Monthly Archives: February 2007

Speedtest

Posted on 22 February 2007 by tychay

According to digg, Speedtest.net made some changes:

Cool.
(Thanks to Don MacAskill for hosting this speedtest.)

ora-code

Posted on 22 February 2007 by tychay

A clever site I found is ora-code.com. Basically you just type the ID of your Oracle error as the subdomain and it jumps you to the answer.
Here is my latest error.

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“Sara would read anything you handed her…She read upon waking, sitting on the toilet, stretched out in the backseat of the car…If there was nothing else she would consume all the magazines and newspapers in the house—reading, to her, was … Continue reading →

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Reading my height

Posted on 21 February 2007 by tychay

I got my kitchen closet shelving today. (It’s actually a coat closet, but I’m turning it into a kitchen one which says something about my priorities.)
In about 3rd grade or so, we had to write down a self-description. The teacher … Continue reading →

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Gizmodo should stick to gadgets

Posted on 21 February 2007 by tychay

It always annoys me when Gizmodo writes about digital photography. Mostly because they get almost nothing right.
Case in point: their article on today’s Lexar UDMA CF cards, which has three egregious errors.
First, I would believe that CF at PIO-5 (aka … Continue reading →

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I’m a simple guy

Posted on 21 February 2007 by tychay

Because I haven’t moved in yet, there is a dearth of good books at my place. In light of that, I finally picked up a Redbook. No, I don’t mean I’m interested in how to find my inner sex goddess, … Continue reading →

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True Trucker

Posted on 18 February 2007 by tychay

Toyota ultimately decided to pursue customers it calls “true truckers.” True truckers aren’t ordinary pickup owners; rather, these men are the Platonic ideal of truck-driving authenticity. They might work on the ranch or the construction site; they might fish for … Continue reading →

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Costco camera thought of the day

Posted on 15 February 2007 by tychay

I noticed recently at Costco that they’re selling the Canon Rebel XTi with 18-55mm and the Nikon D80 with two lenses kit.
That’s silly. The D80 + 2 lenses (28-70 and 70-300) cannot compete against the Rebel XTi (+ 18-55) in … Continue reading →

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Clever HTTP

Posted on 14 February 2007 by tychay

I was looking at FirePHP today, trying to figure out what the point is, because the screenshots they keep directing me to are a joke.
Here is a better summary:
Basically it is allows PHP scripts to send debugging (or profiling) information … Continue reading →