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Big "V-Rod" Dave Hits Kauai, Hawaii
In April, BigDave Wife & I had the honor of visiting the most wonderful place on earth. Kauai, Hawaii. We were there for 7 days and I could have stayed there 14 more. We took advantage of a "once in a livetime" experience and did about everything you could possibly do in 7 days on that tiny island. Some of you know, Mrs BigDave has some serious health conditions so it was real nice to be able to make the arrangements for her to go and enjoy such a special trip.
About 4 days into the trip however, I was itching for a ride. I didn't pack the GS so I had to improvise. I kept seeing these big fat Harleys all over the place and I wondered if anyone rented anything else. I made plenty of calls. No GS's, no Honda's no nothin. Harley was the brand for the rental shops. They said thats what EVERYONE wants to ride, so thats what they have.
I stopped at one rental place near the hotel. I just had a hangup about riding some bike with some weird footboards on them. I just didn't want to ride a cruiser I am sorry. I then saw the V-Rod. I asked if it was the same price as the other hawgs and the guy said it was the same price. I looked at the bike real close. I asked him if it hauled ass. He told me the engine was made by Porche. I said, "thats it, I'll take it."
I remember watching the documentary on the Speed Channel about how HD came up with the V-Rod. It was real interesting and I did gain more respect for HD as a result. They really put the bike through a bunch of tests before rolling the bike into production. If there was a Harley to be had by me, it would be that one so I was happy to give it a day ride!
I am a firm believer in ATGATT. Being I didn't pack my gear, I had to impovise again. There is a Wal-Mart in town, so shopping I went. I ended up with $3.00 leather work gloves, a plastic poncho, a $16 back pack for my ponch, water, camera and beef jerky. I wore my sweatshirt and my Nike 3/4 high hiking boots. Top that off with the "Ride Free" dickhead helmet from the rental shop. When I asked the guy if he had a helmet for me, he said, "we don't have a helmet law around here." I objected as I told him I had a law against splattering my brains all over the pavement. He handed me a helmet...
I think the other riders on the island were amazed at my outfit. Every other rider I saw that day had Shorts, t-shirts and tennis shoes. Oh well .
Bright and early on that Thursday, I took off from Lihue. It took me a little while to get used to this thing. Right away I knew it had LOADS of power . The next thing i learned is that I was going to go deaf. Even a 40 mph. The bike is a naked and between that and my dickhead helmet, the wind noise was horrible. Leave it to me to find fault with this ride within 48 seconds of leaving the rental shop. My plan that day was to leave Lihue to the North and travel along the east side of the island to the North of the island and go as far as the road goes. The road ends up on the NW corner wher the Na Pali coast starts. Anyway, I knew I'd be near the Wal-Mart soon, so I went in and bought some foam plugs.
Finally, I am off. Within 5 minutes, it was pouring rain. At least when it rains on the island, its not cold. Its rather pleasant other than the fact I couldn't see. So, I pulled over to towel off. This is up the coast near Kapaa.
Within minutes, it cleared. I contunued North and I came across a sign that said, "Lighthouse". I couldn't pass that up so off I went.
The area is now a wildlife refuge and the lighthouse had not been used since 1914.
After I spent a wonderfully relaxing hour at the lighthouse, it was onward towrd Hanelei Bay for a stop by the sea.
I spent a good while just sitting and thinking and breathing the misty air. It was just wonderful visiting such a beautiful place. I came to the end of the road, so it was time to head back. First order of business was lunch. I stopped in Hanelei for Ahi & chips. Thats right folks, sushi grade tuna fried up with fries.
There is not too many roads on the island except near the coast as the mountains are just too rugged. So on my way back, I made sure to take any roads that went back towards the mountains towards the West. I got to see a couple of sights like the waterfalls at Wailua.
As much fun as I was having, I was actually ready to get off the Harley. The bike was not real comfortable as I felt like my feet were in front of me and I had to hang on real hard to keep from falling back. If I were on something more comfortable, I would have rode till sundown and went to the east side. All in all it was a very memorable experience seeing the island on a bike and enjoying the day.
From other times during the trip, I'd like to share some nice photos...
Here is coming down out of the clouds as we arrive in Kauai.
On the second day, we visited the Fern Grotto via boat ride up the river..
Later in that day we visited Waimea Canyon. This was one spectacular site!
The next day we visited the far western portion of the island. The last 4-5 miles were kind of rough, but it was a rental car so no big deal. This is Polihalo State Park. Only about 4 other people were over here.
We stayed at the Hyatt Regency at Poipu beach. What a wonderful place! The food each day was out of this world. Kauai has an ordinance that prohibits building over six stories. The resort has like 500 rooms so it is spread out and takes up about a half mile of beach front.
This is right near the hotel near sunrise.
Just a pretty shot down the road from the hotel. I commented at the time that there seemed to be a thousand shades of green on the island.
One of our special outings was a dinner cruise up the Na Pali coast. This cruise gives you a view of the west coast of the island that you can only get to by boat or helicopter. There is no roads or trails for that matter on the 14 mile stretch of the west coast of Kauai.
