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phone + lens attachments = win
Fisheye lens with magnetic ring attachment. Teh awsum. Phone lens attachments are my new favorite thing. I got a pair of them (this fisheye and this macro/wide-angle) for around $11, and they are...
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lens attachments part 2: 60x microscope
After becoming enamored with the pair of cheap phone lens attachments I bought, I decided to try out the common “60x” microscope. Although it doesn’t use the same magnetic ring attachments and is...
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Use a spare Android phone as an always-on IRC connection.
I ordered a Raspberry Pi (which should arrive in a few weeks), and my first project was going to be to set it up as an always-IRC connection using quassel. I use IRC regularly, usually from my desktop,...
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Why Sage, is that your new Raspberry Pi in a sweet Lego case?
Yes. Yes it is. Related posts: Lizzie and Sage
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free culture and the gender gap
Joseph Reagle’s excellent article “Free as in Sexist?: Free Culture and the Gender Gap” just got published. He thanks me in the acknowledgements. Related posts: a good day for free culture in the mail...
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Aaron Swartz
I didn’t know Aaron well, but I admired him deeply. The remembrances at Remember Aaron Swartz give a picture of just how much he meant to so many people. These photos are from the last time I saw him,...
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I would ‘preciate that
I had an adversarial relationship with Brighton all morning. He’s been a little whirlwind of destruction. I turn my back for one minute… I finally drew a line and insisted that he pick up the cards and...
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Note: if you hear Brighton talking about “hot guy”, he probably means the Avenger. No related posts.
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Recent text messages to Faith
Related posts: review of Good Faith Collaboration "I don’t know if Bob Stoops is a faith healer or not."
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the use of Aaron Swartz photographs
After Aaron Swartz committed suicide in January, and in the months since then as issues of internet freedom and his own tragic story have continued to make news, there’s been a lot of demand for photos...
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all IRC, all the time
For a while now, I’ve been chasing the holy grail of IRC: running my own low-power, always-on server that I can connect to from anywhere. After 6+ weeks of uptime, I’m ready to declare my current...
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Harry Potter notes
We just watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. At the end, Brighton said: I feel bad about what happened to Harry Potter. It hurts in my heart. Also, I love Dumbledore’s eulogy for Cedric...
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OmniROM: solid Android rom, nice place for newcomers
When my last phone died in December, I decided to steer clear of contracts (so that my family could maybe get off of AT&T once all the contracts on the plan expire) and get a Nexus 5. I’ve usually...
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The Glen Montessori School: Toddler Report
Name: Everly Date: 2/25 About My Day: Everly had a difficult time listening to her teachers, today. She ran away from them and threw many works. Related posts: Onion Report on Iranian science School on...
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Scholarly societies, subscription fees, and open access
Strategic planning with historians. :-) This last weekend I flew to Chicago for a two-day strategic planning meeting for the History of Science Society (see my photos). The task, for me and about 40...
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Remembering Adrianne Wadewitz
Adrianne, skepchickal I remember, for a long time before I met her, wondering what “a wade wit” meant. I remember a Skype conversation, years ago. Adrianne, Phoebe, SJ and I talked for probably three...
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Fitbit
Got a Fitbit One at a garage sale this weekend. $2. It didn’t come with a charger — my neighbor found it inside a new pair of pants from she bought from Nordstrom — but that didn’t stop me. Related...
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find of the week, October 4
This week’s top garage sale find is a Flip UltraHD camcorder. Once Brighton figured out how to record a video and play it back for Evie, I got my $1’s worth pretty quickly. Related posts: Fitbit “they...
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Screencasting on Debian: Kazam is good!
I’ve periodically done screencasting and screen recording over the last few years — mostly while running Ubuntu or Debian — and it’s been an evolving pain to find a piece of GNU/Linux screen recording...
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