http://www.jpuddy.net Home of DJ and technophile Jonathan Puddle (aka DJ J Puddy) Fri, 16 May 2008 10:58:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Found this on Engadget today: Getting power to disaster-affected areas is always a tough task, but Andrew Leinonen's undergrad industrial design thesis (and recent first place entry in the 2008 ACIDO Rocket Show) might be able to solve the problem in an efficient and clever way. Dubbed Solarial, the idea is ... http://www.jpuddy.net/2008/05/16/providing-clean-power-to-disaster-stricken-areas/ We're having a great time on our UK visit. We arrived at midnight on Monday, and spent the night with Rob King in London. Great to catch up, albeit briefly. Then we took the Megabus to Sheffield and spent Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning with Mark & Bethany & Adelaide. ... http://www.jpuddy.net/2008/05/10/uk-trip-may-08/ I ran into a problem a few months back where I found non-admin users on Windows Server 2003 couldn't run batch files in scheduled tasks. I just gave up then as it wasn't important, but I had to find a solution for the same issue today. Didn't have to look ... http://www.jpuddy.net/2008/05/05/non-admin-users-and-scheduled-tasks/ I'm not going to write a long review, as there are enough others out there that I feel are on the money. In brief, Iron Man was excellent. Masterfully acted, cleverly scripted, story was engaging enough, effects were top notch; superb movie. Jeff Bridges played an excellent villain. Totally well done. ... http://www.jpuddy.net/2008/05/04/iron-man/ A short piece by NackedPastor resonated with me this morning: There are no shortcuts to maturity. Someone has an intense spiritual experience, insight, or revelation, and the impression is that this person suddenly will be more mature, responsible and exemplary. This is often not the case. How many men and women ... http://www.jpuddy.net/2008/05/03/shortcuts-to-maturity/ At least one researcher has shown that the length and "awesomeness" of your facial hair directly affects the success of your programming language. http://www.jpuddy.net/2008/04/30/why-beards-are-important/ It took me 13 billion years, because I wanted you to like it. I told you 6 days, because I didn't want you to feel bad. http://www.jpuddy.net/2008/04/24/556/ This time he hasn't shot someone, but may be showing a little more in the reflection of his sunglasses than he wishes. Article here. Seems like there's a scantily clad lady in the reflection of his glasses... or is that just an illusion? http://www.jpuddy.net/2008/04/21/dick-cheney-causing-controversy-again/ I've just added nakedpastor.com to my feeds. I read a few of his recent posts and very much enjoy his perspectives. Here's some of his artwork that I find particularly brilliant: And a book review: I just finished studying Frank Viola’s and George Barna’s recent book, Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of ... http://www.jpuddy.net/2008/04/17/nakedpastor/ Every day that I've logged into Facebook this week I'm getting this: This content is currently unavailable The page you requested can not be displayed right now. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may have expired, or you may not have permission to view this page. ... http://www.jpuddy.net/2008/04/17/facebook-bug-content-not-found/