Here is the view from the boat as we left Port Allen.
The boat was a large sailboat with a strong motor. About 30 guests on the boat. Most everyone on the boat stayed put in their seats. I spent most of the time near the front of the boat on the rail. The breeze and the spray from the sea was so refreshing. I could really get into the ocean and sailing. Maybe one day...
As we went up the coast, you soon see why there is no roads over here. The mountains go all the way from sea level to over 4000 feet just off the coast. These views left me speachless.
On our way back, we were honored to see 2 pods of grey whales. The Captain said it was really too late in the season. He said he does this trip every day of the year, and if he is lucky, he see whales 2 times a year. He had never seen this many whales in one trip. One pod had a male, female and one baby. The other had mom & dad and at least two babies.
My lame digital camera was too slow to get the big splashes from the adults. The whales gave us a show! The all were very close to the boat and decided to make some waves of their own.
On our last day, we visited a place that was recomended to us by a local. It proved to be the most remote and wonderful place we visited. We once again tested out our rental car as we had to travel a few miles of rough dirt. The area is just East of Poipu. Most tourist don't go down there as the road scares them away. I just pretended the minivan was a dual-sport and off we went.
BigDave wife got to get go down to the edge of the water in our own little cove. She really liked this area, as did I. For someone in her condition, it was very moving seeing her enjoy herself so much and enjoy the most beautiful area we were visiting. After hanging out with her for awhile, I decided to go explore and take some pics. As I ventured out onto the point, the scenery became more spectacular with every step.
As the clouds rolled in, we started to gather our things. It was the last day on the island. Visiting this area was very special to us. We then really understood why the locals have so much pride in their island. The island sucks all the stress out of you and really makes you appreciate the more important things. It brings to mind fact you should make the most of every living momment. At least that what it did for us.
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Absolutely beautiful photos! what a vacation, like you said, once in a lifetime for many people. I loved the lighting in the photos from the sea.
Primo post!
and my condolences, I rented a Harley once too . But any bike is better than no bike , I like all of them at least a little .
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Thanks for adding new destination for my dreams
Loved the pics and the report - apart from a future plan to cross the USA and new zeland on a bike - you've just added another destination - thanks
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I was just on Kauai in April with my family. the one road we found that would have been fun on a 'real' bike was the road up Waimea Canyon towads Kokee State Park....
Rather than the Hyatt Regency, we stayed next door at the Kiahuna Plantation, where we had a very nice, very large 2 bedroom condo for $300/day, about 50 yards from Kiahuna Beach... (we needed 2BR, we had our kids with us).
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Excellent report. Thanks for the great photo's and the reminder that time is too precious to waste worrying about trivial things. It is a tribute to Hawai that a Harley couldn't even ruin the scenery.
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Nice report and beautiful pics, BigDave. A couple of nits tho...the engine is made by HDI, not Porsche. It was codeveloped with Porsche (actually based on the VR1000), but it's built in Kansas City, MO.
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Sweet pics dave
I lived over there for almost 13 years, home base Oahu but was on Kauai at least once a month. You did it right and the pics bear that out. Hawaii is a great place and Kauai has a special charm. Hope the charming Mrs. got some of that energy to take home.
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Exelent report!
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Daymn, what a great place to visit, maybe thats what heaven is like...thanks for sharing!
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Daymn, Big Dave. I was in there about a month agao (also at the Hyatt) and in Maui and rented a HD on both islands. I have been putting off doing a ride report and now you go and do this. :): You're shaming me into getting off my ass here.
Truly a beautiful island. I'm happy the 2 of you had the opportunity to share it together
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Great Ride Report - Pale, Mrs. Pale and the little Pales were in Maui in January. For obvious reasons, we didn't moto. What a great way to see the Island! Thanks for posting your report - I can relate to your comment about wanting to stay longer - we can't wait to get back. - P
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Good Report
GREAT pic's. I was on Maui last year and rented a V-Rod, not bad for a Harley I liked it better when I found out that the "hard core" Harley dudes don't think of it as a "real" Harley because it's water cooled In 2001 I rented a new Dyna Wide Glide and took it off road I didn't to good on it but it was fun watching the locals laugh at me and thinking about what the rental guy would think if he saw me Yeah the helmet thing....I think I was the only one on the Island that had a helmet on
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Beautiful pics there BDave!! Sounds like you and the spousel unit enjoyed yourself.
H-D should buy those pics of the V-rod-by-the-sea for their sales brochures. It would probably sell more bikes!!
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Justin Verlander just threw a complete game no hitter against the Brewers.
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Wow. What a stud. How young is he?
Not an easy team to do it to either.
he's 24
watched it from the 6th inning on...(MLB package) what talent!
he may throw a couple more before hes done
I'm a big fan of no hitters. Sometimes you see an established pitcher do it, sometimes it's an extremely talented young pitcher like Verlander, and sometimes it's some flash in the pan like Bud Smith or that guy who threw one against Randy Johnson (Jiminez, I believe).
