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Today we are talking about controlling your guy lines. Whether you are a tent camper or sleep under a tarp you will have lines to control.
I hate it when lines are tangled and become a mess. This simple way of controlling your lines is a perfect fix. You can do this with gloves too which makes this a great way to get packed in the winter also.
As long as you can make a figure 8 with your fingers and know how to make a slippery half hitch.. you are good to go.
This tip will make your packing easier and when you get home to dry things out you will not have a mess of tangled lines everywhere.
If you have a tip or a skill that you would like to see drop me a note.
Thanks for coming to the blog.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
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Saturday Quick Tip
Today we are talking about controlling your guy lines. Whether you are a tent camper or sleep under a tarp you will have lines to control.
Hot Chocolate
A good friend of mine shared this with me and I shared it with you a while back on the blog, but I was digging through some old stuff on the computer and stumbled on it again. Then last night at Round table I talked with my good friend and this post came up. I am unsure of the original author, so I am giving credit to anonymous.
Life in a Cup of Hot Chocolate.
A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now retired. During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives. Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate and an assortment of cups – porcelain, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some expensive, some exquisite – telling them to help themselves to the hot chocolate.
When they all had a cup of hot chocolate in hand, the professor said: "Notice that all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. The cup that you're drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the hot chocolate. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was hot chocolate, not the cup; but you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began eyeing each other's cups.
Now consider this: Life is the hot chocolate; your job, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life. The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality of life you have. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the hot chocolate God has provided us. God makes the hot chocolate, man chooses the cups. The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that they have. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. And enjoy your hot chocolate.
I can't say it any better than that…
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Sitting here this morning going through some Scouting Pictures and getting my stuff ready for the Red and Green Dinner today I clicked on one of the Blogs that I follow. It is Mr. Harrison's Blog. Now, the blog itself is not updated often, but I really don't mind because every time I go to his blog it's about Philmont! And today on Google + David Copeland shared a video about Philmont. Now I want to go back to Philmont. The smell of the sage and the views of the canyon country are calling me. I wanna go back to PHILMONT!
Philmont is a special place. Each and every person that goes to Philmont will have his own experience and memories. Each member of the crew will walk out of Philmont having achieved something. Mentally, Physically, and Spiritually. Each person will find something within themselves that will have been found or changed while on the trail at Philmont. The beauty, the challenge, the crew that you are with all leave a lasting impact on your life.
Philmont is not just a backpacking trip, it is a life transforming event. Our crew, by and large went into the Philmont experience to go backpacking. After it was all over and now in Scoutmaster conferences two years later, Philmont is that single event in our Scouts lives that made a difference. I have had the pleasure of watching growth in Scouts that went to Philmont vs. Scouts that have not yet attended. And the results are pretty amazing. Testing their leadership and their ability to follow. Skills and endurance, self-reliance and the ability to stop and take in the moment. That is often lost in the world that we live in today. I had a wonderful experience at Philmont and can not wait to get back. For myself and to watch the growth in the Scouts that take me along for the journey!
Get your Troop signed up for a trek to Philmont. It will make all the difference in your Scouting life as well as that of your Troop.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Saturday Quick Tip – Sleeping bag storage
Here is your Saturday Quick tip. This week we are talking about taking care of your sleeping bag. The best way to store your sleeping by laying it flat. But most of us just do not have that kind of room in our house, so the next best method of storing your sleeping bag is by hanging it. This allows the air to circulate and keep the bag fresh as well as maintain the loft of the insulation. It does not matter if it is synthetic or down, the insulation once crushed will tend to stay that way over time. Crushed insulation will take longer to loft when needed and because synthetic fiber have memory, you will, over time lose much of the "R" value of your sleeping bag.
If you can not hang your gear, storing the bag in an over sized cotton bag is the way to go. An extra-large pillow case or bag like that will do. The point is get your bag out of the compression bag and let it air out and maintain its loft.
Remember, you paid a lot of hard-earned cash for that sleeping bag with the hope that it will be there for you when you want a nice comfortable sleep in the woods. Take care of it and it will take care of you.
If you have comments or suggestions, I'd love to hear them.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Frost Bite and Hypothermia
Well, It snowed here in Oregon today. The first real snow fall of the "Winter". And as much as we have already prepared for our winter camping experiences, the snow reminded me of the risk we accept when winter camping and more to the point the risk that we mitigate or manage through proper training and preparation. First Aid is perhaps the most training we do to prepare for winter outings and we make sure that everyone going on the outing is versed in being prepared for cold weather injuries.
The scariest thing that I can think of in training first aid is Frost Bite and Hypothermia. They can strike fast and have tremendous damaging effects if not prevented and once affected, treated.
As the snow fell today, I thought it would be good to refresh ourselves on those two cold weather injuries.
Frostbite mostly affects areas where the circulation is poor. Since cold weather will cause the body to take preventive measures by constricting (making smaller) the blood vessel, this opens the door to frostbite injuries.
Look for the 4 Ps of frostbite:
Pink – affected areas will be reddish in color. This is the first sign of frostbite.
Pain – affected areas will become painful.
Patches – white, waxy feeling patches show up – skin is dying.
Pricklies – the areas will then feel numb.
Tips to prevent frostbite:
Get to a warm area before frostbite sets in. If it's too cold outside, consider staying indoors.
Protect areas of poor circulation (ears, nose, fingers and toes).
Keep extra mittens and gloves in an area quickly accessible.
Wear larger sized mittens over your gloves.
Wear a scarf or gaiter to protect the chin, lips and cheeks. They are all extremely susceptible to frostbite.
Wear two pairs of socks – wool if possible
Keep feet warm and dry
Remove any wet clothing.
What to do in case of frostbite:
Do not rub or massage affected areas. It may cause more damage.
NOT HOT – warm up the area slowly. Use warm compresses or your own body heat to re-warm the area. Underarms are a good place.
