I was curious about getting a Super Tangent (Apple Shuffle rip-off) as an el cheapo USB mp3 player. But no one seemed to be selling them on eBay anymore. In the search for the product under a different name, I stumbled on emanufacturer on eBay selling Visual Land’s imported mp3 players. They are bling bling …
Tag Archives: science & technology
LASIK touchup
(All photos for this entry are posted here) Friday afternoon I had my right eye touched up with Wavefront LASIK. I had previously had both eyes done last Oct. While my left eye was better than 20/20, my right eye was slightly worse. My vision was fine, but I’m a perfectionist. I wanted a touchup …
History, exploration, and geeks.
Great urban exploration site: Russian photos and text of abandoned soviet infrastructure Long-Lost Da Vinci Masterpiece Found Behind Palazzo Walls “A high-tech art sleuth finds a hollow space behind an Italian palazzo’s murals, and believes he may have discovered a Da Vinci masterpiece not seen since 1563. In a case of life imitating art, Maurizio …
Oil, energy and enviro info
Most of these are older links, but I just haven’t had the time to post them. In case you missed it: A White House official who once led the oil industry’s fight against limits on greenhouse gases has repeatedly edited government climate reports in ways that play down links between such emissions and global warming. …
Misc techy, DRM
I’ve been recording some shows from This American Life. Why? Well, I seem to always forget to tune in on a Sunday, and streaming is just a pain in the ass. When I’m not using the audio on my computer, I play a show stream (RealAudio, but I use MPC with the Real Alternative 1.41 …