Category Archives for Internet
Son Of Strelka, Son Of God (narrated by Obama)
Hey y’all. Long time no see. For the past four years, I’ve been working slowly but obsessively on a very odd project. Bit by bit I’ve dissected Obama’s self-read autobiography into thousands of very short phrases, usually one to ten … Continue reading
Super expensive hard drives & some cool price trackers
I was searching Amazon for reviews of the Synology 4-bay Network Attached Storage devices and noticed that hard drive prices were very high. Remembering that floods in Thailand in October may have contributed to this, I found this article, Hard … Continue reading
Experience with 1Password
Around Thanksgiving we bought a family license for 1Password when there was a special discount. I had previously kept track of my passwords on a password protected iPhone app and had an encrypted text file on my computer for backup. … Continue reading
DRIP/DCA Spreadsheets
I’ve added two spreadsheet templates for public use on Google Docs. I use these exact ones to track my DRIP in General Electric stock that I’ve had since 2004. It hasn’t done the best (through no fault of these spreadsheets), … Continue reading
Google Wave Invites
Update: As of 10/13 17:05 Central Time, I’m out of Google Wave invites. Please only request an invite from one location. That way there will be more invites to go around. I doubt that accumulating invite requests would get you … Continue reading
Qualifying for Free Amazon Shipping
I occasionally run into the problem of being a few dollars short of qualifying for free shipping when buying products from Amazon. Fortunately, I found a cool site that finds “fillers” to add whatever amount you need to qualify for … Continue reading
I’m Twittering
I decided to try the whole Twitter thing. Here’s my page. Scott’s Twitter. I can’t promise much updates yet (until I get my iPhone). It’s been fun to follow Lance Armstrong on his biking come back. But, the best one … Continue reading
Google Flu Trends
Google has analyzed their billions of searches and discovered that flu-related searches correlate with actual CDC epidemiological data. From their FAQ, We have found a close relationship between how many people search for flu-related topics and how many people actually … Continue reading
Two-way syncing of Google Calendar and iCal
In the past I just used Google’s online calendar. It was simple and fast to use, yet provided some powerful features. However, since upgrading to Leopard and using the new version if iCal (version 3), I looked for a way … Continue reading
Google Transit now in Milwaukee
Google Maps for a few years now has offered the ability to search for a route taking public transportation. This service, called Google Transit, is now offered in dozens of US and world cities, including the city that I have … Continue reading