If toes or feet are frostbitten, try not to walk on them.
Seek immediate medical attention if you see white or grey colored patches or if the re-warmed area is numb.
Always be on the lookout for the symptoms of frostbite. In case of serious cold weather injury, seek immediate medical attention.
Whenever the body's normal temperature becomes too low, hypothermia (hypo = low and thermia = temperature) occurs and will starve the brain of much-needed oxygen. We experience hypothermia conditions when we engage in strenuous activity like hiking into camp, getting sweaty and then standing idle allowing the body to cool to fast. During cold weather months, finding warmth can be the key to survival, but hypothermia can occur even during the hot days of July. Swimming in cold water for a long period of time can induce hypothermia even in the hottest months of the year. Remember, hypothermia can quickly become life-threatening.
Signs of Hypothermia
Look for the "UMBLES" from people affected by cold temperatures:
A person who mumbles;
A person who stumbles; and
A person who fumbles objects.
Tips to prevent Hypothermia
Wear clothes in layers: The under layer should be the insulating layer to prevent loss of your body heat while keeping the cold outside air away; the outer layer should be the "wind breaking" layer to reduce the chances of cold air reaching the insulating layer.
Drink warm fluids.
If you start to sweat, cool off a little. Wet clothes will accelerate other cold weather injuries.
Wear a hat – up to 40% of body heat loss can occur through the head.
Wear gloves or mittens or both!
Wear a scarf or gaiter to protect the chin, lips and cheeks – all are extremely susceptible to cold weather injuries.
What to do in case of Hypothermia
Remove wet clothing that promotes hypothermia.
Get to a warm place as soon as possible. Use several layers of blankets or sleeping bags, heated if possible. Place the injured person in the Hypothermia Wrap.
If the person is alert, give warm beverages.
Seek immediate medical attention.
Always be on the lookout for signs of frostbite and hypothermia. In case of serious cold weather injury, seek immediate medical attention. Here is a quick video from Wilderness Medical Associates (WMA) that illustrates the Hypothermia Wrap.
BE PREPARED! We use the buddy system to watch out for each other! These two injuries are serious and can hurt you in the long-term. Camping in the winter can be the funnest time of your Scouting life! But you have got to be prepared!
Hope that helps you in your preparation for your next winter outing. I am glad that our guys pay attention, in 10 years of winter camping we have never had a cold weather injury.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Saturday Quick Tip 2-1-14
Every Saturday, we are going to add a "Tip of the Week" to the Blog. A tip that will be focused on Backpacking, camping, hiking, cooking, or other skills associated with the great outdoors.
This weeks tip is a simple one that will save wear and tear on your pack and keep your gear organized and clean.
Let me know if you have a tip you want to share. Also, if you have ideas or tips that you have questions about or want to see. Please let me know and I will do my best to put them up here.
In this tip I use a Marlin Spike hitch.. to learn how to tie the Marlin Spike, check this site out. Animated Knots by Grog
Have a Great Scouting Day!
J Falk Wood Burning stove
For those of you looking to play around with other stoves for backpacking you know that I have played around with a couple different Wood gas or Wood burning stoves. I currently use the Solo Stove for wood burning, but I found this older video of my first shot at wood burning stoves. The J Falk Bushwhacker Stove is a nice stove that you should give a try. Whether you make one or buy one, they are fun little stoves to play around with. They are efficient and economical. The stoves are safe and easy to make or buy. We have used them to fulfill the "Cook over open fire" requirement also… so give it a shot. Here are the instructions for making your own Bushwhacker stove. CLICK HERE
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Teriyaki Chicken
Back in 2009, I posted this recipe and a video on my YouTube channel. Well since I have been consolidating the channel and working hard on Blog content, I stumbled on this recipe and the video on an old hard drive. I retooled the video and thought this was a great meal for anyone on the trail.
So you might say that I am re-purposing recycling the post, but trust me this is a recipe that you will enjoy. So try this one. You will love it.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Using Evernote ™ for Scouting
One of my goals for this year and in particular in working on the blog is to use tools to be more successful. There is nothing worse than a goal that is not attainable because of lack of want to or know how and sometimes tools can assist in making a goal more attainable.
A new years resolution to go to the gym only works while the motivation to work out is there. Going to the gym and not working out because you don' t know how only discourages you and you don't go back.
I am one of "those people" that needs constant motivation to stay on track. I do that by motivating myself and finding tools and resources that keep me focused and on task.
For example. I am working on doing more to lift some of the burden of household chores from my wife. She does and has done a fantastic job over the past 22 years and I know this is an area that I can do better at. So I have picked up the responsibility to doing the grocery shopping. I hate grocery shopping, but it is a task that I can do so I had to find motivation (other than just being more helpful). So I dove into the task to find tools that would make grocery shopping more interesting for me and make me want to do it. Enter an app for my phone. I downloaded the Out of Milk app and started using it. We make the grocery list on the computer and sync it with my phone. Bingo.. we have a winner. I am actually finding grocery shopping fun, walking up and down the isles scanning products and adding them to the shopping cart.
Apps and software have made much of what we do these days more tolerable. They have also made managing tasks, lists, notes, and resources more accessible. A few years back I started using an app called Evernote ™. It was a cool way to take notes and have them available across different platforms. My computer, phone, tablet etc. Then I started using for Scouting.
Some of the cool things about Evernote ™ that I really like are the note taking and sharing of information I gather. With Evernote ™ I can clip and save things right from the internet. I can save PDF files for retrieval later and I can record voice notes.
Evernote ™ has all of this in one nice bundle. I have many notebooks within Evernote ™. This is nice to I stay organized and have everything right at the tip of my fingers.
