January 2012
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I put in some time last night working on my amplifier project again after I had received all of the remaining ICs and parts I need for the electronics late last year.
One of the decisions I made was to have multiple inputs – a default for an Apple TV (or insert media box) and auxiliary (via minijack and Bluetooth) - and therefore a method of switching between the two. I don’t want to have...
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December 2011
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Homepage
I had been hand-coding everything on my site before and that’s only fun for so long. Now it runs on Stacey: a minimal CMS that gives just the right constructs to make life easier. It lists the projects I’m working on, my mixtapes and photos and is closer to what I really want. And it looks exactly the same.
I’ve also made some changes to Juke, my jQuery plugin for mixtapes. It...
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November 2011
14 posts
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On Libraries
The librarian isn’t a clerk who happens to work at a library. A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and a teacher. The librarian is the interface between reams of data and the untrained but motivated user.
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[Kids] need a librarian more than ever (to figure out creative ways to find and use data). They need a library not at all.
– Seth Godin
What happens to librarians and...
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He must trust, and he must have faith. And so he builds, because what is...
– Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
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October 2011
11 posts
massansf:
massan- “can you get up over a bike?”
huf- “yeah”
massan- “lets do it tomorrow around 1”
huf- “ok”
10/2008
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On Nest
Some people think that Nest is an overpriced thermostat. Who cares! It’s the smart home, at long last. They won’t stop at a thermostat. They’re Apple-ing (in the sense of taking something that already exists and doing it right) home automation. This is fascinating to imagine.
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Things I like on October 25th, 2011.
Being back in school after four years.
Biking everywhere.
Working with my hands.
My new computer.
Licorice tea.
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steezncrackers asked: Hey I saw your paint job on the #bike thread on tumblr. Looks awesome! I was tryin to go for a chrome or silver for my own. How did you do it? (paint type, coat, precautions)? Thanks in advance and great blog!
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