Monthly Archives: July 2007
pV=nRT
The Ideal Gas Law.
Pressure and volume are inversely related. Temperature is related to both. This means that the more stuff you have, you either are putting it in a bigger space or putting it under greater pressure. This is why rockets, guns, cars and jets work. If you increase [...]
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Interrobang
“You’re really going to start a band called interrobang‽” asked Tom excitedly.
This week in review
I’m trying to get in the habit of doing a weekly review now. This should help me focus more on getting the things done that I care about.
I’ve started a few self-improvement projects recently and I’m sort of sticking to them.
Start learning a new programming language. I’m picking up Ruby and specifically Ruby on Rails [...]
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Off to Maine for the weekend
Jaymie v.V. has invited us up to her family’s houseboat for fun and lobster rolls.
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I’m old.
Maynard James Keenan of Tool and a A Perfect Circle is starting a mystic wine company. At first I felt ripped off, which was retarded. Now I’m wondering what it tastes like. But I’m still hoping it’s a prank of some sort.
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Gliffy makes diagrams easy
Sometimes the best way to say it is with a picture. My experience has been that a picture is worth 900 or so words.
For drawing work diagrams, Visio is typically the king.
It is made by Microsoft and big corporations typically have a volume license deal.
It is pretty decent desktop software and fits most uses.
I [...]
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Advice on choosing a hard drive file system
Once you go beyond windows you have to make decisions about how your hard drive’s file structure will work.
This is a very complex choice that very very few people can make informed decisions about.
There is, of course a simpler way to decide.
If you don’t get the joke, awesome. You get to read this wired [...]
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I’m on facebook
So you can, you know, be my e-friend or something. Go on, make my profile look less lonely.
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This week in review