Sunday, 26 October, 2008. 06:56:35 PM
We went to the Mac store in Novi today. Dad bought a new iMac and I got a purple Nano.
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Sunday, 26 October, 2008. 11:21:53 AM
Kristiana and I are in E. Lansing visiting grandma's house.
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Friday, 24 October, 2008. 10:24:45 AM
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Wednesday, 22 October, 2008. 02:57:11 PM
path().file_string() C:\wave_orbital\harvester_client_workspace\client\Debug\work\a.checksum
path().root_name() C:
path().root_directory() /
path().root_path() C:/
path().relative_path() wave_orbital/harvester_client_workspace/client/Debug/work/a.checksum
path().leaf() a.checksum
path().branch_path() C:/wave_orbital/harvester_client_workspace/client/Debug/work
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Wednesday, 22 October, 2008. 11:53:29 AM
Look at the scarf.
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Tuesday, 21 October, 2008. 09:24:46 PM
This is my last week in Atlanta. Except for a couple months during the summer, I've
been travelling here to work every week since January 14th.
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Sunday, 19 October, 2008. 01:42:01 AM
The new page is up!
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Sunday, 19 October, 2008. 12:40:35 AM
My website has been looking pretty bad for a while now. Firefox 3 doesn't render
it correctly, probably due to some CSS coding errors. I've wanted to change the site
for a while now, so this is probably a good time to do it.
I have a new site template which will change the appearance, and in the background
I am developing a new set of Python scripts which I use to generate all the pages.
The old Python script is a hacked up mess which I originally wrote back in 2001.
The new design will be up soon, but missing a lot of things. Over time I'll move
the missing pieces over.
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Sunday, 19 October, 2008. 12:08:37 AM
Last night someone went through the entire neighborhood and stole all
the Obama signs. I have a bunch, so a new one went up almost immediately.
Don't they know that for every sign sold Obama gets 10 bucks? Signs
used to be free, but no longer. Every sign theft is now effectively
a campaign donation. Thanks, sign thieves!
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Thursday, 16 October, 2008. 11:39:28 AM
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Thursday, 16 October, 2008. 12:08:03 AM
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Wednesday, 15 October, 2008. 09:50:58 PM
Joe the Plumber is the most famous plumber in the USA right now
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Wednesday, 15 October, 2008. 07:18:38 PM
Next time I go to Hawaii, I'm buying a ukulele.
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Tuesday, 14 October, 2008. 03:36:01 PM
Texas early voting is October 20th.
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Monday, 13 October, 2008. 01:11:16 AM
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. - Sinclair Lewis
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Tuesday, 07 October, 2008. 12:54:20 AM
I've been re-learning the optics that I've forgotten. Kristiana and I are going to
build a low power microscope suitable for looking at bugs. We built an optical bench
using some Sculpey and lenses from a junk camera to test some ideas last weekend. The
source for the lenses that I'll use is Surplus Shed, so I can only pick lenses which I think
will be approximately correct for my application.
The goal is to build a simple microscope using a telescope eyepiece and a single achromatic
or apochromatic objective lens. I want the final magnification to be approximately 15X,
which will be just right for comfortably looking at bugs. I also have to consider that
Kristiana is only 4 years old, so a higher powered microscope might be a little difficult
for her to use.
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