I found the requirements and planning parts particularly useful as it has several checklists on things to consider...

NASA Tech Briefs Software Center

NASA Tech Briefs Software Center 08/06/2004 06:17 AM
NASA Tech Briefs Software Center
http://link.abpi.net/l.ph p?20040802A6

The NASA Tech Briefs Software Center allows you to access NASA software programs available for commercial applications and development, ranging from aerodynamic analysis to artificial intelligence and bioinformatics. Additional features include Software Tech Briefs, feature articles, and the Software Store. This has been added to Artificial Intelligence Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

NASA beams new software to Mars rovers

NASA beams new software to Mars rovers 04/14/2004 06:31 AM
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Xerox software used by NASA to keep Mars
explorations on track

Xerox software used by NASA to keep Mars
explorations on track 06/22/2004 05:30 PM
A Web-based application from Xerox allows NASA to download photographs and other data from the rovers so researchers can contribute ideas and work with each other on deciding the next explorations to make.

NASA Unveiled Internet Software Tools
for Carbon Management

NASA Unveiled Internet Software Tools
for Carbon Management 09/04/2004 04:40 AM
PhysOrg.com Sep 4 2004 9:28AM GMT

Rugby: Robinson eyes top job

Rugby: Robinson eyes top job 09/07/2004 06:33 AM
Caretaker England rugby coach Andy Robinson confirms he intends to apply for the job full-time.

Woodward lauds Robinson

Woodward lauds Robinson 02/16/2004 01:06 AM
Clive Woodward salutes Jason Robinson for his display in England's win over Italy.

Talking with Bishop Gene Robinson

Talking with Bishop Gene Robinson 02/16/2004 09:24 PM
This link does not involve dogs or turtles (mutants, ninjas or otherwise). Rather, it's an insightful interview with Bishop Gene Robinson, conducted by a divinity school student. [more inside]

Rugby: Robinson commits to Sale

Rugby: Robinson commits to Sale 08/09/2004 05:49 AM
England star Jason Robinson signs a new contract to see out his career at Sale.

Rugby: Robinson in pole position

Rugby: Robinson in pole position 09/04/2004 10:10 AM
Andy Robinson is the leading contender to become England's permanent rugby coach, the RFU admits.

Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Keith Robinson

Web Standards Group - Ten Questions for
Keith Robinson 04/27/2004 08:09 PM
Ten Questions for Keith Robinson

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New Debian Project Leader: Branden
Robinson

New Debian Project Leader: Branden
Robinson 04/12/2005 05:01 PM
Slashdot Apr 12 2005 5:58PM GMT

Baseball Pauses to Honor Jackie Robinson
(AP)

Baseball Pauses to Honor Jackie Robinson
(AP) 04/15/2004 07:52 PM
AP - As a boy, Bud Selig went to Wrigley Field to watch a rookie named Jackie Robinson. More than a half-century later, the memory still sticks with the commissioner.

Fwd: [Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm
vm_map.c]

Fwd: [Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm
vm_map.c] 05/07/2004 03:01 PM
Jacques A. Vidrine (May 05 2004)

XDI-SPIT-1.11

XDI-SPIT-1.11 08/03/2004 06:27 PM

XDI-SPIT-1.1

XDI-SPIT-1.1 07/03/2004 12:39 AM

XDI-SPIT-1.0

XDI-SPIT-1.0 06/04/2004 05:30 AM

Lawrence B. Robinson, 85; UCLA Professor
Emeritus of Engineering

Lawrence B. Robinson, 85; UCLA Professor
Emeritus of Engineering 04/15/2005 04:39 AM
Los Angeles Times Apr 15 2005 8:44AM GMT

Burning jet fuel while going nowhere over Richmond, VA

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