tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139732512008-05-08T19:01:05.097-04:00Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705363793626035992noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13973251.post-13764112821333080062008-03-02T09:51:00.005-05:002008-03-02T09:56:59.871-05:00

I stopped at a recycling dumpster to get some cardboard boxes, and found an oriental rug in the trash, 3'x4'. It still had a price tag on it, $55. It's a bit worn already, so I'm going to hang it up. I like the peacock.

Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705363793626035992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13973251.post-83963234619377429792008-02-20T20:36:00.001-05:002008-02-20T20:37:14.593-05:00

I posted an instructable here (did this for a Valentine's day present) http://www.instructables.com/id/Punched-Tin-Lantern/

Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705363793626035992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13973251.post-73216186815711091002008-01-22T20:48:00.000-05:002008-01-22T20:50:28.671-05:00

I got the PCBs for the reprap today. The Arduino came last week, so now it's time to start having fun. One of my neighbors let me use his tablesaw to make parts for the gantry (thanks!) Look at them all!

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I set up an RSS feed for Rochester freecycle, so you don't have to deal with all the e-mails. http://www.mailbucket.org/rochester-freecycle.xml

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Recent videos from Make magazine inspired me to want to make a 3-D printer. How far I get remains to be seen, but for now you can find me taking apart old electrical devices to salvage parts. I got an old coffee table that someone threw out when they moved out. After realizing it was solid poplar under the stain, I decided it would make a good base to anchor down components (my dad says I am a

Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705363793626035992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13973251.post-85573784378316816352007-03-27T20:55:00.000-04:002007-03-27T21:00:32.077-04:00

I found a neat piece of planetarium software, free, for windows/linux/mac, called Stellarium. Once you set your location, you can see what the sky looks right now, complete with an accurate sunset. I played around with it after listening to the first three weeks of astronomy lectures by Richard Pogge. Tonight I found Venus, Saturn, Procion, and Sirius. Some day I'll have to find a place to sit

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I watched the moon vanish Saturday night! I've been listening to podcasted classes when I have downtime at work, and I've gotten through the first 10 or so lectures of an astronomy class- which is quite interesting, as I never took earth science or astronomy.

Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705363793626035992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13973251.post-26113773245567828182007-01-28T16:36:00.000-05:002007-01-28T16:41:30.737-05:00

I finished another scarf. The pattern on this one is called Monk's belt. It's a simple form of overshot, presumably named because you have two sets of thread. One makes a plain weave, and the other makes a pattern over the plain weave. It takes about twice as long (two threads, same length) but my understanding is this is an uncommon technique in commercially manufactured fabric.

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I did some research on facebook. I'm not sure how many people are in the RIT network, but this is where I did this searches. It could easily have thousands or tens of thousands of people. Here is the number of people who list the following as their interests (of course, not everyone interested lists it, and some people lie, so there's plenty of errors). Keep in mind as well that RIT has a large

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After working to improve the quality of our codebase at work, I thought it would be interesting to get alerts when people published papers on software engineering. You can search papers on Google scholar (on any subject) or citeseer (computer science), but neither appear to have RSS feeds. If you don't know what RSS is, there's a description here. A lot of things will read it, e.g. IE7, firefox,

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Use the Overridable keyword. For more VB and C# differences, see here.

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When we made the gingerbread house (see previous post), I tried putting in a stained glass window. I think it fell out before the picture below, but for anyone who wants to try, here's what I did. They didn't have a microwave, so I used a frying pan. You can make your own hard candy, but it tastes better if you use jolly ranchers (lifesavers would work too). I put several in (different colors),

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For those complaining about my lack of communication with the rest of the world, etc, etc, I'm still recovering from vacation. As for excitement, I just set up another loom (not mine) and my performance review will be tomorrow at work. Melissa and I made the gingerbread house while I was in Philly.

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I now have a brand new Toshiba laptop. Toshiba Satellite A105 1 GB RAM 15.4" wide screen DVD/CD writer builtin Ethernet & wireless 80 GB hard drive Intel centrino duo processor :D

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When calling mockRepository.Replay(obj), I got the following: ObjectNotMockFromThisRepositoryException: The object is not a mock object that belong to this repository Solution: make sure obj is one of your mock objects.

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When creating a unit test, I got the following exception: System.InvalidOperationException: "Can set only a single return value or exception to throw or delegate to throw on the same method call." It appears that (1) you can't set multiple results from a function, obviously, and (2) the function has to be virtual. I believe what Rhinos does is create a dynamic subclass of your class, then

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My computer is dead :(

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I recently received a box of books from one of my great aunts: 1 bible (1950), 5 methodist hymnals (1848-1856) and a commentary on said hymnals (1848). Two of the hymnals are personalized (they both have a woman's name on the front). The one in the best condition has a clasp that says "from father" on it, perhaps a wedding gift, as it says "Mrs. E. H. Senter" on the front. Interestingly, there's

Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705363793626035992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13973251.post-1158714560701228692006-09-19T21:06:00.000-04:002006-09-19T21:16:15.693-04:00

Weaving class = me + 4 older women. No surprises there. I made a lovely pink towel sized thing to sample different patterns, learned a hem stitch, and the general construction of a table loom. Someone set up a warp and didn't want it, in case anyone is tempted to question my masculinity, although I suspect some of you will do that anyway. It has been pointed out to me that today is National

Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705363793626035992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13973251.post-1158506008333026602006-09-17T11:10:00.000-04:002006-09-17T11:13:28.353-04:00

I want this. (scroll down to the 'Triple flyer model.") I got to try one yesterday at the fiber festival. You can feel your blood pressure go down as you use it. I bought 6 oz of bamboo fiber, which is shiny, like silk, and 3 oz of brown baby camel hair, which is very soft. I still have a headache from all the wool. :(

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I'm signed up for a weaving class starting next week. This way I can make everyone lovely lanyards and bookmarks for Christmas. For some reason I needed an emergency contact for the class. Perhaps they are worried I'll prick my finger on a spinning wheel and fall asleep for 100 years. (I think there's a rationale behind that legend, unlike the spinning straw into gold one. I can't quite remember

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Have you ever seen an urban goblin? They tend to blend in - slouching, grayskinned little men, the color of exhaust or pavement. Except for the baseball caps and knee length gold chains, they fade in completely. They live in cold and moody, dreary places - under expressway overpasses and in the trees along the highways, behind dirty snowbanks and the tops of parking garages. They spend their days

Garyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07705363793626035992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13973251.post-1157634137796491332006-09-07T09:01:00.000-04:002006-09-07T09:02:17.823-04:00

Anyone want to go with me? http://www.gvhg.org/fest.html

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When I made the candy stained glass windows I thought it would be interesting to try flowers. Mom sent me a better lollipop recipe, and I carved molds. Here's the result. This one is cinnamon flavoured (I have wintergreen flavouring as well).

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This is intriguing. I think the things we use will be different than them- e.g., a cell phone or blog can bring a community together as much as separate it, if used right.

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