And Clemens and Maddux have a combined zero no-no's. Freaky.
I'm not sure now many of you guys got to watch him pitch tonight but he was downright filthy. It was incredible to watch him blowing guys away with 99mph fastballs in the ninth with a no hitter on the line. It's definately a great time to be a Tigers fan, can you imagine having a SP core of Bonderman, Verlander and Andrew Miller with Zumaya at the backend of the bullpen for the next five years... nasty.
Kent Mercker threw a no hitter, so what. In all seriousness that kid has some amazing stuff and will be a front of the rotation guy for many years to come barring any injuries. If the Tigers can find a way to keep Joel Zumaya from playing Guitar Hero that is going to be one hellava pitching staff comparable to the Braves of the 1990's.
Amazing, he went from a 102mph heater to a 82mph unhittable breaking ball. No wonder..
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What else do enjoy or don't when going down on a guy
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I certainly don't mind it,although when I give a guy head,I prefer to concentratewith my mouth mostly on his head and shaft,while I tend to cup,stroke and gently massage the balls,as I suck on the head and work the shaft with my hands.When I really like to suck a guys balls,is when I'm doing a threesome with a guy and another girl and he's inside of her at the time,then I'll lick and suck his balls,making him crazy until he comes inside of the other girl.Then I'll clean off both of them with my mouth tongue.
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well I LOVE IT! I love going down on my guy a lot! I love how he feels and how he enjoys it! I love to stroke and lick him all over...it really really turns me on!
69 is also good, but sometimes I'd rather just concentrate on him...just depends on my mood..
don't like hair...as gets in the way...! apart from that..one of my favorite things to do!
I personally LOVE IT. I go down and that gets me excited... that being said, some girls don't. I have a lot of friends who don't like the smell, taste. girth, etc. It is such a personal thing - and if you are asking because your girl is unsure - ask what you can do to make it better...
But from my perspective - I LOVE making my man crazy!
Every put both balls in your mouth at once?
I love sucking his balls, and I prefer he trim, not shave. I LOVE body hair on a man. The feeling of it against my soft, smooth skin, especially against my breasts, is enough to make me cum sometimes. I can and have sucked on a sexy pair of big balls for literally HOURS. I try to fit both in my mouth at the same time, but sometimes they're just too big.
i like to play with balls but not a big fan of sucking on them, I just find it awkward. I like giving oral just because my guy likes it, if he didn't like it I'd be more than happy to never do it again. sometimes it gets boring and my jaw starts to hurt plus he never cums from it so sometimes it seems like a waste of time but I guess he likes it regardless because he asks for it. I don't like him going down on me, it feels really good, but I'm way too self conscious about it tasting or smelling bad so can never enjoy it.
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TORONTO — Did he or didn't he? Will he or won't he? Canes rookie defenseman Justin Faulk said today he did not have the answer to either of two questions: did he score his first NHL goal Friday against the Winnipeg Jets, and will he play for Team USA in the upcoming 2012 World Junior Championship? Faulk was credited with the goal but said the puck might have been tipped by Pat Dwyer or Jiri Tlusty. But Canes' media relation manager Kyle Hanlin soon ended the suspense: the puck was touched by Jets defenseman Johnny Oduya and the goal officially given to Faulk. "Obviously it's pretty exciting to get the first one and get it out of the way," Faulk said. "It should give me a little confidence boost there. It's nice." So much for that. As for the World Junior, Faulk said he has spoken with Ron Francis, the Canes' director of hockey operations about the team allowing him to compete again for Team USA -- Faulk was on the U.S. team last year and has participated in the U.S. National Team De...
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Miniature Orange Muffins
14 Apr 2009
These miniature orange muffins have the tang of orange along with the crunchiness of the nuts hidden in them. baked with raisins, sugar and sour cream, these little muffins are a great treat anytime. Serve them as such or with an orange dip, it is sure to please everyone, especially kids!
|All purpose flour
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Baking soda
|1 Teaspoon
|1 Teaspoon
|Grated orange zest
|1 Teaspoon
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Sour cream
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Chopped nuts
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Granulated sugar
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Orange juice
|125 Milliliter
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt and zest.
In another bowl, cream together butter and the 1 cup (250 mL) sugar.
Add sour cream alternately with flour mixture, stirring just until moistened and blended.
Fold in raisins and nuts.
Spoon batter into prepared muffin tin, filling cups to the top.
Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes.
In a small bowl, mix together sugar and orange juice.
Dip warm muffins into dip mixture.
Let cool before serving.
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Brain on Fire (edition 2012)
by Susannah Cahalan
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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
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I really liked this book! There were so many great thinks about it. The author did a fantastic job at telling her story of a journey into madness. Her story was a testament to her strength and the devotion and commitment to her loved ones. It was also a beacon for modern medicine and how doctors can make a difference (while others write the unknown off as unsolvable mysteries).