Our Troop uses Troopmaster ™ to manage the Troop's administrative functions. But Troopmaster ™ does not have a corresponding app for my phone or a mobile way of accessing information from Troopmaster ™. So I save the reports and most frequently used items from Troopmaster ™ as PDF files and drop them into Evernote ™. I can't tell you many times we have been at a Scout property and they need a roster with phone numbers, ages, etc. I just open up Evernote ™ and there it is. I can even print the roster from Evernote ™ if they have wireless printing available. I had to do this last summer at summer camp.
Scoutmaster conferences are easily tracked and noted using Evernotes voice memo feature. It is nice to talk with a Scout and then capture some of my thoughts right after we are finished without sitting a writing it all down. Then once I get home I can transcribe the voice memo into a note for future reference.
Project planning is another great use for Evernote ™. In 2012 I used Evernote ™ to plan and track our Philmont trek. Everything from setting reminders to making checklists to ultimately making notes along the journey. Adding pictures to remind me of tasks, people, places, and things we needed to do.
As most everything we get now electronically from the BSA comes in PDF format, dropping our reservations and other correspondence from Philmont was easy to save and retrieve.
I am still learning of new features and ways to use Evernote ™, but so far it is a great tool to make my Scouting life and my personal life more organized. It is a way that I stay focused and on task and therefore more productive.
Some of the other ways in which I use Evernote ™:
Building Packing list for Backpacking. It is a nice way to make checklists and track weight and gear.
Lists for places I want to go. Using the clip it feature on the web I can save maps, brochures, and information about places I want to go, in particular backpacking.
Saving ideas for future planning with the Patrol Leaders Council.
Recipes for Dutch oven or backpacking meals.
Using Evernote ™ Hello I save business card and meeting information. That is really a neat feature and a fast and easy way to build and maintain contact lists.
That's just a few. I follow the Evernote Blog also. It is amazing all of the different ideas shared there for use cases, tips, and what's happening with Evernote ™.
Finding a good way to stay motivated and on task is important. It is critical if you are like me and have many irons in the fire and want to stay focused. But like everything else if you don't commit to using the tools then you as good as that new years resolution to go to the gym.
I hope that helps you find a tool that will help you manage your irons in whatever fire you place them.
Let me know what you use.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Mike Rowe.. Distinguished Eagle Scout
While I am camping with my Troop this weekend I thought I would leave you with some great entertainment and a message that is priceless.
I stumbled on this video on YouTube the other night while my wife and I were talking about our experience at the National Meetings that we got to attend. It was a special part of my Scouting life.
We watched Mike Rowe talk at the National Jamboree in 2010 and he is a great example of just Scouting does.
Enjoy the weekend and this video.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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A funny thing about that Nose
Udom "Nose" Taepanich's stand-up stage show "Diew Microphone" has become an annual affair with the 10th edition slated for March - no more three- or five-year gaps in between. "I'd say it's my regular work now," he chuckles. But what about the Bt20 million he earns flogging commercial products?
"I only did that because I was short of money," he says. "No, I'm just kidding, but they are good products and timing was right." Apparently it's good timing for tie-ins with his show too, but along with a possible "advertising break" or two, he plans to talk about politics, the economy and social oddities.
"I don't have to go abroad like I used to because there's plenty of material here!" Like what? Well, there's the "Nua Mek 2" abortion, and the Asean Economic Community.
One change this time around - no more hassles over buying tickets. He's got 7-Eleven selling them. "I hope that'll be convenient enough for everyone."
The stars use Instagram to keep in touch with fans, but its double-edged sword has sliced more than a few.
Actor Dome Pakorn Lum was livid recently when some fans tagged as "inappropriate" a photo he posted of him and his girlfriend Jirantanin "Guzjung" Pitakporntrakul. Meanwhile, funnily enough, Dome's former girlfriend, Chermarn "Ploy" Boonyasak, posted a photo of her and beau Navin "Tar" Yavapolkul with the snarky caption "So people will know we're still together."
Marsha Wattanapanich wielded Instagram as a weapon against her ex, Krit Sripoomseth, though she later defused the f-bomb planted within it.
Celebrities do indeed use Instagram to convey actual information, though. Yesterday, Tata Young's manager posted that she was in intensive care at hospital and updates would follow.
Otherwise, newspapers mop up the gossip for "Instagram columns". Not us: Soopsip's too busy just stalking.
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Massage Pavilions
Wat Pho
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Museum of Siam
This fun museum employs a variety of media to explore the origins of the Thai people and their culture. Housed in a European-style...
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These two air-conditioned săh·lah (pavilions) near the eastern entrance to the temple grounds are run by the school affiliated with Wat Pho, which is the country's primary training centre for Thai traditional massage. The menu is short but the quality is guaranteed, and after a day of temple sightseeing it's hard to think of a better way to cool down and chill out.


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I would not be surprised!
but i wont hold this long term as there is no real growth in it right now, but i think a scalping trade is a good shot at 8.60 as the upside.long term i would choose a EFT
i dont short i will use puts, but this is what makes the market, one cannot trade with out the other:) buyers and sellers. and i think respect on both sides is important there is a time to buy and sell, when that is is what makes this free market enterprise work so well GL to you
MUCrap almost always trades at 50 to 75 percent of book!You are thinking of buying, and I am strongly considering going short all shares of MUCrap! MUCrap looks weaker every day, and looking weaker going forward than going back! And it's pretty dam weak looking back!
you are right
Somebody knows something.
Is this just speculation on your part or do you know of some compelling reasons that would happen? INTC buying MU would give them the chips they wholesale at a revenue producing price. They have the money. MU buying fab plants just doesn't make much sense with the quarter-over-quarter losses they post. And having INTC's mgmt team to make the decisions that MU is incapable of doing also would be a plus. Your reply appreciated
$25.00 soon
I would say, 7.00 to 7.50 after next earnings! Sorry, but that is where this turd is going!


