Politics
James Kwak on The Baseline Scenario has a new post, titled beyond crazy, making the case that simple attempts to measure professorial productivity are rather counterproductive. It’s in line with what I was saying earlier. When choosing a first cosplay outfit, it is worth considering how details related to
Food
I’ve talked about this before, but not here. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a well respected Seafood Watch program, giving advice on what seafood is harvested sustainably. This came to mind because I noticed that Orange Roughy was on the menu at a local seafood place. No one should
Politics
Ezra Klein says only 9% of our companies are innovating, according to an NSF study. There is a link in his article to an article by Michael Mandel, which is where Ezra got his info. This underscores the need for universities to do R&D, and thus, not to
Computing
There’s a good interview with James Gosling at Basement Coders. Some comments on Sun, Oracle, the future of Java, Google, and much, much more.
Politics
I saw a link in Steve Benin’s Political Animal blog saying that Texas Governor Rick Perry wants to treat universities like a business, but that he has no idea what he’s talking about. Reading the article, they’re right. He has no idea what he’s talking about,
So Civilization V was released on Tuesday. I played most of a game on Tuesday without reading any documentation. It was pretty fun, but I wasn’t going to win it. Before starting another game, I’m reading other peoples’ experiences on Civ Fanatics and found Lemmy101’s experience highly
Food
I made Mark Bittman’s Southwest Potatoes from September 7th’s New York Times. Excellent! The recipe includes corn kernels, which you brown with chilis in oil, potatoes, which you cube and cook in oil, and then you add them together, along with some black beans and chili powder, and
Recipes
Servings: 6 Source: Mark Bittman/NYTimes 2010-09-10 Ingredients 5 tablespoons olive oil (more as needed) 2 tablespoons fresh jalapeño, minced, to taste 1½ cups corn kernels, fresh or frozen (maybe a bit less) salt black pepper 2 pounds new potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks 1 teaspoon chili powder,
Arduino
I’ve got a picture now with the Ping))) ultrasonic rangefinder installed. I also added some collision switches in front of the wheels. Here’s a link (finally) to my project files.
Recipes
Servings: 8 breads Source: Mark Bittman/NY Times 2010-08-27 Ingredients 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon sugar 1 tablespoon instant yeast 3 cups all-purpose flour Extra virgin olive oil as needed 2 tablespoons zatar optional Directions Whisk together the salt, sugar, yeast and 1 cup warm water in a large bowl.
Arduino
Here are some new robot pictures. I have a much better mount for the sensors now and they are working as well as they can. Unfortunately, I don’t think passive infrared motion sensors will work for what I want. They’re too erratic for use on a robot. They’
Politics
So Michael Lind of Salon has a column in Salon saying what I’ve been saying for the past twelve or so years. We’re moving from a Republic to a Principate. I would add that the executive branch has been figuring out ways to get more power pretty much