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10 Universal Weight Loss Tips For Men
I’ve spent the majority of my adult life in the “obese” clinical strata, and have only in recent years taken to caring about maintaining a reasonable weight. I am an American male, 5’10”, with Koren-Caucation ancestry and have ranged between 149 and 172 pounds in the past year. My bodies individual natural comfort zone seems…
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MountWest RubyConf 2011 – Journeta Lightning Talk Slides
The “slides” from my MountainWest RubyConf 2011 lightning talk on Journeta have been added to the source tree, here. Go make a peer-aware text editor or something!
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Textbooks: What Publishers Don’t Understand About The Internet
Textbook publishers in 2011 still aren’t fully appreciating the impact the Internet will have on their industry. A reasonably forward-thinking individual might optimistically assume the industry is self-correcting towards the wants and needs of consumers, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Let’s explore: Electronic typesetting. Physical textbooks obviously can’t be reissued every time…
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Makerbot Thing-o-Matic 3D Printer Print Pictures & Product Review
I’ve had my Makerbot Thing-o-Matic working for about a month, and I have to assume it only gets cooler from here. If you’re a hardcore DIY’er, or your technical dablings tend to involve small, intricate parts required of custom robotics, circuitry, metal/woodworking etc., read on, and seriously consider a 3D printer investment in the future.
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Spring 2011 ASU Webapp Course
In Spring 2011, the College of Technology and Innovation at the ASU Polytechnic campus will again be offering CST 533/494: Database-Centric Enterprise Application Development. The calendar is not yet out, but should soon be listed as a Thursday evening class: one night per week for the Spring semester. The course will be available at both undergraduate and…
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MakerBot Thing-o-Matic Pre-Order
I’m super excited to have just pre-ordered a Thing-o-Matic from MakerBot Industries. It’s a fully automatic 3D printer (aka CNC rapid prototyper) that can also be outfitted with different material nosels (aka extruders) to draw in 2D, print designs for circuit board, and even dispense frosting and peanut butter. (Not joking.) Here’s a great example…
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ASU Faculty Parking Fun Facts
It’s the first day of class at the ASU Polytechnic campus in the East Phoenix valley, and I’m illegally parked without a permit. Some fun facts for you: A single-course, single-semester adjunct position for the 2010 year pays approximately $6K, before taxes. (Thus, around $12K pre-tax for the academic year.) An annual faculty and staff…
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Free Copy Of Portal With New Mac Steam Client
Got a Mac? Like games? Great news! Value’s “Steam” software finally launched for Mac, allowing you to purchase some great gaming titles on your OS X machine. When a game is available on multiple platforms, a purchased license appear to be portable as well. And as a launch promotion, Value is giving away free copies…
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Desert Code Camp 2009 Session Materials
Thanks for the love this past weekend at Desert Code Camp! Here are the presentation materials used in both my sessions… Concurrency Using Threads – [slides] [sample code] (Many thanks to Jim Weirich for the original Keynote slides and example code.) 3D GUI Development With ruby-processing – [slides] [starfield] [twiverse]