* Easy Mac Micro Maniac – watch various things being microwaved. Without having to blow up your own kitchen. * New programming stereotypes – i love to copy/paste.

* Cementex Tool Kits.pdf (application/pdf Object) – very nice, pretty expensive * Looks like a jetski/golfcart combo - the golf cruiser – would Tiger ride one of these? * I would have loved this rug as a kid – if they added a Nascar logo it would sell a billion * Motion/temp/light sensor – not sure what I need it for but might be useful at halloween

Spartan Football Unveils New Uniforms :: Nike redesign combines new technology with traditional look. featuring “improved moisture management - Both the jersey and pant are produced with Nike’s most technical uniform fabrics that hold far less moisture, thus carrying less weight. This is a very significant feature, especially in the game pants.”

A very special tap! – this is very cool looking, inspiration for Halloween – would be fun to do something like this on a small scale with cauldron.

Only one keeper here.

* “Legions of space”:amazon by Keith Laumer. Some of that old time science fiction: manly men slashing their way thru space and claiming the universe as their own. Interesting as a nostalgia piece, not sure I’d pick it up otherwise. * “Simple genius”:amazon by David Baldacci. A really crappy potboiler. My buddy Tim warned me. Sorry I spent the 2 days on it. * “Counting heads”:amazon by David Marusek. Nano-infused future society tale. Tugged at some interesting character issues but didn’t really dig into them. The ending was a little predictable as the story devolved into a typical adventure tale. * “Blindsight”:amazon by Peter Watts. Wow! A head spinning first encounter tale with a deep exploration of alienness and sentience. A deeply alien structure is encountered, and humanity sends the most extreme representatives of humanity to grapple with the situation under the theory that it takes an alien to understand one. An ambiguous, atypical, and probably unhappy ending.

Brian Ruby at Carbon Nanoprobes. Smart guy.

* Have to lead today’s list with the iphone. My lizard brain wants one. The rest of me has no idea why. I’m going to attempt to hold off until V2. * Toolmonger ? Blog Archive ? Magnogrip Magnetic Wrist Band – wow this actually seems super useful. * Nike floor hockey cleaning concept * PuchiPuchi bubble wrap toy. Can you imagine having one of these on an airplane? * Rich and Bob’s advice for lens cleaning tools. * Phoneflasher. Not sure I can pull this off. * Magnatag whiteboards. These appeal deeply to me tho I have no specific need. Maybe I can use one to manage my halloween efforts?

* Games ? Bloxorz – great timewaster * PicLens – nice way to browse flickr. A little unobvious to use. * Socialcalc. I continue to think this is interesting tho I have never installed it. hmm. * Rich’s guide to cleaning up Raw images * The Alphabetizer. I can see myself using this occasionally. * 3 awesome free math programs

Apparently it is time to renew my Microsoft Alumni Network membership. $130. The only value I get is employee discounts on software. It is increasingly hard to justify this, there is darn little I want at the store. If I view the $130 as prepay on software, I have to buy a lot to make the savings add up to more than $130. Used to be I had relatives and friends asking for software a lot but that activity has dried up largely.

Way too much work for a jack o lantern but still cool – instructables : Jack-O-Laser of Doom

Various bits of advice on basketball photography:

* From a pro – The Seattle Times: Photography: Best Seat in the House – 70-200mm f2.8 lens (set at 100mm), ISO 200, 1/250 sec @ f5.6 with strobes – not sure this would work for me ex strobes * From Canon forums – 70-200mm f/2.8…85mm f/1.8…50mm f1.8/1.4 all auggested

In the Science of Love premiere last night, science won. This is classically trashy summer reality TV, but for some bizarre reason we were all captivated with it last night. The guy didn’t seem like much of a catch but that was just part of the appeal of the show.

blog.pmarca.com: The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 4: The only thing that matters _In honor of Andy Rachleff, formerly of Benchmark Capital, who crystallized this formulation for me, let me present Rachleff’s Law of Startup Success:

The #1 company-killer is lack of market._

Starting to think hard about Halloween. First step is to document last year’s efforts – 2006 Documentation in Halloween 2007 Plan – and from this I can start to create a delta list of things to change.

My Sony - Reader broke, Brad Feld has documented my support experience. Thankfully Sony was responsive and finally got it right, I have a brand new reader now and can get back to using it. I really like the device, and hopefully Sony will get the whole purchase and support solution right for everyone.