So, a month or two ago, I started occasionally getting an error message from iTunes, saying that it was unable to save the library file because the disk was full. This seemed improbable, but when I checked, the C: drive did, indeed, have very little space left. I deleted some stuff, restarted (which freed up… Continue reading Why Does Windows Suck So Much?
Category: Technology
Peevish Question: Word Attachments
I get tons of all-campus email, and more and more of these seem to be of the form “Please see the attached Word file, containing a plain text document with minimal formatting that could just as easily have been pasted into the body of the message.” Happily, I have my campus email forwarded to my… Continue reading Peevish Question: Word Attachments
Little Touches Make a Big Difference
I’ve complained previously about the idiotic positioning of the radio antenna on my car, which has nearly cost me an eye a couple of times, when I needed to hack ice off the windshield. Today brought up another example of really small design flaws that make a big difference. Last night’s storm dropped about a… Continue reading Little Touches Make a Big Difference
Me On TV (On the Internet)
As mentioned briefly the other day, I recorded a Bloggingheads.tv Science Saturday conversation with Jennifer Ouellette on Thursday. The full diavlog has now been posted, and I can embed it here: This was the first time I’ve done one of these, and it was an interesting experience.
… and the Network You Rode In On
Yesterday afternoon, SteelyKid and I dozed off in the living room recliner. When I woke up, it had been three hours since she last ate, roughly her usual between-feedings interval, but she was still sound asleep on my lap. Kate was due home in half an hour or so, though, so I wasn’t sure whether… Continue reading … and the Network You Rode In On
Puzzling Solar Panel Press Release
Getting back to science, at least for the moment, I was puzzled by a press release from RPI, with the eye-catching headline Solar power game-changer: ‘Near perfect’ absorption of sunlight, from all angles. The article describes work published in Optics Letters (that I haven’t been able to put my hands on yet), developing new anti-reflection… Continue reading Puzzling Solar Panel Press Release
The Rich Get Richer, Internet Edition
Via FriendFeed, an interesting analysis of Internet traffic at compete.com. They set out to test the assertion that the “Long Tail” of low-traffic sites account for more traffic than they used to, and found exactly the opposite– the share of all pageviews for the top ten domains increased from 29% to 40% between 2001 and… Continue reading The Rich Get Richer, Internet Edition
Pimp Me Video Editing Software
So, I’ve recorded a bunch of video for the dance-like-a-monkey thing. I want to edit several of these clips together in order to form a longer clip. I did this once before with video recorded using Kate’s camera, to make the Hoops With Moss video, using the Movie Maker program that came with Vista on… Continue reading Pimp Me Video Editing Software
Why Doesn’t Blogging Generate More Science?
Steinn responds to yesterday’s post about his comments about science blogging. I’m going to continue the tradition of responding here, rather than in his comments, because, well, I need something to post today. He concedes that outreach is a worthy purpose of blogging, but continues to be concerned about blogging as a tool for more… Continue reading Why Doesn’t Blogging Generate More Science?
Think Like a Videogame Physicist
Over at Dot Physics (which might be the best physics blog in the world at the moment), Rhett Allain has a pair of posts exploring the physics of Fantastic Contraption. The posts don’t really lend themselves to excerpting, so you need to go over there and read them, but I think they’re brilliant, and deserve… Continue reading Think Like a Videogame Physicist