http://www.dansteingart.com Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:33:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm not a hater. I am, however, struggling to see the earth shattering nature of Daniel Nocera's "water splitting breakthrough." ###What's Good New catalysts are *always* a good thing. Neutral water electrolysis is very cool as well. In general, a cheaper, Pt free air electrode (which this is) is a great ... http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/noceras-cobalt-oxide-electrode/ In a manner fitting to its name, the topic of "Outsider Scientists" came out of nowhere this weekend to hold a central place in what I read, heard and discussed. Sally and I had a couple of string theorist friends over for dinner on Saturday, and Sally being the ... http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/tautologies-and-outsider-science/ I'm sure you've see [it](http://drhorrible.net) by now, but you might have missed this homage to Dave Chappelle if you weren't looking:  http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/dr-horrible/ Just cause. To view this content, you need to install Java from java.com Processing rules. http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/fun-with-processing/ For those that care enough to read this but not enough to actually stay in touch with me (speak up, what's your deal?), I've left the Academy and put in with [these folks](http://www.sentilla.com) as an applications engineer. I'm closing in on my first month and thought some reflection would ... http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/and-so-we-beat-on/ The noise on the BART recalls chalk going through a chainsaw, mixed with bass-ala-white-earpods and cells phone clearly lacking a ????, my lovely [Jabra c820s](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=K5&q=jabra+820&btnG=Search) are a frickin godsend. Yes I rock the katakana. What up now. What's particularly interesting isn't what they cut out, but what they don't. Low ... http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/noise-canceling/ Just as easily a condom ad..... But is it intended? http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/double-entendre/ In the latest Iron Man movie, when said man gets his perma-electo-magnet mabob he launches into a hooey based conversation with his surgeon regarding the power source glowing in his chest. I don't remember the lines exactly, but it went something like this: > **Almost Iron Man**: It produces 50 ... http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/on-watts-and-joules/ Google AdWords have been serving up this stuff lately: These systems claim to either eliminate entirely or severely reduce the amount of gasoline used by a car by using a metastable gas known as "Klein Gas" or "HHO". Those of you who paid attention to Mr. Levitt in 10th Grade ... http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/electrolysis-to-combustion-to-electrolysis/ Thanks to Dan Savage I've been half watching Jem all day. It makes less than no sense. It makes anti sense. ###Super Computers They just show up left and right ###Motes in Earings Circa 1988! ###Film Execs At Every Turn And they honor their word, despite almost being killed! http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/jem-makes-no-fucking-sense/ I've updated my SomaFM widget to include the latest and greatest streams: Lush, Digitalis and Sonic Universe. Get it [here](http://dansteingart.com/somatic). http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/somatic-update/ Anyone know of a better eco-news site? I've just about had it with the prima donnas at [Treehugger](http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/03/solar-powered-house-boulder.php), italics mine: >Also in the New York Times Business of Green Section: Eric Doub's Solar Harvest, his own solar powered dream house. It has solar panels, 6,000 gallons of underground hot ... http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/tree-smugger/ So the latest installment of airport firmare ([7.3.1](http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/)) allows time machine support but it *[does not use the existing time machine backup](http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6884024)*. Thus the backup I've been generating since December is now invalid. Come on. http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/airport-express-time-capsule-no-cigar/ Inspired by [this](http://twitter.com/rstevens/statuses/767133819) We would also accept: >Your menstruating heart, it ain't beating enough for two Two slices that is. http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/more-bacon/ And this is what I get Sigh. http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/so-i-installed-google-chat/ http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/yeah-yeah-yeah/ So the National Academy of Engineering [announced](http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/) 14 goals for a better 21st century. Here's what I think (yes they [asked](http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/cms/nextsteps.aspx)). ###Yay! - Make solar energy affordable This is on the cusp. See [here](http://www.nanosolar.com/) and [here](http://www.sunpowercorp.com/), and maybe [here](http://www.ipos.ucsb.edu/ajh.html), [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dye-sensitized_solar_cells) and [here](http://depts.washington.edu/chemcrs/bulkdisk/chem162U_spr03/handout_Solar.2.pdf). Of course, reduced ... http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/a-grand-challenge-indeed/ [Memory Suppliers](http://www.memorysuppliers.com) has supplanted 1800Memory as my RAM shipper of choice. They've got solid prices on sticks for apple, as well as some homebrew supplies: I just ordered a coupla DSTT to try my hand at DS development. Sweet. http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/we-interrupt-this-program/ After all [that](http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/rebirthing-a-system/), archive and install saved the day in the matter of an hour. Everything is up and running like it used to be, with 100% less flakiness. - Applications in the right place - Documents in the right place - Quicksilver and triggers **just work** And somehow I've got 20 extra ... http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/archive-and-install-ftw/ Since I've been a mac-guy, and we're going on 6 years now, I've got to do a reinstall exactly once. Tonight I've got to do it again. ### Why? The Leopard install on my macbook pro has been messed up for a while, and after the 10.5.2 update finder ... http://www.dansteingart.com/archive/rebirthing-a-system/