I really appreciated Cahalan's openness with such a profoundly personal and intimate subject and from the last chapters of her book, it was apparent that other sufferers of her disease (and those like it), benefited greatly from the notoriety of something which had been hitherto essentially undiagnosed in the medical community. This was a great story and a must read!!
Dramatic memoir of NY Post reporter's horrific experience of a rare form of encephalitis - Susannah Cahalan's authenticity and courage are so evident in this excellent account of her transformation into a crazed person, the search for diagnosis,and the slow recovery - her writing is excellent and she spares no details of her painful journey -
The medical field has make great leaps and bounds in it's knowledge to further the healthfulness and limit the pain caused to mankind. Yet, this memoir brings the fact front and center that there is still so much that is unknown about the human condition. Susannah Cahalan's lost month is a brave and blatant reminder that we are not immortal. A wonderful journalistic approach in attempting to chronicle the time and personality she lost and her eventual regain of health and rediscovery of self.
Clear-headed, straightforward but elegantly written, and full of gratefulness and humility. For someone so young Cahalan is remarkably good at understanding how much she owes to her parents, to her boyfriend, to her doctors, to her luck. She doesn't even hold a grudge to those who initially misdiagnosed her rare encephalitis as alcoholism, schizophrenia, or anxiety. There is no hint of self-indulgence or self-absorption in this memoir--instead there is a good deal of caring about what happens to others--including those with the same disease who mysteriously don't recover even when given the same treatment that cured Cahalan, those who are misdiagnosed and don't have loving family members there to catch doctors' mistakes, and those who aren't able to access the first-class, extraordinarily expensive medical help that she received. I'm very happy to have read this book, if only for the way it has left me with a better sense of how fragile we all are, and how much in need of one another's compassion.
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At first, I was actually afraid to read it. Our older daughter has struggled with lots of health problems since 10/13.It's been a struggle to get her the help she needs. I was afraid to see parts of her story in Sussannah's story.
I do wonder if Marlo has an auto-immune disorder that is steering her health.
Susannah's story is scary. Fortunately, though, she was surrounded by people who cared and who recognized when things were not normal. They took care of her and fought for medical intervention. It is scary that some people have experienced the same thing but with very different outcomes. It is a story of hope because new information is being gathered all the time so that people who are afflicted in the future may get the help they need as soon as they need it.
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Namibian Mining Poses Environmental Risks
Namibia is covered with the remains of abandoned mines and despite increased awareness of the threats to the environment posed by mining and its aftermath, there are still activities which severely threaten the environment, says an expert.
Namibia: Mining Poses Many Environmental Risks
Namibia Economist, 22 June 2012
Mining as an economic sector carries its own well-defined set of risk-related factors. These pertain to financing, source grade, operations and labour but the issue that attracts... read more »
Skorpion Zinc Mine
Namibia: Analysts Optimistic About Mining
Namibia Economist, 22 June 2012
The outlook for the mining industry is generally positive, although some downward risks still exists, says the senior manager of research and development at FNB, Daniel Motinga.read more »
Namibia: Phosphate Mine Could Ruin Hake Sector
New Era, 13 June 2012
Namibia cannot afford to risk its international reputation by risking the fishing industry's future and that of the Benguela current ecosystem through rushed decisions on marine... read more »
Namibia: Mine to Boost Agriculture
New Era, 7 June 2012
Namibian Marine Phosphate (NMP), which continues to draw attention from environmental groups over its mining methods for the phosphate deposits at the Namibian ocean bottom, says... read more »
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New Era, 30 May 2012
B2Gold, which dual-listed on the Namibia Stock Exchange this week, has put aside N$300 million to produce a bankable feasibility study for a gold mine at Otjikoto - an area between... read more »
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New Era, 22 May 2012
Namibian Marine Phosphate (Pty)Ltd, the company that has attracted controversy over its plans to mine phosphates from the bottom of the ocean, says it is not worried that... read more »
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by Florian Schäffer:
This simple electronic dice is an ideal starter project to introduce youngsters and those still young at heart to the dark arts of microcontrollers and circuit building. We take you step by step through the process. For your troubles you will build a useful electronic dice. It will put an end to you scrabbling around under the table to retrieve a dice that's been carelessly tossed and also an end to cheating… It landed on a six! It really did… yeah right.
This simple circuit simulates the rolling of a dice (or 'die' to pedants). When the roll button is pressed the display shows random numbers in the range of one to six, after a while the display settles with one number on the LED display.
Tiny-Dice: Electronic Dice Using an ATtiny2313 – [Link]
Baoshi of DigitalMe wrote an article detailing his minimalism ATTiny2313 development board build:
The AVR chip I'm talking about is Atmel ATTiny2313, in SOIC-20 package. To make the development board, I bought some 28 pin SOIC/SSOP to DIP adapters. These adaptors usually come in double sided design. Corresponding pins on both sides are connected via the plated through holes at edges.
I made a 2×3 AVR programming header by pulling off pins (longer ones) from a double-row right angle pin header and reinsert them into the plastic base. A needle nose pliers is very handy for this purpose.
