Fri - October 6, 2006

Dynesys animation


Dynamic stabilization (dynesys) is an excellent alternative to rigid fusiion surgery.

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Sun - April 23, 2006

Too Many Wires


I was plugged into the wall for power, and I have a USB cable going to this new "audiophile" outboard DAC Bithead thingie with another cable going to my earphones which split into two and then wrap around my ears.... There are chords I haven't heard in years :-), and another firewire cable headed to an outboard drive.

...Too few cables and you are SOL. It is amazing to me that I can edit a HDV video clip on a laptop in an airport -- while I am listening to music.

In any case this fellow sits down next to me stating "You must make Steve very happy".... No stinkin dinkie Vaio can do that :-) In all seriousness though I had a tiny Vaio notebook in the late 1990s and they are the slimest lightest thing going. The issue is that the little keyboard and small screen make it hard to do real work for extended periods of time. And watching movies in HD is way better on a 15 inch screen. The 17 is too large to use comfortably on the airplane so the 15" MBP is perfect for me.... Too many cables though.

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Sat - April 15, 2006

Panera good, Starbucks bad ...


I guess that the fact I am writing this in 2006 indicates that I haven't been a 'heavy' wifi user out of the home but I just found out ...... I've been shelling out $2 - $3 a day for the last decade or so on Starbucks coffee and they don't have the courtesy to give me wifi access. I turns out that the coffee at Panera bread really isn't all that bad and the wifi is free.

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