http://prestonhunt.com/atom.php Preston Hunt 2009-06-14T11:11:52Z This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://prestonhunt.com/blog/469 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061020672/prestonhunt-20"><img class="amazonpic" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0061020672.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg">Sourcery</a> *** : Another Discworld novel. 'Nuff said. 2009-06-14T11:11:52Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/469 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/468 <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page">OpenStreetMap</a> is a cool project to provide an open source map of as much of the world as possible. They have quite a bit of coverage of Portland already, but are hosting a <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Portland%2C_Oregon">mapping party in Portland</a> on June 20th to fill in some missing areas. I would love to participate, but will be riding <a href="http://www.tourdeblast.com/">Tour de Blast</a> that day. 2009-06-09T10:19:11Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/468 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/467 <a href="http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/processors/the-truth-about-benders-brain/2">The Truth About Bender's Brain</a>: Bender-from-Futurama's brain is a 6502. I love it! (Link is to second page of article.) 2009-06-01T11:50:47Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/467 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/466 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/044021680X/prestonhunt-20"><img class="amazonpic" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/044021680X.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg">Gai-jin</a> *** : Part of James Clavell's "Asian Saga". Unfortunately, not nearly as good as his epic novel "Shogun". But still worthwhile if you've read the rest of the series or like historical fiction about Japan in the 19th century. 2009-05-31T13:31:49Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/466 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/465 Here's a great article on <a href="http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/09/14/features/sunday/144324.txt">couch surfing</a>. I gave Phil some advice when he embarked on his <a href="http://philsride.co.cc/">bicycle trip across America</a> last year. (The article got his trip stats wrong--he did 90 miles a day!) I wish couch surfing had been around when Eric and I did our bike trip. We probably would have met a lot more people that way. I guess we'll have to do it again one of these days... 2009-05-19T15:20:42Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/465 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/464 I just released version 1.53 of <a href="http://prestonhunt.com/story/107">Presto's Hard Drive Monitor</a>. Check it out if you're into such things! 2009-04-01T11:36:13Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/464 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/463 It's been a tumultuous week for our aquarium. I added a six-line wrasse, a Clarkii clown, 20 turbo snails, 10 crabs, a sand-sifting cucumber, a lettuce nudibranch, and two clams. Everybody seems to be doing well except for one of the clams which died after one day and the cucumber which died after four days. <p> I also arranged all the cabling and tubes to better integrate a Red Sea Wavemaster. And removed a ton of algae from the tank.<p> All of which is making the tank look better than it's looked in a long time. Unfortunately, all of the commotion caused some stress on one of the longest tank residents, a yellow tang named Scotty. I found him dead in the tank after work. R.I.P., Scotty. 2009-03-31T01:31:28Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/463 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/462 If you are in the market for a new Windows laptop, it's hard to beat the <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9022979&type=product&id=1218009474848">Best Buy Blue Label Toshiba</a>. I've bought over a dozen laptops for work in the past two months, and the Toshiba is my favorite overall. And at $799, it's a steal... 2009-03-28T01:09:00Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/462 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/461 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/">Sunshine</a> *** : Makes me nostalgic for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Well filmed, but impossible physics and some ridiculous plot gyrations cost this movie a star.<p> 2009-03-15T10:36:39Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/461 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/460 If you're doing tax loss harvesting, this guide may come in handy: <a href="http://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/index.php/Approximating_Total_Stock_Market">Approximating Total Stock Market</a>. 2009-03-04T08:00:01Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/460 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/459 I upgraded my Linksys router from DD-WRT to <a href="http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato">Tomato</a> today. I like Tomato's clean interface and superior QoS capabilities. If Tomato runs on your hardware, check it out! 2009-03-01T08:52:14Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/459 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/458 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/">Das Leben der Anderen</a> ***** : Must-see movie about East Germany's secret police. I was originally turned on to this movie by an article in Wired, <a href="http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/16-02/ff_stasi">Piecing Together the Dark Legacy of East Germany's Secret Police</a>. 2009-02-28T10:22:31Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/458 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/457 <a href="http://consumerist.com/5157192/hot-cartoon-makes-understanding-credit-crisis-simple-and-fun">Hot Cartoon Makes Understanding Credit Crisis Simple And Fun</a>: Educational and entertaining. Well worth 11 minutes to go and watch it! 2009-02-28T05:28:47Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/457 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/456 <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Rocky-Mountain-News-prints-final/story.aspx?guid={6D63D129-C88D-4ADC-9B7A-0093C8B1E048}">Rocky Mountain News prints final edition</a>: This makes me very sad. Newspapers are on life support right now and this is something we all should be worried about!<p> It's interesting that the government has decided to bail out the financial and automotive industries but not the newspaper industry. I would argue that newspapers are just as essential to the functioning of our society as either of those industries! 2009-02-27T03:27:50Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/456 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/455 <a href="http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c">1.4 gigapixel picture</a> of Obama's inaugural address. I wasted a lot of time today zooming in on the faces in the audience. The user snapshots are pretty interesting (and funny at times). 2009-02-23T10:45:32Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/455 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/454 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061020680/prestonhunt-20"><img class="amazonpic" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0061020680.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg">Mort</a> *** : Personification of Death in Discworld. 2009-02-21T07:31:49Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/454 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/453 I've been using the Windows 7 beta for a few weeks now. It's a winner! The <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7-secrets.aspx">Bumper List of Windows 7 Secrets</a> from MSDN Blogs has a great walk-through of some of the new features. It's awesome to see Microsoft adding so many tweaks for power users. 2009-02-21T00:53:47Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/453 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/452 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0923752/">King of Kong</a> ***** : Donkey Kong documentary. Watch out for those barrels! 2009-02-20T14:40:42Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/452 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/451 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140275010/prestonhunt-20"><img class="amazonpic" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140275010.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg">Cod</a> ***** : The cod is responsible for everything! I'm a sucker for fish and economics books like this. 2009-02-14T05:56:37Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/451 http://prestonhunt.com/blog/450 As somebody who regularly uses the word "monkey", I took particular interest in this article: <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/124/your-boss-is-a-monkey.html">Your Boss is a Monkey</a>. Good tips on the use of the least-reinforcing scenario.<p> 2009-02-11T10:50:30Z http://prestonhunt.com/blog/450