Author Archives: frank

Wordpress for iPad

2010-05-28 – 10:20

tl;dr be careful if you use it. As of version 2.4, it doesn’t save the contents of the active editing view when the app is closed; I lost 15 minutes of typing this morning to this misfeature. Even the Web version is better about auto-saving than the iPad app! It also doesn’t support copy [...]

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Ubiquitous robotics on the verge?

2010-05-28 – 08:39

The Economist’s Babbage writes about robotics today. He mentions several software development kits (SDK), and highlights one from Stanford, Willow Garage, that is very promising. He then says, “But the killer applications for personal robots remain as illusive [sic] as ever.”
Think of robotics as the extension of computers, or more generally, automation, in to [...]

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I think I need some tunes on my R1150RT

2010-05-07 – 08:49

It’s been a year and a couple months since I bought my nicely used R1150RT, and I’ve only managed to put about four thousand miles on it in that time. That includes two decent road trips and a bunch of commuting. Often when I ride it, I notice the little radio antenna wobbling along next [...]

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How to cope with live criticism via twitter

2010-04-26 – 07:59

Next time Digital Urban gives a lecture or presentation, it might be interesting to project a live feed of related tweets during the presentation.

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Evans Road Infrastructure is Barely Keeping Up

2010-04-24 – 11:07

I used to commute by bicycle, not every day, but more than occasionally. When we moved to Evans in 2001, there were no stop lights or stop signs on Washington Road from Ronald Reagan Drive by the Government Center, which at the time lacked both the new courthouse and library, all the way out to [...]

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