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Zentangle Inspired Paper Mache Hearts
Make some of these very pretty paper mache hearts for your sweetie. You can also use them as Valentine decorations in your home. Spread the love this Valentines Day!These paper mache hearts work well as hanging ornaments and kitchen magnets too. So pretty and fun to make!
Black and White Floral Paper Mache Bowl
This paper mache bowl is beautiful and quite easy to make. Take your time in between steps and let the bowl dry completely before continuing on in the project. You will surely be pleased with the finished product.


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I know a lot of people dislike the original Amiga mouse and use modern mice on their computers but I feel it's mostly because of the ball. What would be perfect is an Amiga mouse but with optical sensor.
So I made it. For my PC.
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Amiga Mouse to PC modFriday, December 11th, 2015
Mini Vectrex 3D PrintedThursday, August 27th, 2015
There are many "Mini" computers and consoles that have already been 3D modelled. However I didn't find a Vectrex anywhere. I had already been doing work on a Vectrex Emulator and decided to model my own and make it work.
The heart of the system is the VoCore I have been playing with on and off for a while now. It's not super powerful and pushing the pixels over SPI is quite slow, but for something like the Vectrex emulator it does it ok. The screen is a cheap 2.2″ SPI LCD off ebay, originally a phone screen but now very commonly used by the Arduino crowd. It has a touch screen but that is not connected in this case. This is my first VoCore board and I didn't wire up as many GPIO or even the hardware SPI so the few (4) working GPIO I have broken out all go to the LCD to draw the image.
I used Google SKetchup to make the Vectrex case. I exported it and loaded the mesh into Meshlab to clean up and scale.
Finally it was printed on my M3D (Micro 3D) printer in PLA. I took many prints to get a good one, with lifting/curling problems and many other failures as well as adjustments in size. When I finally had the thing done I realised 2 things.
1) I hadn't included mounting posts for the LCD.
2) I hadn't included any way to join the front and back of the case.
Oh well, what else is Hotmelt glue for eh?
The Emulator itself is a port of VECX that I modified to write directly to my LCD instead of using SDL or other graphics method. Power comes from a small LiPo inside and a 3.3v LDO to feed the VoCore and LCD. This makes it totally self contained and portable, along with WiFi it makes it a nice little unit.
The STL files for the case can be found here.
Final outcome? Watch a little demo here,
And a better quality video here,
More VoCore, Sketchpad and VectrexThursday, February 12th, 2015
So. I added a heatsink to the chip to control the raging fires, it helps but not a lot.
I also worked out the touch controller and hooked it up to the GPIO pins leaving the LCD on the hardware SPI (all working now). This let me write a little sketch app,
VoCore Sketch
The extra touch space at the top works as four soft buttons. It's not very advanced, just proof of concept for the touch controller.
Lastly. More emulation. I ported VECX to the VoCore. Now it works better with software GPIO due to the time spent on each system call for the hardware SPI and the fact it does lots of lines. Each line calls single pixel drawing which is at least 9 bytes per pixel, all called individually so I can toggle the command/data register 🙁
With software SPI it runs pretty much full speed! This is only a problem if I want to swap between my other stuff and the vectrex app as I have to re-wire the screen 🙁
VoCore VECX
Skylanders, in detailThursday, December 4th, 2014
Why are Skylanders so hard to hack? Well. Without revealing anything that isn't already actually public, here are some details on what's going on.
Skylanders are MiFare classic compatible.
(What I am about to say here is public knowledge and in no way secret or hacking related).
Mifare Classic has 16 sectors (each with 4 blocks of 16 bytes) on the chip. Each Sector has an access key (2 actually but nobody ever uses the second).
You can NOT read a block without it's key (each Sector of 4 blocks has one key so 16 keys per chip). It is impossible to get a single byte of data off a Skylander without the key for the block you are trying to read.
The only data you can get is the UID of the figure (it's RFID Address/SN) and a couple other bytes used to pick which card you are trying to read. All this is part of the NXP MiFare standard and can be researched with not a mention of Skylanders. It's a well understood technology.
The portal has some math deep inside it that it uses to calculate the figures keys, once it has done this it can read any data block on the figure. This means the keys are NOT sent to the portal via USB or even stored in the firmware on the portal. You can't extract them that way.
Data stored on the chip (figure) is sent back to the console from the portal after reading but it is STILL encrypted. Activision chose to encrypt the data on the figure AS WELL knowing that the portal could be used to retrieve that data by almost anybody.
This is NOT part of the MiFare standard, it's an added layer of encryption put on the data that is stored itself.
The first block is not encrypted by Activision, this contains the figure ID and a few other bits that never change. All editable data is encrypted. This is the bit that the "first" hacker worked out making everything else possible. However, even reading the data doesn't let you change it as there are checksums that prevent writing without knowing the formula to put the correct checksum byte back on the figure. Without that the new data is "corrupt" when viewed in game.
So, with only a Portal and basic skills with USB you can read all the data from a figure but it's useless except the basic info on what figure it is (which is write protected).
I have yet to see the Amiibo or Disney Infinity figures to know if they are the same but would imagine if they use MiFare Classic that it's not going to be a huge leap to assume something similar.
VoCore Alpha gets LCD with Doom and NES EmulationThursday, October 16th, 2014
So I got the VoCore alpha a while back. It didn't work. Turns out a design flaw meant a modification was required to get it running. I got two, and they were both b0rked.
The 0402 components required for the fix are what I class as "dust" and the two modules were quickly shelved for "future use". Or not….
Roll forward some months and I manage to gain access to a stereo microscope and some tiny tools. I fix both VoCore and solder up some breakout boards for them.
What to do? Well, lots.
Firstly USB was configured with sound and HID as well as storage. I got a webcam and did streaming video, a USB sound card and played internet radio and fiddled with all the normal stuff openWRT gets to do.
