* The Enquirer - Bearcats – coverage on the Cincinnati Enquirer website * not much on the blog front for UC football – here’s one * Big Ten weekly release for general conference goodness.

The likely outcome this weekend is clear – Cincinnati is probably overmatched physically, and has an inexperienced QB.

Wiper Motor Page – I’ve probably blogged this before, but a great source of info on using wiper motors in halloween props.

I’d never seen this before Creature Supply – records 4 minutes of firing events for 6 output lines, and then replays on receipt of an input trigger (IR, switchmat, etc). Seems useful.

Of course the Buckeyes looked brilliant in beating Texas in Texas as expected. So all is basically right with the world. But look at the rest of these outcomes – NCAA Football Scoreboard - CBS SportsLine.com

* Wisconsin seemed to win handily over a weak opponent, they can feel good. * Michigan and Michigan State won by big margins over weak opponents – but each gave up a lot of first half points. * Iowa, Purdue, and Indiana struggled to win against clearly inferior opponents. I guess Indiana should feel good about any victory. * Penn State and Minnesota thumped by top 25 teams. * and Illinois and Northwestern thumped by weak opponents.

After the 11-0 Big Ten start last week I was feeling pretty good about the league. Not so much now.

Wired News: HP Dragnet Grabbed 9 Reporters – isn’t this just lying? Fraud? Tactics equivalent to social engineering used by identity thieves? Why does the press keep calling this “pretexting”? Seems like felony class fraud to me.

* Men of the Scarlet and Gray – a blog covering the good guys * Buckeye Commentary – another good guy blog * An exhaustive analysis of the game based on last week’s games against inferior opponents

One Sheet Plywood Coffin Project – some of the original plans for single sheet coffins are off the web, here is the best plan I found.

UPDATE: a little better plan here.

OK I know OSU played a game last weekend but really, the season starts this weekend. Here is my prereading:

* The Columbus Dispatch site of course. Most of their stuff is posted daily first thing in the morning. * Tressel’s World. M-rated, definitely not for the kiddies, and may piss off some OSU fans, but I find it freaking hilarious. * Austin American-Statesman for the Texas view. * Longhorn blogs - bevosports, Burnt Orange Nation * Every Day Should Be Saturday for general college football goodness * And M Go Blog to get just generally pissed off at Michigan, because it doesn’t matter who we are playing, “F@$% Michigan” is still a good sentiment.

I have lots of desires and dreams for how to expand my dual cylinder/single blower pneumatic setup for halloween. But I don’t have the time. Looking for a Seattle-area contract pneumatics person – someone who can do all the pneumatic hosing, valving, reservoirs, and the low power electrical work. If you have ideas…

Brett on Stuff – great collection of ultralight backpacking and general outdoors stuff. Thanks Brett.

MachineDesign.com: Right-sizing pneumatic motion systems – good breakdown of how to analyze pneumatic circuits, pointed out to me by the author.

Because I previously posted about a good experience with Sound Effects, Production Music, Royalty Free Music, MP3 AIF WAV Sound Effects, they very nicely sent me a bunch more high quality sfx for free – nice guys, they have earned my loyalty. They’ve got a nice myspace site too

Feld Thoughts: The 80-19-1 Rule – “That leaves 19%. This is the golden segment. If you can figure out how to engage these folks, you win. If you don’t, you’ll have a site driven merely by the 1%, which ultimately won’t scale.” Good stuff.

We had a great weekend. Some people that made it possible:

* Paraclete Charter Service - Your charter and ferry service to the San Juan Islands, Washington * Everyone at Greene Partners – great job on our place. Just a great design at every level that really worked for us, and super people who helped us with so much more. * Jennifer Randall & Associates – also a great job on our place. Everything from broad schemes to little details were just awesome, and again great people. * Ravenhill Construction – also a great job on our place. The workmanship, fit and finish were all great. * On-Site Island Services – super job getting everything ready * Vita’s – awesome takeout and a nice wine recommendation * Alwyn at Rhythm Auto Repair – provided us with wheels, very appreciated.

Can’t wait to get back.

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