tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601Wed, 21 May 2008 16:08:25 +0000http://www.barisax.org/noreply@blogger.com (Jason)Blogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-7803189970209215400Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:20:00 +00002007-09-25T08:25:32.782-05:00So I haven't been updating here. What gives? I have too many blog sites. My regular posting can be found at the following: Ars Gratia - every day thoughts and theological musings Two42 - thoughts and resources for ecclesiology and missional Christianity Boar's Head Tavern - Michael Spencer's group blog - the coolest Christians on earthhttp://www.barisax.org/2007/09/how-many-blogs-is-enough.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-5171122801659093471Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:24:00 +00002007-07-17T16:24:48.269-05:00"Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things."--Robert A. Heinleinhttp://www.barisax.org/2007/07/quote.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-6236568065867652952Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:48:00 +00002007-06-21T13:48:04.055-05:00...came across this one toady... Lost AmericaPhotography of all kinds of abandoned stuff at night - lit up all coolhttp://www.barisax.org/2007/06/lost-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-4222377402890233Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:56:00 +00002007-06-20T11:56:46.874-05:00The Dangerous Book for Boys - How can you ignore a title like that?http://www.barisax.org/2007/06/fun-book-to-read.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-4900481098472800911Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:02:00 +00002007-06-15T10:02:17.875-05:00TED - Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers.That's how the site describes itself. Some of the talks will inspire you. Some will make you mad. All should make you think.http://www.barisax.org/2007/06/ted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-3427591616210267244Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:55:00 +00002007-06-14T08:55:15.686-05:00I don't have to use the command line that much in Windows, but I have been known to use some batch and kixtart scripting from time to time. What I wasn't aware of, though, was the SUBST command. It gives you a nice way to map a deep folder on your PC as its own drive letter. There is a catch, but it's still handy if you refer to a folder from the command line a lot. If you're a mouse junky, it's http://www.barisax.org/2007/06/who-knew.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-76837872777036194Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:05:00 +00002007-06-13T08:05:36.486-05:00Don Herbert, aka Mr. Wizard, goes to his rest at 89.http://www.barisax.org/2007/06/rip-mr-wizard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-2140144364350326533Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:04:00 +00002007-06-13T08:04:09.954-05:00A fragment of a bomb lance from the late 1800s was found embedded in the neck of a bowhead whale hunted near Alaska. This gives the creature an estimated age of 115 to 130, and some say they can live to 200. I wonder how many times this one contested with whalers over the years.http://www.barisax.org/2007/06/how-old-are-leviathan-children.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-6247202888641034717Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:03:00 +00002007-06-12T16:03:24.447-05:00Online: Find latitude and longitude from Google mapsProject: Turn your staircase into drawershttp://www.barisax.org/2007/06/online-find-latitude-and-longitude-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-4184147983508458626Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:14:00 +00002007-06-11T09:14:48.139-05:00It's a bunch of TV episodes available for download: TV LinksWarning: You will be tempted to spend too much time here.http://www.barisax.org/2007/06/tv-links.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-5895545360788507990Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:06:00 +00002007-06-05T07:06:35.104-05:00From one of those "weird news" feeds: 1683 guitarists got together in Kansas City to play Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" in a bid to capture the Guinness Book's record for most people simultaneously playing a song.http://www.barisax.org/2007/06/massive-deep-purple.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-2959415226260110335Thu, 31 May 2007 12:12:00 +00002007-05-31T07:12:56.873-05:00My how we like to anthropomorphize things. The headline for this article reads "In space, scientists can hear the sun scream." It's talking about an observation that solar storms produce radiation in the audible frequency spectrum. It's actually pretty cool. I find it amusing, though, that we (and I'm as guilty as anyone here) like to personify so many things. It's too bad they didn't include an http://www.barisax.org/2007/05/it-burning-gas-ball-not-person.