Then I hooked up a small Nokia display (Thanks Sparkfun!) using SPI (software only, hardware SPI pins are not broken out on the VoCore alpha board). A quick port of an old NES Emulator later and I have this,
NES Emulator on YouTube (This is sped up as the emulator was slow when the video was filmed. I have since increased the speed to be almost playable)
After this success I moved onto the old favourite, Doom.
Doom on VoCore (This video is realtime, but not playable as the fps is far too slow).
So current state is that the VoCore is a great little board that is quite capable. I have started to get hardware SPI working by hooking onto the flash SPI pins but am still having speed issues. The goal is to bring up the speed and then work on a framebuffer driver for the VoCore.
Any week now all the original Kickstarter backers will start to receive their VoCore boards and I think then the fun really starts 🙂
mtGox victimTuesday, February 25th, 2014
So, I had about £600/$1000 in mtgox when it went down.
I had been trying to withdraw my money for months but they were just delaying and making excuses on approving my account to prevent just that. In the end I lost everything.
Anybody that feels sorry for me can donate here,
Not much you can do except move on and curse the people that said to use MtGox because it was "safe".
VFD Clock with NTP+SNMP+HTTPWednesday, December 4th, 2013
So I built myself a clever clock.
One I never need to set, even during Daylight savings.
One that monitors the temperature and lets me remotely log it.
This is the clock to end all clocks. I will never need another one 😉
(Till I build a better one)
Full details here.
Fun with SkylandersFriday, February 1st, 2013
Ok, so I finally caved in and bought some Skylanders stuff cheap on ebay. I got a second hand Portal and game for the 3DS (for my son, honest). Now, it didn't come with figures but the save games had 2 figures cached so we can still play.
Looking for figures I found the start set figures were pretty much nowhere to be found, so to get them I bought a PC starter pack, with Portal and Game.
Now I don't want to play it on the PC and will probably resell the PC game, but out of interest (before the PC one arrived) I bought just the Wii game with no portal and no figures, just a disk.
The 3DS portal with USB cable WORKS with the Wii version! I have yet to try the PC portal on the Wii but as that has USB it should work too, plus it holds more figures.
So, it looks like for compatibility the 3DS portal is best, working with the PC, the Wii and the 3DS (maybe xbox/ps3 too?). However it only holds one figure because it's smaller.
Turns out the system used is a standard ISO RFID so lots of RFID cards trigger the portal, obviously they don't read as figures but its funny to see your oyster card trigger the Portal of power as if you put a figure there.
So, My figures arrive and I play. For no reason one of them corrupts.
I have NO idea how to fix this in the Wii version I am playing, but luckily I have the 3DS version and DO know how to fix it in that.
I place the figure in the portal and the 3DS offers to reset it, I do so and it "works".
Sure enough, the Wii recognises it too.
Worried by this I decide to backup all the figures right away, The first two backup no problem but the figure I "fixed" will not backup and gives errors.
Is it possible the Figure is damaged? The Wii/3DS still read it but the PC won't back it up. Very strange.
Modchips, the battle was won, the war is lost.Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Sony recently went the way of Nintendo in trying to ban "modchips" from sale. With a degree of success from both companies coming from the fact that the modchip had little "legal" use, despite arguments about homebrew and backups.
PSGroove was just released. Its source code for the new PS3 Hack. Out in the open. But what does it run on? Won't the "modchip" get banned?
It runs on an existing development platform that has been selling thousands without any use for 'hacking' as Sony see it.
Sold at many large companies such as Digi-key and RS this device has VERY clear legitimate use and has a huge market before the PSGroove code was released.
How can Sony ban this item? That would be about as likely as getting cricket bats banned because somebody found you could hit people with them. It's just not going to happen.
This finally brings to a head my point about modchips from the start, they are just simple microprocessors on a PCB. Most of the older ones were on generic PCBs and had to be hand soldered. If sold with NO code installed, how can it break any law or get banned?
Its like trying to ban wires because they can be used to make bombs.
I can't wait to see what happens when Sony tell Atmel and Microchip to stop making components, or tell Digi-key and RS to stop selling components. It just won't happen. It Can't happen. If it does, the world is beyond saving.
The device in question is the Atmel
USB Key. How exactly do they plan to fight this?
Stereo Photography (3D)Monday, August 30th, 2010
I have been heavily interested in 3D, be it watching or creating. Taking two photos and joining them together for 3D is ok, but you can't photograph anything moving or take video that way.
My solution was to create this complex arrangement of mirrors. The final image is split into two, with the left and right images being shown top to top.
Using this I can take video, such as thsi
3D Test
The process is complex as I have to convert my video from the cameras native format back to mpeg2 for use in Stereo Movie Maker then save it out as a calibrated left/right video.


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| absolutelyfabulouslyobsessed chapter 1 . 10/3/2012
ohgawd. ohgawd. ohgawd. That was awesomely sweet, and so endearing. :bd
| bogey654 chapter 1 . 2/19/2012
The best fiction I have read in this fandom. Thank you so much.
| September's Nobara chapter 1 . 5/27/2011
Whew! I definitely felt my heart in my throat there, for a moment! This series catches on everything that has me worried about life/the future. I like how it's not sugar-coated, and reflects Sheldon's personality (e.g., "he's more married to string theory..."). Very well-written! I really enjoyed reading this, of course!
