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Monthly Archives March 2009

Bibliofile Going Gentle Into That Good Night

I just sadly posted this to Bibliofile, the reading log application I’ve had up for several years now: Well, folks, it’s time for some sad news. Bibliofile is going away on April 4, 2009. The reasons for this are various. I created Bibliofile because I wanted to learn Ruby on Rails. Rails, however, has advanced [...]

Posted 25 March 2009 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (2)

Spring Break 2009

We’ve had a pretty quiet spring break. I’ve been working half days, since the University doesn’t give us proper time off, and have been enjoying the extra time with the family. The big event of the week was a trip to Sea World. (The best time to go in Texas is probably right now, as [...]

Posted 20 March 2009 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0)

Wire Tree Prototype

Several months ago I was out in Wimberley, visiting my favorite hill country art gallery, and stumbled upon a huge, lovely tree sculpture made of wire. I was so impressed with the piece that I immediately decided to learn to make something similar myself. So yesterday, I picked up a dollar worth of florist’s wire [...]

Posted 20 March 2009 § Art ‡ Comments (2)

From the Mixed Up Files of Mr. John Rogers

This earned a tea-snort from me this morning: There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with [...]

Posted 20 March 2009 § Books ‡ Comments (0)

Situational Awareness

I’ve long been fascinated by the prospect of wearable computing devices. Having ubiquitous access to information — movie times, news stories, restaurant reviews, product information, word definitions, novels, friends’ locations — seems like such a compelling idea that any talk of such things rivets me. As cellular phones have become more powerful and capable, they’ve [...]

Posted 10 March 2009 § Computers ‡ Comments (1)