Made by Mikal – Page 111

Public transport to San Francisco from Santa Clara

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 22, 2006
Post category:Travel

Colin wonders about public transport in California, which I must say is much better than the public transport I m used to in Canberra. Colin, to get to San Francisco, jump on the VTA light rail and head to the Castro Street (Mountain View) station. There, jump across to the Caltrain station, which will take you the rest of the way to San Francisco. I would think without having done it that you should allow about 45 minutes for the journey. Here is the Caltrain trip planner for that journey... $7 seems pretty fair to me. I don't really believe the two hour estimate that it gives there, but I guess it might be right.

The What-If-Microsoft-Did-The-iPod-Box video done by Microsoft

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 21, 2006
Post category:Link

Microsoft spokesman Tom Pilla on Tuesday confirmed with iPod Observer that his company initiated the creation of the iPod packaging parody video that was first reported last month. "It was an internal-only video clip commissioned by our packaging [team] to humorously highlight the challenges we have faced RE: packaging and to educate marketers here about the pitfalls of packaging/branding," he said via e-mail.

Rode to work, and lived

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 21, 2006
Post category:Bike

It's been a couple of weeks since I have ridden to work. First I had a sore back, then the bike needed a service, and then it rained a lot. This was also my first ride with cleated pedals, which was very exciting. These two factors resulted in my slowest ride to work yet, but I didn't crash and am a little more confident with the cleats now, which has to be a good thing.

Missing figures are now online

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 19, 2006
Post category:Imagemagick

The missing figures are now online. I've updated the original posts which contained those images, so that people aren't confused about the ordering of the chapters and which version is the most current. Let me know if you notice any other problems.

Missing images from Chapter 2 and 3?

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 19, 2006
Post category:Imagemagick

Thanks to Jerry for pointing out that Chapter 2 and Chapter3 are missing some images online. I am looking into this at the moment, and will get back to you all when I have tracked them down. Thanks for pointing this out Jerry.

Assembling an Airbus A380 in seven minutes

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 19, 2006
Post category:Link

Ignore the terrible music, it's an interesting video...

Tomcat first flight tribute video

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 18, 2006
Post category:Link

A tribute video to the Tomcat, which will be retired from the US air force in September this year. Highlights include: footage of the first flight (December 21 1970), the first hydraulic failure (December 30, 1970), the first ejection (December 30 1970) and the first crash landing (December 30 1970). It seems December 30 was a bad day to be flying.

Slashdot

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 15, 2006
Post category:Imagemagick

So, I got Slashdotted today. All without a link to me. Buggers.

Holy bread emergency Batman!

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 15, 2006
Post category:Travel

Despite Steven's promises of a return of the spicy fruit buns, they are completely absent here in the US. Apparently not all Christian nations do hot cross buns, which is a new surprise for me. This is an emergency however, as I love them, so I need someone to mail me some ASAP. Send them to: Michael Still America Thanks. Failing that, has anyone got an idiot proof recipe they want to share? My previous one was: Go to freezer Get bun out Nuke it for 15 seconds Shove in mouth The secret to this is to buy small buns so they fit in your mouth. I'm waiting by the mailbox now, so you better get with the mailing...

MySQL user’s conference

Post author:mikal
Post published:March 8, 2006
Post category:Mysql

Arjen, I am now registered for the MySQL user's conference. See you there.