September's Nobara.
| Talibra chapter 1 . 12/23/2010
This has all the makings of a terrible, melodramatic, daytime-television type of story... and yet somehow you pull it off and make it something excellent. Strangely beautiful and thoroughly touching, I highly enjoyed reading this piece and I commend you for being such a good author. -tLA :)
| KuroiHanabixShenny chapter 1 . 12/21/2010
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| confondre chapter 1 . 11/13/2009
Beautiful story! I really loved it and it really made me tear up. I loved how you've written their relationship in such a realistic way. Thanks so much :D
Looking forward for more Sheldon/Penny.
| 7gifts chapter 1 . 10/24/2009
This is indeed a beautiful fic, the roller coaster of emotions had me gripped to the edge of my seat, bravo.
| Daydreaming-with-ink chapter 1 . 8/26/2009
Wow. My heart broke a little at the bit where Sheldon's crying on their couch. This is amazing. :)
| Name On The Spine chapter 1 . 7/4/2009
Have I told you yet; that you're an awesome writer? That sounds utterly crepy, but you are b. So there. This is so cute! I know this is weird, but I never saw those two together. That show will never be the same . . .
| madteen66 chapter 1 . 6/30/2009
| Cool Hwip chapter 1 . 6/11/2009
Wow, that was superb. You really moved me and made me feel for the two of them. Keep up the good work!
| shoolessdwarf chapter 1 . 6/4/2009
nicely done. i not usually a fan of this style, but i liked it. thanks.
| southern cross chapter 1 . 4/20/2009
this was so perfect and heart breaking and just wonderful. great job.
| 1angelette chapter 1 . 4/7/2009
The Nimoy napkin has pride of place in their home; he smiles at her and announces that he will clone each of their children a Leonard Nimoy of their very own, and her heart aches.
AND I JUST DIED. No matter how much I un-ship Sheldon/Penny, I just died.
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MIAMI - Henry Lee Moynihan, 50, died Friday, June 22, 2007, in Amarillo.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Miami First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dale Dunn, Baptist minister of Amarillo, and the Rev. Dennis Williams, minister of the church, officiating. Arrangements are by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.
Mr. Moynihan moved to Miami in 1976 and became part owner of Granny's Place Cafe. He was one of the founders of the Miami Volunteer EMS, a volunteer EMT instructor, a member of the Miami Volunteer Fire Department and a member of First Baptist Church in Miami.
Survivors include his mother, Evelyn Huff of Miami; four brothers, Bert Huff Jr. and Jimmy Huff, both of Licking, Mo., and Joe Huff and Danny Huff, both of Miami; three sisters, Ellen Duncan of The Colony, Connie Huff of Miami and Mary Riley of Amarillo.
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A brief overview of monetary stimulus.
A bit more of a "fun" overview of how quantitative easing works:
This video details a "Misesian" objection to stimulus spending:
This video details the objection of an Austrian economist investor to government intervention in the market:
A "Monetarist" explanation of the link between stimulus and the negative effects of inflation:
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Monsters in the Mirror: Representations of Nazism in Post-War Popular Culture
. The collection aims to bring together an interdisciplinary range of studies on the perennial fascination with all things 'Nazi' in the modern world. As teachers of the history of Nazi Germany, we are astonished by the lack of critical attention paid to the proliferation of Nazi symbols, Nazi culture, Nazi ideology, and characterisations of Hitler in the post-war era. Nazidom remains an obsession for many even though more than sixty years have passed since the demise of Hitler's regime. The archetypal image of 'the Nazi'–jackboots and all–is commensurate with 'ultimate evil' in many cultural representations and in the general public understanding. In other representations, a glorified acontextual idea of the Nazi past is fetishised and glamorised. In advertising, 'Hitler' sells almost as well as sex. We wish to investigate these representations and the obsessions that surround them and ask the following questions: Why has Nazidom become a cultural constant and a frame of reference so frequently drawn upon that it is commonplace? How has the Nazi past been acontextually appropriated for all manner of cultural and political ends? In what ways are Nazi references part of every-day culture? This collection seeks to fill a major gap in the academic literature on the legacies of Nazi Germany and the politics of popular culture.
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- the appropriation of Nazi figures in science fiction (literary, filmic, and televisual) eg Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Starship Troopers, The Tomorrow People, Twilight Zone.
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Transfer season in Italy is never boring, but this summer there have been an astonishing amount of exciting moves.
There have been some star departures—like Edinson Cavani and Erik Lamela—but plenty of positive arrivals as well. Juventus and Napoli, in particular, have noticably stronger squads than last season, and should be commended for conducting a good mercato.
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June 1, 2000 (Washington) -- A class of Asian herbs used by dieters has been linked to kidney failure or cancer, the FDA warns in a "Dear Doctor" letter. The agency says these botanical products are included in the Aristolochia species and will be the subject of "appropriate regulatory actions" in the near future.
Those who prescribe botanical remedies are being urged by the FDA to discard products that contain these suspect ingredients. The reason is that Aristolochia botanicals contain aristolochic acid, a chemical that causes kidney damage and even kidney failure, according to reports in the medical literature. Some patients have required dialysis or even kidney transplants as a result of using the substances.
The FDA says that so far there are no such injury reports in the U.S. However, given the growing popularity of dietary supplements and botanical remedies, physicians are being advised to ask their patients if they've taken these preparations, particularly in cases of unexplained kidney problems.
Last year, the FDA says two new cases of severe kidney disease linked to Chinese herbs were reported in the U.K. One of the individuals has received a transplant; the other is awaiting the operation.
During the early 90s, more than 100 Belgian patients were prescribed a Chinese diet pill that contained, among other substances, aristolochic acid, which was mistakenly used in place of another substance that has a similar Chinese name, according to the FDA letter. So far, 70 of these patients have required a kidney transplant or dialysis.
Potentially even more frightening is that this potent group of herbs has caused cancer in animals, including tumors of the kidney, bladder, stomach, and lung. Also, cancers of the urinary tract have been diagnosed in some patients who have taken these supplements.
"Based on these studies, patients taking aristolochic acid may be at increased risk of developing cancers," says the FDA letter.
A scientist specializing in plant-derived medications agrees that botanicals containing aristolochic acid are toxic in high doses. However, Restem Medora, PhD, of the University of Montana, tells WebMD that these herbs are often taken in small amounts by people in South America and India for a variety of ailments.
