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Why N. Carolina Has More Tech Businesses Than Florida

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Carolina Launch Pad names 2010 class of entrepreneurs
CHAPEL HILL, NC, January 8, 2010—New participants in Carolina Launch Pad will move into office space within the next few weeks as the pre-commercial incubator located at RENCI begins its second year.
Carolina Launch Pad, funded by RENCI through the UNC Office of the Provost, targets faculty, staff and [...]

Florida’s First Earthship Sails Toward Completion

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

In 2008 I visited the site of Florida’s first Earthship home — http://www.roblimo.com/node/329. I’m pleased to report that now, in October, 2009, construction is coming along nicely.

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Linus Torvalds plays pool…

Friday, October 9th, 2009

…and instructs his partner, too, even though Linus is not exactly a great player himself. This video was shot at the Club 915 in Portland, Oregon, during a LinuxFund Party held in conjunction with LinuxCon 2009. Video courtesy of InternetVideoPromotion.com.

Marty Connor Describes and Demonstrates gPXE

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

This is an unedited recording of Marty Connor’s Etherboot tutorial session at LinuxCon 2009 in Portland, OR.

Back Room Short Film Festival, 9-9-09 in St. Pete

Friday, September 11th, 2009

The first-ever Tampa/St. Petersburg Short Film Festival was held at Nova 535 in St. Pete the evening of 9/9/2009. It was a fine and interesting event. You should have been there!

Firefox Loves You (25 second video)

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Sort of a “draft” for a Firefox commercial. Roughly done, more as a training exercise than for any other reason.

Xvid Rendering in Sony Vegas

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

AVI + Xvid is my favorite online video delivery container/codec combination because it gives me the most consistent, and clearest HD upload results across multiple video sharing sites, not all of which transcode to Flash equally well from all codecs and containers.. This video will show you how to get Xvid — from xvid.org/ — [...]

Sometimes, with Coffee, Simpler is Better

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Several years ago my wife gave me a super-fancy coffeemaker as a gift: a Cuisinart Grind & Brew device that had a built-in coffee grinder, its own little water filter, and a timer so it would make fresh-ground coffee at a predetermined time.
The only major problem with the thing was that cleaning it was a [...]

A Forgotten Reason Why Car Sales Will Never Fully ‘Recover’

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

How old is your car? Mine was made in 1994 and now has close to 190,000 miles on it. Sure, it’s a Jeep Cherokee — the non-grand model — that is noted for durability, but cars today last longer than they used to. People who prefer buying new cars may once have traded them in [...]

Happy Birthday, Sir Isaac Newton

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

That’s right. The discoverer of gravity and (maybe) inventor of calculus was born on Christmas Day in 1642. Soon afterwards England changed its dating system, so after-the-fact Newton was listed as having been born Jan. 4, 1643. Whatever. I’m an old-fashioned, conservative sort of guy, so today is the day I will raise a glass [...]

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