We’re in Mt. Holyoke for Stevie’s parent’s weekend, and getting here was a bit of an adventure. Or a series of adventures, starting when Vicki suggested that we take a club plane.
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Category: Activities
More evil
Today I had to go over to the legal office to sign a patent application. Have I mentioned before how much I hate the very fact that software is patentable? And that I was relieved when our first patent application was rejected by the patent office?
Still, it would be an ego trip to get my name on a real patent.
Considering MythTV
Vicki and I were discussing the possibility of buying a Pioneer DVR-810H, which is a combination TiVo and DVD recorder and player, because they’ve been discontinued and sites all over the net are advertising them for less than half price. However, I soon discovered that any site that claims they have it in stock is lying through their teeth, and will cheerfully tell you that they’ll ship it to you as soon as it comes in – I guess they don’t quite get the concept of “discontinued”.
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Product review: Shure E2C ear phones
Back in March, I wrote a little bit about the Apple “in-ear” headphones in Rants and Revelations: Tubular Bells
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Feeping Creaturism
Remember a few days ago I said that my simple flying club tach entry web site had garnered about a bazillion feature requests before it could be rolled out?
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