In addition to alerting doctors about the hazards of some 600 species of aristolochic acid-bearing herbs, the agency also wants the dietary supplement industry to take action. In a companion letter to manufacturers, the FDA says care should be taken to avoid contaminating other herbs with aristolochic acid. FDA also plans to issue an "import alert" authorizing the seizure of any plant that may harbor the dangerous compound.
Since the 1994 passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, critics say the FDA has had an uphill battle regulating these products because the agency does not have the same control over alternative remedies as they do over traditional medicines, which undergo rigorous safety testing. As such, the FDA has not issued an outright ban against aristolochic acid-containing herbs, but rather is telling companies they bear the burden for selling safe products. The FDA did not rule out the possibility of further action in this area.
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--"Yeah it's nothing with surgery, just something in his neck where he won't be cleared for a couple months so it'll be all the way until spring until we get to practice with him again."
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(On whether Rhett Ellison will start at tight end with Ross Cumming at full back)
--"No, that will be something we'll continue to look at but I don't think we'll start that way."
(On improving against spread offenses)
--"Well it comes down to assignments and tackling. When you get spread out, your mistakes get magnified. When you miss a tackle, we missed some in the first couple games, there's another guy right there because everything is in tight. Once you get spread out and you miss that tackle, or you fit the thing wrong, like we did on [that] long run [versus ASU}, we did both on that. We let the ball get outside, Torin [Harris] was wrong. And then Jawanza missed the tackle so you get exposed and they're big plays so we tackled again this week in some drills and we got to make sure we do a great job assignment-wise and tackling."
(On how important this win is going into a bye week to avoid back to back losses)
--"Oh I don't think that way. We just think about winning this game and getting to 4 and 1 and going into the bye. We just always want to paint a positive picture of what we feel is going to happen Saturday."
(On Isiah Wiley's performance as of late)
--"Yeah we hope [he'll play]. With Torin [Harris] being banged up, if he's not there this week, hopefully Isiah will get a chance to play some as he did last game, a few snaps. What set Isiah back was he was going to be a mid-year and then he got pushed back to not coming until the fall. That's always tough on junior college guys to come in that quick to a system so hopefully he can help us out."
(On whether the league took Burfict's side in reprimanding Barkley)
--"That's a set up right there. I'm in full support of the conference's decision. That was something, I didn't make it public, but that was something we had already talked to…last week as it came to my attention that I addressed with Matt. We weren't pleased with it, we talk about it to our team all the time, our guys have done well with that so unfortunately Matt said that. It didn't have anything to do with the game. But as I said yesterday and I'll always say I don't know how you find a better person to represent college athletics and what we want Trojans to be than Matt Barkley on and off the field in everything that he does."
(Does Kiffin have experience where any player has been reprimanded by a conference from something that he said)
--"I can recall where a coach was. I don't know if I can recall a player, that's more NFL where that happens. But I think that's the new direction of the conference. I think Larry [Scott] has done an awesome job, he's taken it to a higher level and hold people accountable, regardless. I'm sure there's people that will say 'really Matt Barkley? C'mon' but it says a lot for the standards that [Scott] is setting."
(On whether Kiffin gave Barkley advice after the coach had been reprimanded before)
--"He's fine. I think Matt, the thing you got to remember about Matt is, Matt can't lie. He can't really say anything different than the way he feels. It's who he is. So he feels, that's just the way that he feels. I woke up Saturday morning and the Arizona paper said 'Matt Barkley didn't say anything we don't all know.'"
(On whether a situation would arise where Farmer would not be redshirted)
--"We thought about it. But we've just gone in that direction right now and it will stay in that direction unless some unforeseen things happen. But we're really excited about him and his future here and the way he looks. And sometimes when you redshirt the guys, especially highly-recruited guys, they get better immediately [after a redshirt season] because the pressure comes off of them. Remember these national, top-10 players, they have so much pressure put on them to do the same thing that Robert Woods did. And as soon as it doesn't go that way they're hearing every week from every person around them 'why are you doing this, why aren't you doing that' and it mounts and then they're just trying to go to school and be a normal freshman. So a lot of times we've seen it help guys. It relaxes them. They come out here and just like him, [Farmer] has practiced great."
(On whether Kiffin has heard back from the league office regarding T.J. McDonald's personal fouls)
--"We have not, no."
(On whether Kiffin is rethinking his 'two-point conversion philosophy')
--"No. The chart at that time says to go for it there, and we come up a couple inches short so we'll stick with it."
(On whether using a 2-point conversion gets guys down when its not successful)
--"Yeah, definitely you got to weight that in. Even though numbers will tell you in certain times that there is times, you do have to take momentum into account. And even that instances I thought about kicking it but the numbers tell you to lean so much toward going for it that I just did."
(On whether there are any guys standing out that the media is over looking)
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Regardless of the outcome of tonight's game, December was a decent month for the Knicks:
Dec 03 @ New Orleans 8:00W
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Ma On Shan Line
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Ma On Shan Line
Kinki Sharyo SP1950 EMU running on viaduct near the northern terminus of the line
|Rapid transit
|Districts: Sha Tin
|150,600 daily average
(weekdays, September 2014)[1]
|21 December 2004
|Line length
|11.4 km (7.1 mi)
|Track gauge
|1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
|25 kV 50 Hz AC
|Ma On Shan Line
|Traditional Chinese
|Simplified Chinese
The Ma On Shan Line (Chinese: 馬鞍山鐵路, abbreviated as 馬鐵) is a branch line of the MTR East Rail Line in Hong Kong. It is coloured brown on the MTR map. Before 2 December 2007, the railway was operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) as Ma On Shan Rail. Since the KCRC's merger of operations with the MTR Corporation, the line has been one of the ten lines of the MTR.