Minimalism AVR development board – [Link]
by Vadim Panov:
Back when I was only starting to dabble in electronics, I needed a project that would meet the following requirements:
simple to make;
original (i.e. done entirely by myself from scratch);
containing a microcontroller;
and maybe the most important of all, useful. I've had enough devices I assembled just to dismantle the whole thing a month later.
The thing I came up with at the time was a light swich for my room controlled over an IR remote from TV. Remote that I had used RC-5 protocol, hence the firmware is suited for any RC-5 compatible remote.
Everyone is familiar to the everliving problem with switching the lights off in your room before going to bed and stumbling back across the room. The IR switch I describe here solves that problem, and I can definitely tell that this project was a success – I am still using it with no regret.
Infrared remote controlled light switch with ATTiny2313 – [Link]
Evilthingamabober @ instructables.com writes:
Microcontrollers are, without a doubt, amazing little things. They are versatile, powerful, and extremely tiny. Unfortunately, the latter trait is also shared by both my wallet and my programming skills. My understanding of C is poor, and I can hardly afford to buy something like an Arduino or a decent ISP. And in any case, the Arduino would be overkill for many of my projects, which only need simple IC's.
But as many of you know, DIY always finds a way. This tutorial is meant for those among us with no budgets or programming experience who want to start using these little machines. It is not based around the ATmega328 (the Arduino Uno chip), but rather the Attiny line of chips (the Atiny85 and Attiny2313, to be specific). The total cost of this project can go as lower than $15 if you know where to buy from, and you can still use the original Arduino IDE and language to program your projects in the end. Keep in mind that you will need some soldering skills to get this project done.
The Idiot's Guide to Programming AVR's on the Cheap – [Link]
Attiny 2313 V-USB Media Volume Control. [via]
My most rewarding projects are the ones which i actually use. I like my audio gear so, this was the perfect companion project! On my desk i have a headphone amplifier for my AKG K702′s headphones, below it i have my self built Onixia integrated amplifier for my bookshelf speakers. I have been thinking about making a global volume control for both devices for quite some time… here is the results of my efforts.
Attiny 2313 V-USB Media Volume Control – [Link]
via avrs-at-leipzig.de:
In my new Dacia Duster is missing unfortunately an outside temperature indication. A finished thermometer with LCD did not separate from there while the contrast with sunlight usually particularly is. I had still alphanummeric LED display in red there for this project in the best way am suitable. As microcontroller i used a ATTINY 2313. The temperature sensor is a 1-Wire-digital sensor, thus the alignment of the sensor is void.
ATiny2313 Thermometer width DS18S20 – [Link]
This AVR-based Frequency Meter is capable of measuring frequencies from 1Hz to 10MHz with 1 Hz resolution. The hardware of this project consists of seven 7-segment displays, AVR ATtiny2313 uController, and a few transistors and resistors. The AVR counts input pulses for a precise 1 second interval (generated using the built-in Timer) and displays the result on the multiplexed seven segment LED displays. [via]
1Hz to 10MHz frequency meter using ATtiny2313 – [Link]
Ian @ dangerousprototypes.com writes:
We came across Scott Harden's brief article describing how to control an HD44780 LCD using an Attiny2313. After a number of unsuccessful attempts with other code he found this LCD library written by Martin Thomas for use with AVR-GCC. With a few mods to the code Scott produced the above results controlling his 2×20 LCD in 4-bit mode. The code provides for scrolling and wrapping and can even display Japanese characters. A handy tip for ATTiny2313 users.
ATTiny2313 controlling a HD44780 LCD via AVR-GCC – [Link]
dselec.wordpress.com writes:
This is a countdown counter based on ATtiny2313, primary developed for my PCB exposure box, but it can be used for other purposes too.
The counting range is between 1 and 90 minutes and it can be adjusted with up or down buttons (high and low in the pictures).
After the desired time is set, the countdown starts by pressing the start/stop button (on/off in the pictures). By pressing the same button we can interrupt the counting at any time we want.
After the count expires we hear a beeping sound and the load is disconnected. By pressing start/stop button we reset the counter and we are ready for another lap. All actions included the time remaining are shown in the LCD display.
Pcb countdown timer – [Link]
Phil writes:
My parents growing their own organic food and they asked me to deal with winter temperatures problem in the storage room. It gets really cold here, in Ukraine. Some winters have even lower temperatures than -30°C (-22°F). So right now I designing a simple thermostat for keeping temperature at about 5-7 degrees C above zero. Plus right now I started to use my garage as a gym, so this thermostat would be handy there too.
ATtiny2313 Based Thermostat – [Link]


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2015-06 (Confronti) Multiculturalismo, nuove tecnologie e religione
Alberto Romelo. Multiculturalismo, nuove tecnologie e religione. Interview a Jos de Mul. Confronti. No. 6, 2016, 26-28.
