The Adventures of Curious George

Intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGjQSki0uyg Another intro: http://p2pfoundation.net/A_Revolution_in_the_Making Open hardware: http://p2pfoundation.net/Product_Hacking And one I haven't investigated yet: http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Open Cool stuff.

I'm overly proud (yes, overly so) of my most recent Wi-fi network diagnosis. The router simply didn't show up on my computer's list of available networks. Interference from the laptop on the same desk? switch that laptop's wireless card off... no. The affected computer is set to "ad-hoc only" ? Check the settings... no. The affected laptop is american, and the network is operating on a European channel? Checked 192.168.1.1 to find the router settings page, default admin username and password found on the net, channel changed from 13 to 11, and voila. Internet fixed :)

VERB CONJUGATIONS: A couple weeks ago, while I was designing a custom planner for myself, I thought of a book I need to make. Supposing one already knows the basics of grammar of a language and has a serviceable pocket dictionary, what's the biggest obstacle to communication? Verb conjugations. How do you say, "Yeah, I would have done that, but I had to..." if you don't know the past tense, let alone the conditional past perfect. So in addition to the pocket dictionary, I want a verb conjugation book. It would have all the basic verbs in the language of interest in alphabetical order with translation into english and conjugations into all the major tenses, as well as contextual translations for each of the tenses. There would also be a table of english verbs, in alphabetical order, with the Italian translation and the page number for its conjugations. As such, in any situation (like the one today when I wanted to ask "can I return this next week if (subjun...

Volubility ... It just rolls off the tongue. Volubility .

This post is for people who've not heard of "unlocked" phones. Tired of your service provider? Tired of paying for a contract in general? Going travelling and want to use your phone? Want a phone your provider doesn't sell? Want ring-tones without paying for each one, or unavailable ones from your provider? Just curious what else your phone might This video mentions quite a few of such advantages of "unlocked" phones. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lz-XGjynN8&feature=related Note that most phones you purchase directly from the manufacturer (Nokia, Samsung, LG, etc.) rather than the provider (Vodafone, TMobile, Verizon, etc.) come un-locked. They're not subsidized by that "2-year contract gets you a better deal" deal.

I think I might start freezing my own (un-fried) french fries. Sort of like canning vegetables. Except in this case the motive is not mass-producing for sale or saving food for when there is none. This time the motive is to have pre-cut french fries, ready to fry when we're hungry, but much cheaper, better-tasting, and locally sourced than the bags of processed potatoe wedges we can buy at the supermarket. Moreover, this way I only have to use and wash the potato-cutter once per 5 of 10 batches of fries! What a weird person I'm going to be when I get old...