KCRC estimated the construction cost of Ma On Shan Rail would be HK$10 billion.[2] The line starts at Tai Wai station in Tai Wai, Shatin and ends at Wu Kai Sha Station, Wu Kai Sha, totalling 11.4 km or 16 minutes of journey time. It has nine stations, with a maintenance depot at Tai Wai. Construction began on 12 February 2001[3] and the line opened on 21 December 2004,[4] 3 days earlier than the proposed opening date.[5] From its opening as part of the KCR system, the interchange with the East Rail at Tai Wai has not had ticket gates between the Ma On Shan Rail and East Rail platforms, unlike at the former KCR system's interchanges with the MTR system. A trip from either line to the other counted as one ride. It is estimated the line handled 190,000 passengers in the first year of service.[citation needed]
Most of the line, including stations, was built on a viaduct on land which had been reserved for the purpose of a railway from the outset of the development of Ma On Shan New Town.[6] Although currently the trains are only in four-car configuration, most platforms have provision for eight-car trains to serve increased patronage.
In June 2016, using the ubiquitous Octopus stored-value card, the fare for a trip on the line ranged from HK$3.7 to HK$5.3 depending on the distance travelled. The fare from Ma On Shan to East Rail Line stations in Kowloon ranged from HK$5.3 to HK$10.2.[7]
Over a thousand passengers went to Tai Wai to take the first train on the first day of service. However, just an hour after service commenced, one train suffered minor door defects, causing a three-minute delay. After the opening of the Ma On Shan Line, the usage of buses and taxis in the area decreased by as much as 50%. It was reported that some bus routes operated by KMB saw a decrease of ridership by one-third just a few days after the railway opened.
Driving directionality[edit]
Road and rail traffic in Hong Kong move on the left, but Ma On Shan Line is an exception. This line is aligned to the east of East Rail Line, and the two southbound tracks are immediately next to each other at their connection in Tai Wai. This design is to speed up passenger interchange to the East Rail Line to Kowloon during the morning commute. Therefore, the Ma On Shan Line moves on the right.
Rolling stock[edit]
Although the Ma On Shan Line is, in the Hong Kong context, classified as a "medium-capacity system", it is capable of passenger volumes up to 32,000 passengers per hour per direction (PPHPD),[8] which is comparable to the passenger capacity of a full rapid transit or "metro" system.[9]
KCRC has arranged 18 sets of Kinki Sharyo EMU SP1950 trains, built by Kinki Sharyo, which run on the system in a four-car configuration. The train is the same model (with different contract code, SP1900) as those serving on the high capacity East Rail Line and West Rail Line, which in comparison run with twelve-car and seven-car/eight-car configurations, respectively. This model has the maximum running speed of 130 km/h (81 mph), but trains only reach a maximum service speed of 100 km/h (62 mph); travelling between Shek Mun Station and Tai Shui Hang Station, when it is on ground level between Tate's Cairn Highway. In fact, most of the time the trains on the line only travel between 55–75 km/h (34–47 mph). The Tai Wai Depot maintains the trains servicing this line.
A Ma On Shan Line train stopping at Wu Kai Sha Station
Elevated platform of City One Station. A similar structure can be found in most MOS Line stations
The concourse of the Wu Kai Sha Station of the Ma On Shan Line
Interior of a passenger car of Ma On Shan Line SP1950 train, built by Kinki Sharyo
The stations of this line are as follows. All of them are in the Sha Tin District:
|Livery and Name
|Ma On Shan Line
|Wu Kai Sha
|Sha Tin
|21 December 2004
|Ma On Shan
|Heng On
|Tai Shui Hang
|Shek Mun
|City One
|Sha Tin Wai
|Che Kung Temple
|Tai Wai
|East Rail Line
Future development[edit]
Since the early planning stages of the Ma On Shan Line, the system has been designed to be capable of joining with the West Rail Line. According to the latest modified proposal of the Sha Tin to Central Link, the Ma On Shan Line will be extended from Tai Wai Station to Hung Hom Station via East Kowloon. The extension will connect to the West Rail Line at Hung Hom and continue on to the northwest New Territories. Eight-car trains will run on the conjoined line, and so the platforms of the Ma On Shan Line are presently being lengthened. Automatic platform gates are currently being retrofitted on all stations on the line with a target completion date of 2017.[10]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ma On Shan Line.
- ^ "Weekday patronage of MTR heavy rail network from September 1 to 27 and September 28 to October 25, 2014" (PDF). Legislative Council. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "二零零四年度第七次會議紀錄初稿 (lit. 2004 7th Conference Record (sketch))" (in Chinese). District Council of Sha Tin, Hong Kong. 25 November 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ^ "Construction of Ma On Shan Rail commences". Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. 12 February 2001. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ^ "The Financial Secretary inaugurates MOS Rail today". Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. 21 December 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ^ "Ma On Shan Rail Charity Ride received overwhelming response". Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. 19 December 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ^ "Land set aside for light rail system". South China Morning Post. 17 May 1986.
- ^ "Octopus Fare Chart" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "MTR train frequencies of railway lines in different periods, number of cars on each train, train carrying capacity, train loading rates and number of seats" (pdf). MTR. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
- ^ Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, ed. (2005). Integrated Transport: The Future of Light Rail and Modern Trams in the United Kingdom. The Stationery Office. p. 216. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
- ^ "First Pair of Automatic Platform Gates Installed on Ma On Shan Line" (PDF). Press releases. MTR Corporation. 21 November 2014.


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Much of the credit for the Raiders' 2-1 start to the 2011 season should go to Hue Jackson and the coaching staff. Then of course you have the veterans like Richard Seymour to show this young Raider team the way.
With the losses of Nnamdi Asomugha, Zach Miller and Robert Gallery, there are only so many veterans there to produce. Therefore, the Raiders have had to lean heavily on youngsters to carry the day to get wins.
If you look at the way they're playing now, it's hard not to think that a dynasty can come out of this young team if they stay together. There are some youngsters on the team that have really helped the the 2011 Raiders become a different team from the years of the recent past.
Turn the page to see who they are.