Multiculturalismo, nuove tecnologie e religione
In epoche storiche lontane, i cambiamenti avvenivano con molta lentezza e le società tendevano a essere più omogenee. Oggi - soprattutto grazie ai nuovi media - c'è più scambio tra culture diverse, le persone sono in grado di entrare in contatto e conoscerle, quindi hanno maggiore possibilité di scelta.
Jos de Mul è professore di Antropologia filosofica all'università Erasmus di Rotterdam, dove è a capo della sezione Filosofia dell'uomo e della cultura. Inoltre, è direttore dell'istituto di ricerca «Filosofia delle tecnologie dell'informazione e della comunicazione» (ɸIct). Tra le sue pubblicazioni in inglese, Destiny Domesticated. The Rebirth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Technology (2014), Cyberspace Odyssey. Towards a Virtual Ontology and Anthropology (2010) e The Tragedy of Finitude. Dilthey's Hermeneutics of Life (2004). L'abbiamo intervistato a Porto, in Portogallo, dove si trovava e ci trovavamo per una conferenza dal titolo «Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger? Philosophical investigations into Big Data».
In un suo recente articolo, per spiegare cos'è il multiculturalismo, fa l'esempio di una ragazza incrociata nella metropolitana di Rotterdam. Per me è stato illuminante. Potrebbe riprenderlo qui?
Si trattava di una sorta di fenomeno ibrido, perché era musulmana (portava il velo) ma allo stesso tempo usava dei pattini, aveva una t-shirt con lo smile e un telefono in mano. Stava parlando, probabilmente con un'amica, in uno strano misto di arabo e olandese con un forte accento di Rotterdam. Per me è diventata una specie di simbolo della società multiculturale in cui ci troviamo oggi. Certo, penso che le culture siano sempre state una specie di ricombinazione di elementi presi da tradizioni più antiche o da altre tradizioni.
Database Identity: Personal and Cultural Identity in the Age of Global Datafication
Jos de Mul, Database Identity: Personal and Cultural Identity in the Age of Global Datafication. in: Wouter de Been, Payal Aurora and Mireille Hildebrandt (Eds.), Crossroads in New Media, Identity and Law. The Shape of Diversity to Come. Personal and Cultural Identity in the Age of Global Datafication. Basingstoke/New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, 97-118.
This volume brings together a number of timely contributions at the nexus of new media, politics and law. The central intuition that ties these essays together is that information and communication technology, cultural identity, and legal and political institutions are spheres that co-evolve and interpenetrate in myriad ways. Discussing these shifting relationships, the contributions all probe the question of what shape diversity will take as a result of the changes in the way we communicate and spread information: that is, are we heading to the disintegration and fragmentation of national and cultural identity, or is society moving towards more consolidation, standardization and centralization at a transnational level? In an age of digitization and globalization, this book addresses the question of whether this calls for a new civility fit for the 21st century.
Jos de Mul, to begin with, takes the issue of identity head-on in his contribution. He argues that new networked communication technologies are leading to a datafication of identity. New ICTs are transforming traditional 'narrative identity' into a more plastic form of 'database identity.' Identity as the product of a linear development, as an outgrowth of a particular personal or group history – the bread and butter of the imagined community – is on the wane. Increasingly identity is broken up into machine-readable elements and stored in digital memory banks. This allows for an endless combination and re-combination of features. By itself this process does not necessarily result in a world of freedom and play, however. Although database identities allow for an extraordinary range of choice and are well suited to the freedom and flexibility of postmodern culture, there is a great deal of uniformity in the forms that database identities actually take. Hence, De Mul also addresses the standardization of identity in the prefabricated formats of social media, underlining the new entrapments of the digital age.
2015-05-18 (Wuhan) Photography in the Age of Digital Recombination
Jos de Mul. Photography in the Age of Digital Recombination. Hubei Institute for Fine Arts / Wuhan Art Museum. Wuhan, May 18, 2015.
讲座现场 || 数字化操控时代的艺术作品
5月 18 日晚,我馆特邀荷兰鹿特丹大学的约斯•德•穆尔(Jos de Mul)教授在湖北美术学院藏龙岛校区举办了主题为《数字化操控时代的艺术作品》的讲座。
我(约斯•德•穆尔)将从本雅明的《机械复制时代的艺术作品》出发,阐述本雅明关于膜拜价值和展示价值的观念, 而后把数据库作为范式模型, 勾勒出创建计算机对象的基本操作, 最后解释为什么说数据库从本体论上把以展示价值为特征的现代艺术作品转变为以操控价值为特征的后现代艺术作品。
概 述
艺术和科技是密切相关的, 艺术家总是在利用媒体(media)不管是那些创作壁画的史前绘画者, 还是那些依靠计算机技术工作的新媒体艺术家。广义的媒体, 意即"传达信息的方式", 对塑造人类的心灵和经验、认识和感知世界起着关键作用。
本雅明的著作《机械复制时代的艺术作品》提到,独一无二(unique)、奥若蒂克式的(Auratic) 的特点强调了古典艺术品的膜拜价值(cult value), 而机械地(mechanically)复制性的(reproduce)现代艺术品则强调了其展示价值(exhibition value)。然而在数字化重组(digital recombination) 时代, 数据库构成了后现代艺术作品的本体论模型,在此转变中, 展示价值(exhibition value)正被我们所谓的操控价值(manipulation value) 所取代。
本雅明的论述声称是对艺术的分析, 但其实际论域却要广泛得多。同样, 我在数字化重组时代继续本雅明的分析, 论域将超出艺术或美学。还将分析自然和文化的数字化操控, 它是当前"信息时代" 的特征。
Philosophical Anthropology 2.0. Reading Plessner in the Age of Converging Technologies
Jos de Mul. Philosophical Anthropology 2.0. In: Jos de Mul. (ed.), Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology. Perspectives and Prospects. Amsterdam/Chicago: Amsterdam University Press/Chicago University Press, 2014, 457-475.
