Do Something Every Day

Holy crap!  Have you seen this wing-fu yet:

I’m going to have to give it a try.  I usually take a bite, and then twist the small bone off, and then eat the rest.

Update (2012-01-17) new version available: FreeDOS 1.1 USB Boot Image
Update (2011-10-20) download the FreeDOS USB Image: FreeDOS-1.0-USB-Boot.img.bz2

I was trying to update the BIOS of my new SATA controller (a Syba SD-SATA2-4IR, or SD-81012336 – you decide), as the system will not boot with the RAID BIOS, unless you have a logical drive defined.  Since this fakeraid is generally garbage, and I’ll be using ZFS as well as gmirror, I thought I would try and work around it.

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Yup – that’s right.  More detail here.

For Christmas this year, I got a Digilent Nexys2 board.  My intention was to run this open source logic analyzer, to help improve my PS/2 keylogger. Read more…

Full install detail

I’ve recently added a page describing my little update to my home wiring. If you are not getting the full sync rate out of your DSL modem, or are experiencing frequent disconnects, this procedure may help you…

How to Belle Your Phone Line for DSL

Eastern Garter Snake

So, doing my usual morning garden check-over, I found a new friend!

When I went to check in the evening he was gone, so I don’t know if it’s a permanent resident or not.

Toads and slugs both happen to be on this fellow’s diet, so I have mixed feelings about whether it will ultimately be good for the garden. I figure the more diversity the better though.

In April I packaged up my source for the keylogger, and posted it to the project page.  Just thought I’d mention in a post that it is now available.

2009 Garden, First Planted

I’ve been working in the garden again. Yesterday I finished raking out the soil, so that I had a nice, even bed. I also decided to pile the rocks I pulled out in a little more functional and aesthetic way. Today I finally got to the good stuff…
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Theremin board with two 260kHz oscillators

At the theremin workshop, I was able to add my two pitch oscillators, and tested them successfully at 260kHz. It took me one session for each oscillator (3 and 5), but I was done early on the second oscillator.

During session 6 last week, I added the tuning circuit for the oscillator that is attached to the control panel. (not in picture)

The garden after all of the tilling

Having recently moved, I found that my new place wasn’t set up for a garden.  If you’ve ever tried to buy decent hot peppers at the supermarket out here, you will understand why I need one.

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