A good source for LEDs.

If I was a kid. I’d want one of these for Christmas – french sloop model boat – I love any sort of boat model. And a chemistry set – tho in these days of extreme product safety the sets have been terribly neutered. When I was a kid I used to build models and promptly blow them up with firecrackers – combining these two great gifts into one merged orgy of creation and destruction. I am not really sure what this says about me but it is probably not good.

Other College Football Bloggers. Kevin is killing me with his Ohio State Escapes Again story. Chris Blanchard has a good cf blog. Here’s an Ohio-based blog with some minor buckeye entries but the guy owns buckeyeweekly.com.

ESPN – Inside the BCS. Brad Edwards agrees with my projection of OSU as #1, and he has the most methodical regular analysis of any professional pundit – ESPN.com: NCF - Inside The BCS

College Football Computer Rankings. This site has a good list of links to all the BCS components – Home – for those who want to do their own forecasting and analysis.

The Buckeyes Get No Respect. Also entitled Sportswriters can’t do math. Re: CBS.SportsLine.com - Third spot in BCS up for grabs

There is little doubt that Miami (9-0) and Ohio State (11-0) will be 1-2 in some order in the BCS after Oklahoma lost to Texas A&M. It’s most likely that Miami will be No. 1 in the BCS, because it is a virtual certainty that the Hurricanes will be No. 1 in both human polls.

Miami had a 1.5 point advantage on OSU in the BCS rankings last week, as OSU was rated 3rd in both polls and Miama averaged 1.5 (1 in one poll, 2 in the other). Despite this 1.5 point advantage, OSU was #1 in the BCS. This week the spread will drop to a 1 point advantage for Miami (as Miami and OSU are 1-2 in both polls), yet everyone is claiming OSU will drop to #2. Actually I believe OSU’s lead in the BCS will increase this week.

CNNSI is even worse: CNNSI.com - Game Central - College Football

Third-ranked Ohio State, which won in thrilling, comeback fashion at Purdue, will likely move up to No. 2 in the BCS standings.

I don’t think OSU will move up to #2 because THEY WERE ALREADY #2.

A good source for RF products – would be great to move to all wireless control at the house.

Cremains into Diamonds. This is pretty strange – Wired News: Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Diamonds

Go Bucks!!!. Yee Ha. A close one but a win is a win, and with Oklahoma’s loss, we should clearly be #1 in the BCS based on my initial calculations. Even without the bonus for beating WSU (who won again, so we get that bonus) it still seems to me that we will be #1. Only if the Miami victory over Tennessee causes major changes in the computer polls (due to the perceived toughness of Tennessee) will OSU lose its #1 position.

PHP Reference. A great site for PHP code samples and ideas – PHPBuilder.com - The Resource For PHP Developers

A good source for parts and pieces.

And the zombies holding it.

The MOM dudes recommend the Gilderfluke Servo Controller

May have already posted this…Brookshire software servo control software.

OK I don’t really find X10 to be that appropriate for haunt automation. Too much latency in the gear, and too unreliable a protocol. The latency is the big problem. That said, there is a lot of product available and it is relatively inexpensive. You can find x10 and also higher end home automation here – ASIhome. Also All things x10 here – SMARTHOME.COM