Author Archives: rfeany
Keeping my home directory in git
I have kept parts of my home directory in a VCS for quite some time now. I’ve used different systems, currently I’m using git. I use it to keep my scripts, configurations, aliases, and other small things in sync between … Continue reading
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Ethernet-connected dead man’s switch
Take one of those big red switches, add wifi or wired ethernet, webserver and RTC. Use rdate or openntpd or something to sync the clock. Why do all of this? Call it a “I’m running late dead-man’s switch”. Push it … Continue reading
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Your lights are on!
Take a picture of the license plate with your camera phone and send it to the “your lights are on” website. The web service OCRs the license place (should be easy, right?) and one-way hashes it. Look up in the … Continue reading
Robotic driver
There are quite a few accidents where a driver falls asleep at the wheel, or has some medical problem that causes the driver to loose control of the vehicle. Our technology is not quite good enough for a general autonomous … Continue reading
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CMAN? CSAN? CCAN?
I love make. What could be cooler then a generic dependancy tool? Even with it’s syntax silliness. What I hate is that there is no Comprehensive Make Archive Network. I mean, how many problems have you solved with make? How … Continue reading
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Things To Do In Prineville, OR
My great-uncle Pat lives there, I’m trying to take my father up there to visit! Local museum, with tours of the courthouse every Tuesday and Thursday: Bowman Museum. High Desert Museum, in Bend, about an hour away. Peterson Rock Gardens … Continue reading
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Good Indoor Plants?
I have a few, I’m looking for a few more. Something that likes very low light, something nice and green. Someplace I read that these were good indoor plants: Peace lily Devil’s Ivy Gerber Daisies Chrysanthemums Ficus
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Tensegrity
From Wikipedia: Tensegrity is a portmanteau of tensional integrity. It refers to the integrity of structures as being based in a synergy between balanced tension and compression components. Someday I will build something like this: tensegrity tower tensegrity coffee table
My Alpha 164SX
Her name is nikita, and she isn’t quite alive yet. She is a 164SX with 128MB of non-ECC RAM. She is too loud for my apartment, when I can lock it away in a closet I’ll find something for her … Continue reading
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