Axodys

Hmm… I guess I haven’t posted yet today.

After I got home from work I upgraded a few more outlets around the house. Our living room is now pretty much done, but there’s still plenty left to do around the rest of the house.

After hours and hours of fiddling I finally got our main hallway light hooked up to two switches. It actually wasn’t that complicated once I sat down and mapped out the wires and figured out where the source wire needed to be connected to have a route to the second switch at all times. Unfortunately I spent quite a while guessing at the correct way to apply some example wiring diagrams to my situation. All in all it was an educational experience and fun too. Kind of reminded me of learning how to program in a new language in fact.

I’m frying here at work while our air conditioning system is down. Parts are ordered, but it sounds like at least a couple more days until we’ll be back to normal temperatures. Thank goodness it’s not 100° outside like it was a few days ago!

Note to self: bring in a fan tomorrow so that you can actually be comfortable in your office.

Okay, I think I’ve found something new to add to my computer-related purchase wishlist. EyeTV from El Gato Software is a digital video recorder for any Mac with a USB port running MacOS X. The software/hardware product comes with an external MPEG-1 encoder with built-in cable tuner and audio and video inputs. In other words, exactly what I’ve been looking for to convert some of my dad’s old basketball game tapes to a more durable digital format.

Unfortunately I’ll probably have to wait until my birthday before I can get one as I’ve already got another significant purchase in the works: EtherFast® Wireless AP + Cable/DSL Router w/4-Port Switch.

Today was reasonably productive. Mary and I moved a couple more loads of our belongings from our respective parents’ houses and bought some more replacement electrical outlets/switches/covers at Home Depot. I imagine we should be able to get most of our electrical stuff updated by the middle of the week.

Go for MacOS X

Still playing my first game actually and I’m pretty sure I’m losing. It’s fun though and I look forward to learning more about various approaches and strategy. I’ll bet there are some pretty good books on the subject out there.

Understatement of the day: It’s really hot.

Wireless World How wireless technology and NetRiver are making The Davenport Hotel a hub for downtown broadband.

This is a pretty exciting development for Spokane technology-wise. I’m really pleased to hear that the Davenport will not only offer free wireless, but ethernet jacks for guests in every room as well. Hopefully the wireless network will continue to expand across downtown as more businesses hop on board.

Conference Presentation Judo [via Aaron Swartz] contains some useful and entertaining information if you’re going to be doing a presentation at some point. I can’t say I’ve really done any significant presentations lately (or perhaps ever), but being able to give good presentations is a skill that I would love to have.

I especially like the fact that this presentation was done with web-based slides rather than PowerPoint. I bet TinderBox would work pretty well for creating presentations of this nature given the right templates.

Topless Car Wash Leaders Kicked Out Women Who Run Topless Car Wash in Liberal Idaho College City Are Evicted From Communal Home

The University of Idaho may be fairly liberal, but based on my college days down in neighboring Pullman I wouldn’t characterize Moscow itself that way. That’s why the local authorities are cracking down on this. Still, it’s pretty funny to me that this local story would gain national attention.