October 6th, 2006
I’m sure you’re all familiar with the normal hot air hand driers in restrooms. Now there is a new product produces by a company better known for their industrial vacuum cleaners. They have applied their sucking technology to a hand drier that really blows… but in a good way! Check out the Dyson Airblade hand drier. First of all, they filter the air to remove almost all bacteria. Then they pump it at 400 mph at your hands. It’s twice as fast as conventional hand driers and uses only one-fifth the energy. I would install one in my bathroom at home, but it looks like it’s only available for businesses for use in public restrooms. It looks like it could really take off, though.
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October 6th, 2006
Krissy and I have spent the last few days taking care of another family while their parents are out of town. It is amazing how complicated things can get when you are trying to get multiple children to and from all of their activities. On top of that, each of the children are different and have completely different personalities. Some of them are very helpful and cooperative. Others are more difficult and don’t want to help. It’s been a lot of fun and it’s given us insights into our future. It’s not exactly the same because they aren’t our children and I know that makes a big difference, but it sure has opened our eyes!
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October 6th, 2006
Not just a sound effect on Teen Girl Squad, VOIP stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol. Internet Protocol, or IP, is the way that information is sent over the Internet. Information is broken into short bursts called packets. These packets can then be sent to the destination through many computers across the world. The way VOIP usually works is by connecting telephones to a box that is connected to the Internet. Since many people already have high-speed Internet connections in their homes the cost of connectivity is usually zero. A regular telephone can then be used to talk at a far-reduced rate by sending the information over the Internet for most of its journey and then only getting on the regular phone lines close to the destination. For more information about VOIP, what it is, how it works, and how it can benefit you click on the VOIP link near the top of this paragraph.
I haven’t used any of the pay services yet, but I have used Skype which is similar, but is free. The free version of Skype isn’t as convenient as paid services, however.
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October 5th, 2006
I have a relatively complicated assignment that I’m working on for the next couple of weeks. It’s like building a large brick wall. You can’t really rush it. But it’s like a brick wall where each brick you lay has the potential to mess up the rest of the wall. It’s a lot of fun, but it’s a little bit tedious at this point. It will be more interesting when it gets closer to being done and it starts to pay off.
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October 3rd, 2006
DigitalLife is an amazing show featuring consumer electronics from companies including Nvidia, ATI, AMD, Intel, Logitech, and many many more. Experience the latest video games and the newest ways to enjoy technology. Check out Nelson Gonzalez of Alienware talking about the future of computer technology and the “better than real” immersive worlds that are just now becoming possible on the high end computer systems. To get in free just go to the ticketing page and enter the promo code INSIDER in the box provided on the page.
I would really like to be able to attend this show. I am almost as far away as you can be from New York and still be in the United States, though. If you get to go I’d love to hear about it. Leave any experiences you may have in the comments.
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October 3rd, 2006
Digital Restrictions Management, cialis or DRM, forces people to buy the same sond over and over again or be forced to do things the way that others dictate. Click on the link to find out more!
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October 2nd, 2006
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October 2nd, 2006
Today I was privileged to play my first game of Mao, a card game that one must play in order to learn. You see, the rules of the game are never discussed out loud. There is no talking why playing, and the rules aren’t written down anywhere. Game-play becomes increasingly complex as the game progresses. Attention to detail and memorization are both key skills for the game. I only had a chance to play four hands, but was a lot of fun. I hear that it is popular among hackers. Perhaps I can find a group of Linux enthusiasts that also play Mao. It is a tiring game because a great deal of mental exertion is necessary to play well.
You can try to find rules online, and they are not easy to find, but they are not going to help much as the rules vary from group to group. Besides, reading the rules online ruins the spirit of the game. Ask around and see if you can find someone who will play who might already know the rules. If you do, you are in for a lot of fun!
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October 2nd, 2006
I can’t remember how many people I’ve helped out over the years to list things on eBay. Many of these people will only list very rarely or even just one time. I have always wanted to give these people an easier way to create high-quality listings without needing to learn HTML. Now I have found an eBay listing tool that is perfect for them. It’s called List’d and it includes templates that make listings actually look good. It has free image hosting so you have an all-in-one place to put together every part of a good eBay listing. This is great for beginning users and college students who just want to get their stuff sold fast. It will even help you select an ending date for your auction to get the highest price for your stuff. Technologies like this one are making the powerful tools on the Internet accessible to everyone.
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October 2nd, 2006
This was the first time I’ve been able to watch General Conference live over the Internet. Unfortunately, there isn’t a Linux player available yet for their stream. I had to install Microsoft Internet Explorer and their plugin and run the with Wine. I found a great utility to automate the process. It’s called IEs4Linux. It only cut out a few times and the picture quality was amazing. It also had controls allowing one to pause, fast-forward, and rewind. Really great stuff!
A new Seventy was called, Erich Kopischke. He was the stake president while I was serving in Erlangen in the Nuremberg Stake in Germany. I didn’t know this until I looked him up upon hearing his name in Conference, but he was also the Mission President of the Berlin Mission from 2003 until 2006. That means he was released as a mission president three months before he was sustained as a Seventy.
All in all this Conference has been really good. I can’t think of any one talk that really stuck out more than the others. All of the Apostles’ talks were great!
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