Hey AT&T, Where Is My Text Message From Obama?
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in Media |I woke up this morning, my beauty sleep totally uninterrupted by that loud car honk sound I had selected on my iPhone for text messages. OK I admit it, I already heard the big news last night. But still... what happened? ...
Bob Lutz and the GM Volt
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Energy, PHEV |Here is a nice Charlie Rose interview with Bob Lutz, talking about the ideas and progress of the GM Volt. It's about 56 minutes long. One of the things mentioned (at about 41 minutes in) is that the show car had ...
1 Block Off The Grid Jumpstarts Solar in San Francisco
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in PHEV, Solar |The exciting news is that 1BOG has selected an installation partner and the installer will be visiting my house tomorrow. I can't wait to see what the whole process is like. I have two questions in particular: 1) I will definitely be ...
Alternative Energy From a Variety of Sources
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Solar |Lot's of interesting news in the alternative energy field: MIT creates a catalyst based on photosysthesis that produces hydrogen from water. LS9 uses synthetic biology to produce oil from algae. Energy Innovations gets the first UL listing for a solar concentrator.
Why Are Cables/Telcos Shaking In Their Boots Over WiMAX?
Saturday, August 16th, 2008 Posted in Media, WiMAX |I saw an interesting demonstration recently of WiMAX (specifically the mobile version, 802.16e) and needless to say, I am impressed. The demo should consistent data rates exceeding 10 megabits/sec in a moving vehicle. The kicker was that upstream speed was ...
Tips and hacks for Kindle
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized |CollegeDegrees.com has over 100 tips, tricks and hacks for your Kindle. My favorite tip is how to put your own reference content on the Kindle - I have over 300 pages on a personal Wiki that I would want to ...
Getting published on Kindle
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in Media |I just discovered a nice in-depth article by Pat B Doyle titled Publish an Ebook in Amazon’s Kindle Book Store!. It includes a 8-point guide that includes formatting tips, setting up search terms, and how to prepare a product image. ...
Brand new steam engine built in Britain
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in Railroads |This is totally cool... a brand new steam engine was just completed in Britain and is undergoing testing. They used parts fabricated all around the world since the skills of making a steam engine in one place have disappeared. The ...
Geeks of 3D website
Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in 3D, Model Railroading |Geeks3d is "All 3D Tech News, All The Time", and they just covered the Shapeways announcement.
3D printing for model railroading?
Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Model Railroading |Shapeways looks really interesting. According to Technology Review you upload a 3-D design to the website, and 10 days and $50-$100 later, you receive a polymer version of your design. I can see this as really handy for creating masters ...
