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By Dave, September 23, 2007 9:57 pm

The Register: The Home of the Mighty BOFH

More new stories since I last checked, weeks ago I guess. Wish the BOFH would give in to rss, then I would be able to read them when they come out. 🙁

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By Dave, September 23, 2007 9:06 pm

Been working on a camper the last few days. Decided to go ahead and build one out of the crap I have laying around here at the ranch.

Started off with stripping an old popup camper that has been weathering since the mid 80’s. Got it stripped down to the frame and remaining good plywood decking. Cut two new front corners in a right triangle 11 inches x11 inches, out of old pallet corners made of 3/4 inch plywood. Ground off the remaining screws where the plywood had rotted, so am starting with a pad about 6 feet by 7 feet. Am going to have to add a piece almost 3 x 6 feet at the back to cover the entire floor. That gives me a total area 76 inches by 120 inches to work with. Below are scans of the drawings I made of the basic floor and elevation plan for that floor area on separate pages:

Both floor and elevation plans on same page:

Will try to get pix of the floor and frame and assorted materials asap.

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By Dave, September 23, 2007 3:26 pm

The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century › “Why Do the Terrorists Want to Hurt Me?”

Real or parody? Weird either way…

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By Dave, September 23, 2007 2:14 pm

Spider Robinson: Melancholy Elephants

One of his better short stories by one of my favorite authors. Good stuff!

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By Dave, September 22, 2007 9:30 pm

Ktrak: Putting the Mountain in Bike (TreeHugger)

I’m not sure what to say. It looks interesting. Weird but interesting. Kinda makes sense, just don’t get enough snow around here to make it worth while. Wonder how it or something similar would work in mud and muck?

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By Dave, September 22, 2007 9:20 pm

Video for Frontalot’s nerdcore song about Zork – Boing Boing

Download the video and listen to it many times. On the big stereo. Loud. Good stuff! Weird techie humor! Expect younger viewers to question your sanity… 😉

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By Dave, September 22, 2007 9:00 pm

Cory Doctorow speaking at the Beijing Bookworm

Good way to spend an hour. 😉

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By Dave, September 22, 2007 10:17 am

How to fix a warped record!

A how to for those still addicted to records…

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By Dave, September 22, 2007 10:15 am

The Nail And Staple Extractor (TreeHugger)

Neat! I’ve been using my old fencing pliers (like the ones below) for this for years now, as I have not found anything better at the job but this looks like it will find a way into my tool box.

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By Dave, September 21, 2007 9:59 am

No idea who the artist is on this one. Was sent to Cat and she sent it to me so there is just no telling. Anyway I thought it was funny, in a spray milk out your nose kind of way, so enjoy, after the fold…

Continue reading 'Why older women shouldn’t sunbathe topless'»

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By Dave, September 21, 2007 9:52 am

Brian Dettmer’s “Book Autopsies” — sliced book sculptures – Boing Boing

Talk about bits and pieces. Wonderful, tedious work!

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By Dave, September 21, 2007 9:34 am

Glitch Renders ‘Virtual Fence’ Unusable

Sounds like it’s being developed by Micro$oft and running on Vista…

And yes, I take every cheap shot at them I can. Been years since I have run it and I still get pissed off every time I have to sit down at a windblows machine.

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By Dave, September 21, 2007 9:29 am

Techdirt: Harvard Bookstore Claims Book Prices Are Copyrighted

The first time I saw this I thought it was pretty stupid and that some one was working on their minimum wage god complex, then as more and more facts emerged I find that it’s store policy all the way to the top.

Now that’s STUPID! The president of the company should know better, and if he/she/it doesn’t, the person that was shown the door due to this policy needs to have their lawyers point it out. Of course I suspect that all the internet publicity this little incident has generated will help in that regard. Should also help keep folks from buying ANYTHING there, which will allow the store keep all of their “intellectual property” for themselves…

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By Dave, September 19, 2007 8:48 pm

Potter’s Blog: Crosby Stills Nash A Long Time Gone Woodstock 1969

Good stuff!

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By Dave, September 18, 2007 11:56 pm

Solar Power From Contracting Wires (TreeHugger)

Now that’s really different. A way to use solar energy and transform it into rotational force. Hot stuff!

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By Dave, September 18, 2007 11:52 pm

Inventor says “miracle tube” produces more energy than it consumes – Boing Boing

And we always believe inventors. Me thinks that it all depends on how it’s tested and what the figures are that they are testing it against.

Or it could just be gas…

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By Dave, September 18, 2007 4:12 pm

Copyright office should free the database of copyrights! – Boing Boing

Typical bureaucratic BS. And YES the database should be free, as we the people have paid for every bit of it. ASSHATS!

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By Dave, September 18, 2007 4:09 pm

Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village

Shades of Stephen King! That was one wicked hard impact. Wonder if it was something from the meteorite or something boiling out of the hot ground that caused the problems?

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By Dave, September 18, 2007 4:04 pm

Linux Today – SCO Blames Linux For Bankruptcy Filing
“SCO Group CEO Darl McBride says competition from the open source Linux operating system was a major reason why the company was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday.”
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I think it had more to do with Mr. McBride attacking the FOSS community and trying to make everyone using unix or linux pay license fees for something that SCO didn’t own. But then again maybe I’m just not looking at it with his magic glasses. ASSHAT!

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By Dave, September 18, 2007 3:59 pm

Clocks: Hard Drive Clock – Gizmodo

Now that’s one wicked cool clock! Talk about a serious amount of re-engineering to get this to work right!