Flightgear Flight Simulator
I rarely take time to play, but last week I had 30 minutes before I had to leave for an evening class. I'd been working hard all day and needed a quick break of fun before going off to more brain usage.
I decided to check out Flightgear Flight Simulator. It's a bit hard with the keyboard, but I was at a buddy's house and he let me borrow his USB joystick and it was so easy, just like flying a real plane. No thinking about keys to press, just all pretty natural.
IT Geek Breakfast @ Huckleberry's, Modesto
"IT Geek Breakfast" at Huckleberry's is back on again for March! Saturday, March 13th, 8am. I've set up a Facebook Event to RSVP at. After last months success, we set up a Facebook Fan Page for IT Geek Breakfast so that we can centralize announcements.
This is a get-together breakfast of some Christians who work in the IT/IS/computer field (or are just hobbiests/enthusiasts!) so we can fellowship.
Everyone (non-Christians friends too) are welcome. But the topics will probably be highly geek/technical in nature, and probably boring for non-technical spouses.
Using the Stanislaus County Library Computer Resources
Bravo! Good work, Stanislaus County Library technology folks. The free internet access and computer resources at the library are great.
I recall going to the library five or so years ago and being frustrated at not having wifi wireless access for my laptop. Years back, I recall going to my local Manteca library (part of the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library system) and using the computer for catalog access on a dumb Wyse terminal with a monochrome-orange, text-only monitor.
Free, legal, professional music online
I love music. I could easily spend $100-200 per month purchasing music. But even more than that, I love music that I can share with others.
I don't spend that much, and I couldn't justify that, but I love adding songs to my personal library to play whenever I want. So I've been compiling lists of free songs that I've found online that I can share with you.
Modesto Bike Trails: Hetch-Hetchy
Modestans, take advantage of your local bike and walking paths! Today is a gorgeous winter day, almost too warm for biking in pants.
IT Geek Breakfast @ Huckleberry's, Modesto
I wanted to invite everyone around Modesto to an "IT Geek Breakfast" at Huckleberry's this Saturday, Feb 6th, 8am. I've set up a Facebook Event to RSVP at.
If that link doesn't work, try searching Facebook Events for "IT Geek Breakfast".
Nothing formal, just a get-together breakfast of some Christians who
work in the IT/IS/computer field so we can fellowship.Everyone (non-Christians friends too) are welcome, but the topics will
probably be highly geek/techno in nature, and probably boring for non-technical spouses.
HTML5 video tag, Ogg Theora & H.264
About a month ago I went to a family memorial for my Aunt that passed. We had a ton of pictures and videos that I collected from everyone's cameras and I consolidated and made into CDs before we all went back home.
However, I've a very large family on my mother's side (she's got 12 bothers and sisters), and more than half didn't make it to the memorial. I wanted to put it all online to send links to all the family.
Wordpress Update 2.8.5
I just wanted to give a shout out to Wordpress, my blogging platform. I've used it since I switched from MovableType whenever they went to a pay model, plus I wanted a completely OSS solution that I could use commercially.
I love that I can upgrade my Wordpress version with the click of a link on my Dashboard.
In fact, it takes me longer to back up my Wordpress install than to update it, just because I need to type in my mysql password:
World of Goo
Sometimes you just want to have a little fun, and no, reading the news is not really fun, even if it is the Darwin Awards and makes you chuckle a little bit. The best fun is something you can share with some else too.
Enter the World of Goo! If you haven't tried this amazingly simple, but yet fun and complex and puzzling game, try the demo now, and then (by Oct 25th) you can pay whatever you think the game is worth to buy the full version (Windows, Mac, LINUX!).
Capturing Radio
One cool feature of many TV capture cards is the ability to hook up an FM antenna and listen to the radio. There is plenty of support for listening to live radio. But as for capturing the radio, there isn't much support. However, as with anything, if there is a will, there is a way. This isn't really anything new, if you compare it to using a cassette tape player to record the radio. What is novel is the ability to gather and store radio like a DVR (or in my case, on my DVR) - all nice and scheduled and automated.
