Ducati 1098 Launch
As seen here on the Ducati site. Huzzah!
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in November 2006.
iTunes Remote Control
At home, I have two Macs: A MacBook Pro for work/email/gaming, and a Mini in my living room for watching movies, listening to music, etc. I was looking for a way to control iTunes on the Mini (it will have the large library as soon as I can de-dupe and wrestle it off this NTFS partition) from my MacBook and came across this extremely handy (and open-source to boot) OS X app:
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in November 2006.
Adobe Makes an Open Source Play
Adobe has given the Flash ActionScript (ECMAScript or JavaScript 2.0) interpreter to the Mozilla foundation as the new open source core of SpiderMonkey, the JavaScript engine for Firefox. It’s called Tamarin. Brilliant.
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in November 2006.
Beats & Bleeps
A long time ago in another life I used to make electronic music. i guess you could sort of call it noisy IDM, in the vein of Squarepusher, Aphex Twin or u-ziq. A friend recently found a CD I’d given him of a bunch of tracks I’d lost, so I ripped them and put them up here:
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in November 2006.
QotD: My Vox Name
How did you pick your Vox name? Does it mean something? Submitted by LeendaDLL.
I’ve been using ydnar as a handle/pseudonym for 15 years, give or take. It’s my name backwards, derived from a shareware game I released in 1991 called s’ydnar squares.
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in November 2006.
Waiting for Godot, er MacBook
Um, China to Alaska to Indiana (to California)? There must be some efficiency here that I’m not seeing.
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Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in November 2006.
6A Reprazent (Part 2)
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in November 2006.
Paradise PB Redux
48.6 miles, 2:58. Sunrise photo is from last Tuesday’s ride. Daylight savings time is good for something after all!
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in October 2006.
Atheist Rubric
There are many things I could say about this book. One of which is that I am the furthest from its intended audience as one could be. With an economy of pages (it weighs in at 96 pages, including references), Sam Harris presents a compelling case on morality, rule of law and the effect religion has had on humanity.
The book is at the same time both hilarious and incredibly frightening. With a few bits of simple logic, it dismantles a number of Christian precepts. Later it describes the dangerous effect that “religious morality” has on the health and well-being of mankind.
One example is the Right’s opposition to a HPV vaccine because it would encourage premarital sex. If you extend this to a theoretical HIV vaccine, then the utter abhorrence of this point of view becomes clear. Something Letterman said to Bill O’Reilly said the other night rang true here: “It’s not a simple question, because I’m a thoughtful person.”
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in October 2006.
Ducati 1098, In Situ
A fellow snagged two shots (and a video) of the less-than-secret replacement for the 999 on a tour of the Ducati factory. CW says it will be announced in 2 weeks at the Milan motorcycle show. CW also says 916 fans (nee 999 haters) will rejoice, and Duc will suffer a bit of the Osbourne effect.
I for one welcome our new side-by-side headlamp overlords. Now where is the 798?
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in October 2006.