The aim of this chapter is to demonstrate the relevance of Helmuth Plessner's philosophical anthropology in the twenty-first century. In the first part of this chapter, I will argue that the heydays of philosophical anthropology in the first half of the twentieth is closely connected with the (Darwinian) naturalization of the worldview. Whereas the debate on naturalization resulted in an unfruitful opposition between 'greedy reductionism' and a no less 'greedy transcendentism,' Plessner's philosophical anthropology, presented in his magnum opus Die Stufen des Organischen undderMensch (1928), offered a promising 'third way.'
In the second part of this chapter, I will discuss some of the objections that have been raised in the course of the twentieth century against the alleged essentialism and anthropocentrism of the project of philosophical anthropology, and which, at least according to the critics, suggest that philosophical anthropology has to face the same fate as its subject 'man,' which - to use the often quoted metaphor of Foucault - is about to be "erased like a face drawn in the sand at the edge of the sea" (Foucault 1970, 387). I will argue that, although Plessner is far from being a hardboiled essentialist or a defender of anthropocentrism, the critiques invite a revision of at least some elements of Plessner's philosophical anthropology in order to make room for a necessary reflection upon the challenges we face at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
In the third and last part of my chapter, I will argue that such a revision is especially needed in light of neo-Darwinism and the converging technologies that are intertwined with it. These technologies promise - or threaten, depending on one's perspective - to give Foucault's 'End of Man' a material turn. While classical Darwinism challenged the human place in cosmos mainly in theoretical terms, converging technologies like genetic modification, neuro-enhancement and electronic implants, have the potential to 'overcome' Homo sapiens sapiens as we know it in a more radical, practical sense.[1] This creates within us a certain urge towards fundamental post-essentialist and post-anthropocentric human self-reflection. The claim I will underpin is that Plessner's anthropology still offers a fruitful starting point for the development of this 'philosophical anthropology 2.0.' I will demonstrate this by a critical re-interpretation of Plessner's three 'anthropological laws' in light of the aforementioned converging technologies.
The game of life
Jos de Mul. The Game of Life: Narrative and Ludic Identity Formation in Computer Games. In: Lori Way (ed.), Representations of Internarrative Identity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Representations of Internarrative Identity is based upon Ajit Maan's breakthrough theory of Internarrative Identity, which deals with one's sense of self as expressed in personal narrative, connecting the formation of identity with life experiences. This book is the first extensive examination of the adaptive qualities of Maan's work within diverse areas of scholarship and practice, including cultural studies, gender studies, computer gaming, and veterinary medicine. United by their research application of Maan's theory, these scholars demonstrate the far-reaching implications of Internarrative Identity.
Playful identities. The Ludification of Digital Media Cultures
(together with V. Frissen, M. de Lange, S. Lammes & J. Raessens, eds.), Playful identities. The Ludification of Digital Media Cultures. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2015.
Digital media technologies increasingly shape how people relate to the world, to other people and to themselves. This prompts questions about present-day mediations of identity. This book explores the notion of play as a heuristic lens to look at changing media practices and identity construction. Playful media culture is analyzed far beyond its apparent manifestation in computer games. The central argument of the book is that play and games nowadays are not only appropriate metaphors to capture post-modern human identities, but also the very means by which people reflexively construct their identity.
Playful Identities presents academic research at the intersection of media theory, play and games studies, social sciences and philosophy. The book carves out a cross-disciplinary domain that connects the most recent insights from play and game studies, media research, and identity studies.
Valerie Frissen is ceo of the SIDN Fund and professor of ict & Social Change at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Sybille Lammes is associate professor at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies at the University of Warwick.
Michiel de Lange is a part-time lecturer New Media Studies at Utrecht University.
Jos de Mul is full professor of Philosophy of Man and Culture at the Faculty of Philosophy of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Joost Raessens is full professor of Media Theory at the Faculty of Humanities of Utrecht University.
"An illuminating study on the increasingly complexity of ludic media and technologies of the self."
– Prof. Dr. Mathias Fuchs, Leuphana University Lüneburg
"What a brilliant, refreshing, and positively playful approach to the ludic imperative. These are the smartest, most articulate, and up-to-date essays on this subject, by the very people creating this field of study."
