Posted by mark.
Oct
11
Posted by mark.
I’m sitting here laughing hysterically at 3am trying not to wake the whole house.
Found this old fail surfing youtube:
Oct
10
Posted by mark.
A friend is busy putting together a kick ass startup with a strong geographic component. He’s using Google Maps API version 3 which is a vast improvement (and total rewrite) from previous versions. But he needs to store and query his geographic data in a fast efficient way. There are many options out there, but if you want massive speed and scaleability you really want to use MySQL. So I’m writing this quickstart guide for his (and your) benefit.
Most websites …
Oct
10
Posted by mark.
Last night I logged on to NASA’s Mauna Kea observatory live video feed to watch LCROSS slam into the moon. After LCROSS was finished pancaking into the moon and not producing the expected 6 mile plume, I noticed an IP address flash on the top right of the video display. So I hit it with a web browser. I found this:
The big green button was begging to be hit, so I did. And up came a directory:
So I made a …
Oct
9
Posted by mark.
Update: My real-time traffic feed says it all. Thanks for the mention and link-love M.G. and Techcrunch.
Two people died and 19 passed out at an Arizona sweat lodge last night. The author who hosted the event is James Arthur Ray and is an avid Twitterer. He deleted his 10 most recent tweets after the deaths, but Twitter search still has them cached. I’ve been aware of this for a while because every now and then I’ll go flying …
Oct
9
Posted by mark.
Oct
7
Posted by mark.
I recently upgraded our router to the Linksys WRT320N router. I set the router to only transmit on 5GHz and the performance has been awesome because all our neighbors are still on 2.4 GHz, our 2.4 GHz cordless phones don’t interfere with our WiFi anymore and because 5GHz is better at getting around corners and going through walls.
Awesome… except on my personal MacBook.
Earlier today I was on a 3.5 hour skype call (!!!) and every few minutes I’d get a …
Oct
3
Posted by mark.
Our 4 year old aussie cattle dog Joey just got skunked. My sister in law feeds left-over chicken to the local skunks and a big one arrived. We accidentally left Joey outside. Next thing the neighbor knocks on the door saying “Your dog is outside and he’s been skunked!”
I’ve never smelled skunk before. It’s BAAAAHAAAAD!!
So we found an old home remedy that worked unbelievably well. I’ve heard from people have tried soap, tomato juice, baking soda, vinegar and a whole …