Specialization is for Insects

I’ve had a very screwed up sleeping schedule the past few nights.  And I doubt I’ll be sleeping much tonight due to coffee and (second-hand) nicotine.  So I’ve been working on my blog a little bit, making sure my avatar (and gravatar) is up to date on a few sites and thinking of a project [...]

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Multi user wordpress is an amazingly awesome and powerful package.  It lets you run a blog hosting service like wordpress.com on your own.  Pretty cool tool for a community.
I’ve run into only one error tonight when setting up MU wordpress.  When I try to login the domain tries to redirect me to "cgi-system/wp-login.php" when it [...]

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I finally found an email I’ve been searching for.  This email marks my first interaction with OLPC and my first attempt to get involved with OLPC Content.

Hello,
I work with the <snip>; a non-profit organization that
does history presentations on the middle ages for schools, libraries
and museums in the Pacific Northwest.  We do demonstrations and
lectures on historical [...]

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Rice Boy is a beautifully drawn webcomic about the adventure of it’s eponymous character, Rice-boy.  Or at least it was.  The final pages of this 411 page epic were posted last week.
Rice Boy is borderline childlike and simplistic, but it’s worthy all the same.  I will be buying the printed books when they are all [...]

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Wearable computing, I find it utterly facinating.  I wants one!  I’ve been designing a system for myself since about the age of 14.  Most recently I’ve been thinking of a low profile backpack / wrist screen platform.
I ran into this link via Makezine today.  It involves salving Prius hybrid batteries.  The formfactor of the battery [...]

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