– Douglas Rushkoff, author, Present Shock, Program or Be Programmed, and Playing the Future.
Thanks to a grant from The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) this book can be downloaded for free in the OApen Library (Open Access Publishing in European Networks).
2014-10-10 (Rotterdam) Transnationalizing tragedy
Jos de Mul. Transnationalizing tragedy. Comment on Jürgen Habermas' lecture "How Europe faces the challenge of transnationalising democracy". Rotterdam, October 10, 2014.
Dear professor Habermas!
In the past decades, you have been an inexhaustible supporter of the Idea of Europe and of the European Union, as well as a profound analyst of the forces that threaten to undermine the 'faltering project' of Europe (to quote the title of the English translation of your book Ach, Europa). In the lecture you gave this afternoon, you focused on one of these threats: the democratic deficit of the European Union.
I fully share your enthusiasm for Europe. Just like you, my enthusiasm is closely connected with my personal history. Born a decade after the Second World War I had the privilege to grow up in a democratic and peaceful European welfare state, which enabled me, moreover, to enjoy the great variety of European culture. However, only in the past ten years, in which I had the opportunity to live and work in the United States and in China for some time, I became fully aware of the fact that I'm not only Dutch, but a European as well.
This does not mean that it is easy to define Europe. Europe in many respects remains a mythic phenomenon. Even the most basic questions – What is Europe? Where is Europe? When is Europe? and (especially since the Euro crisis that has strongly undermined the public support of the European Union) Why is Europe? – are very hard to answer.
2014-10-31 (Utrecht) The biotechnological sublime
Jos de Mul. The biotechnological sublime. Research Seminar Dutch Research School of Philosophy. Utrecht University, October 31, 2014.
State of the Art Aesthetics (2014) – OZSW and UU Graduate Course
Invitation / Call for applications
The Dutch Research School of Philosophy (OZSW) and Utrecht University invite PhD students/ PhD and ReMa students in philosophy to register for the course "State of the Art Aesthetics" to take place in Autumn 2014. There will be room for approx. 25 students.
Dates of course: 24 and 31 October, 14, 21, 28 November 2014 (5 Fridays)
Location: Utrecht University, Kromme Nieuwegracht 80, Van Ravensteijnzaal
Application deadline: Friday 15 September 2014 (registration form for this course)
About the topic
Art is a practice deemed central to modern culture, but how is its importance to be conceptualised? The course presents a survey of approaches in philosophical aesthetics, by specialists in the field. All speakers presents their own approach as explicitly as possible: their philosophical tradition and methodology. The traditions may or may not intermingle in the course.
The subjects of the lectures present the contemporary debates, and range from questions about the philosophical discipline as a whole, and art as a practice, to questions about specific fields of application, such as particular art forms or aesthetic phenomena.
2014-08-20 (Guangzhou) Lost in translation? Conference on the Chinese translations of the works of Jos de Mul
Lost in translation? Conference on the Chinese translations of the works of Jos de Mul. With contributions of Mai Yongxiong, Huang Hanping, Wei Chaoyong, and Jos de Mul. Jinan University, Guangzhou. Academic Hall, August, 20, 2014, 3.30-5.30 PM.
On the occasion of the publication of 命运的驯化——悲剧重生于技术精神 内容简介 . 命运的驯化——悲剧重生于技术精神 内容简介 by Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin, July 2014 (the Chinese translation of Destiny Domesticated. The Rebirth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Technology, State University of New York Press), the Faculty of Letters of Jinan University, Guangzhou organized a conference about the Chinese translations of four of the books of Jos de Mul. Next to Destiny Domesticated (2014) the following books are currently available in Chinese: Cyberspace Odyssey (2007) Romantic Desire in (Post)Modern Art and Philosophy (2010) and The Tragedy of Finitude. Dilthey's Hermeneutics of Life (2013). Talks were given by translator Mai Yongxiong, Guangxi Normal University (sitting right to Jos de Mul on the photo), Huang Hanping (Jinan University), Wei Chaoyong (Sun Yat-Sen University), and a couple of PhD students form Jinan University.
2014-10-16 (Lille) Big data and online identity
Jos de Mul, Big data and online identity. Lecture at the conference Soft data pour les politiques publiques de la ville: une approche critique. Lille: Université Charles de Gaulle (Lille 3), October 16, 2014.
Soft data pour les politiques publiques de la ville: une approche critique. Jeudi 16 octobre 2014, Lille (lieu à confirmer). Journée organisée dans le cadre du PEPS Décision, indicateurs et politiques publiques
Ces dernières années, les nouvelles technologies ont radicalement changé plusieurs secteurs de la société tels que l'économie, la santé, le transport et d'autres. Un des changements les plus révolutionnaires concerne certainement la diffusion des technologies numériques, notamment le réseau Internet (Castells, 2000). Ce qui rend ce changement particulièrement intéressant est le fait qu'il affecte à la fois la société elle-même et la façon de l'étudier et de la gérer (Benkler, 2006).