A Little Ludwig Goes a Long Way

A smattering of opinions on technology, books, business, and culture. Now in its 4th technology iteration.

Software links

23 July 2007

* WikiMatrix - Compare them all – lists and compares all the wiki implementations * Forummatrix – same dealy for forums * MonkeyGTD – the fusion of wikis and GTD ideas is a strong draw to me. i religiously use my blackberry todo list, i wish it could be richer and embody more GTD functionality * Pictobrowser flickr viewer. nice way to view a flickr photo album * WIndows codec installer. Amazingly sad that you need tools like this on windows. * How to use photoshop to create a mosaic effect * Bust a name – better way to find domain names * I never knew the value of CTRL-SHIFT-ESC. ANother sad commentary * Turok -- maybe I will need to get a PS3

More Stuff I Want But Don't Need

16 July 2007

* Bell & Ross BR 01 Phantom – beautiful sparse design. Not sure I could ever justify 4-5K for such sparseness tho. * The Teslaphonic Organ – I pretty much love anything involving a Tesla coil. * Burning Rocks. They just look cool. * Ultralight Pack. If/when I ever get serious about hiking I will have to go ultralight * Electronic guitar tuner. Not sure that adding a bunch of electronics and a battery to the process really helps in guitar tuning…

Formula D Saturday

15 July 2007

Formula Drift - Professional Drifting Championship – great event. The sport is in its infancy here so you can easily get into the pits, up close to the track, meet the drivers, etc. The races are exciting although a little repetitive. They need to think about how to get more cars on the track at once, and to add some uncertainty to the event.

Oh yeah, attending Formula D does not contribute to good driving behaviour. The parking lot was a showcase of amateur drifting and the highway home was a sequence of race vignettes featuring a variety of souped-up ricers, including some really nice imports. I’ve been known to drive fast at times but I was background noise.