* 50% greater fuel cell efficiency – basically by nanoscale engineering of the fuel cell elements. cool * frictional duality -- suggests that smart nanoscale fabrication might be able to affect friction

Hurray. I hate canker sores.

A list of pointers – like I need more ideas. My Kindle is stuffed and i have a hundred physical books awaiting me…

I’ve always wanted to have my own implementation of tinyurl – gocodes seems to fit the bill. we’ll see how it goes…

Some of my partners claim to be bicyclists but until they have one of these setups, I’m not buying it

Rich on buying guides. Useful. Me, I tend to ask Rich or Bob or Jim or Kurt or other enthusiasts I know, rather than relying on guides.

Egad 2. I am sure I’ve never had our countertops tested.

NIC exploits via Hack the Planet – “I’ve seen one example use this to establish a zero-footprint rootkit i.e. one which leaves no trace on disk.” – egad.

Verbinski to direct BioShock film – I will run to see this. How many films are about Ayn-Rand-ish Objectivist paradises gone horribly wrong? On the bottom of the ocean? If you haven’t played the game, you should.

Basic 1 minute primer on correcting white balance – all phrased in photoshop-ese but works the same in any other tool. Most of my photos this spring are outdoors but still useful.

OK this has been a little rocky. First, some of the teams have their own private nets set up in the pits and you can glom onto those sometimes.

Otherwise, the Clubhouse has WIFI – free if you are a clubhouse member, $15 a day otherwise!! Nothing is free here at Miller. Once you are past that hurdle, you have to get on. In theory they let any device on and force you to a webpage where you enter a provided password and ID. Worked ok on my iphone. However, simply will not work on my MacBook – I can never get an address from DHCP.

So…I logged on with the iPhone, cloned the settings over on my Mac with a static address setup, switched off WIFI on the iPhone, and turned on WIFI on the MacBook. Tada!

I am betting not many people use the WIFI connection…

UPDATE: works better with Firefox3 RC1. I have to wade thru a bunch of insane invalid cert dialogs but i can get to the web login page on the mac. doesn’t work in safari tho.

Bumped into Nick in the pits, driving a car owned by Cantrell Motorsports of Kirkland with a Windows Live sponsorship. Nick was super gracious, let us get a picture in the car, and even offered to take on J as a garage worker tomorrow – a clear step up from flag duty! Someone once said “90% of life is just showing up” and boy is that true.

My god what a facility – brand spanking new, huge, a variety of viewing from plain bleachers to delux clubhouse. Great views from all kinds of places. And the pit activity today is fascinating with 3-4 classes of cars all mixing it up. Worth the trip.

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