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-6331509272825539282Wed, 30 May 2007 21:37:00 +00002007-05-30T16:37:21.607-05:00There are two types of people in the world: 1) those that can extrapolate from incomplete datahttp://www.barisax.org/2007/05/if-you-don-get-it-just-move-along.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-6559733208674839506Tue, 29 May 2007 21:24:00 +00002007-05-29T16:24:44.414-05:00top wordpress pluginshow to live on the cheappower of gratitudehow to speed readhttp://www.barisax.org/2007/05/random-life-hackin-goodness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-5221273153969802662Tue, 29 May 2007 14:23:00 +00002007-05-29T09:23:55.390-05:00How much would you pay for a keyboard? Personally, I'm only in for about $30 if it has a ton of features, and I'm happy to use the $10 special. But of you're technologically insane and you like throwing away money, there is a keyboard out there for you. For just over $1500 - that's right, $1.5K - you can get the Optimus Maximus. You can fully customize the layout of this keyboard, create custom http://www.barisax.org/2007/05/ultimate-custom-keyboard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-3143212822520727377Tue, 29 May 2007 14:18:00 +00002007-05-29T09:18:07.992-05:00Here's a site with a collection of strange maps. Some are real, some are fiction, all are interesting - if you're a map nerd like me.http://www.barisax.org/2007/05/strange-maps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-7023539352150015133Wed, 16 May 2007 20:38:00 +00002007-05-16T15:38:38.213-05:00Design Observer: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Typfacehttp://www.barisax.org/2007/05/choosing-fonts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-3419699687056743901Tue, 15 May 2007 14:30:00 +00002007-05-15T09:30:18.222-05:00I refer you to Simply Google, a web page with links to Google's various sites, searches, and blogs. If you are as much a Google fanboy as I, you'll like it as a reference page of Googly goodness.http://www.barisax.org/2007/05/all-google-all-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-2088187962111238293Tue, 15 May 2007 14:07:00 +00002007-05-15T09:07:23.989-05:00I'm guessing professional audio and video editors will find some of the features lacking, but if you want to experiment with that kind of application, but don't have the cash to shell out for pro apps, then Ubuntu Studio may be a good choice.HowtoForge has an install guide if you want to play with it.From the article, the included applications are:Audio Programs Ardour2 - Free software hard disk http://www.barisax.org/2007/05/ubuntu-studio-704.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-7749688749037264130Tue, 08 May 2007 20:21:00 +00002007-05-08T15:21:50.656-05:00Here's a quick and dirty reference and tutorial for CSS. Now get customizin'.http://www.barisax.org/2007/05/css-tutorial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-9202253252359634327Wed, 02 May 2007 12:35:00 +00002007-05-02T07:35:45.922-05:00Extreme Tech is running a review of five free online video editing tools.http://www.barisax.org/2007/05/edit-video-on-cheap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-7882957408875527091Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:04:00 +00002007-04-25T16:04:51.162-05:00Here's a nice little trick to load Google Notebook in your sidebar.Oh yeah, you need to be using a good browser to do this. 8-)http://www.barisax.org/2007/04/googlicious.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-5872020972769509183Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:06:00 +00002007-04-24T16:06:21.447-05:00Check out Shorpy - "The 100 year-old photo blog"http://www.barisax.org/2007/04/old-photo-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-4881268716755101514Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:59:00 +00002007-04-24T16:06:13.320-05:00Go get 'em and load up your mp3 player. http://www.barisax.org/2007/04/gree-audio-books.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3231601.post-5353637615533950209Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:06:00 +00002007-04-19T08:36:36.984-05:00There is talk of a Russian company wanting to build a tunnel connecting Russia and Alaska under the Bering Strait. It would be over twice the length of the tunnel connecting France and England. All the talk has to do with business: shipping oil, transporting natural gas, and hydroelectric power. Here’s something else to think about, though. While it would be impractical to use this during winter http://www.barisax.org/2007/04/bering-strait-chunnel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason)