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January 2, 2010

Is the American public really this stupid???

by @ 1:30 pm. Filed under Commentary, Stupid Stuff

What? Are you stupid?

What? Are you stupid?


Is anyone surprised that "pecan pie" has pecans in it? Are people with allergies that brain-dead that they'd buy "pecan pie" thinking it's safe to eat simply because it doesn't list pecans on the ingredients list?
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January 1, 2010

Movin’ on up to the QNAP TS-219P NAS

by @ 7:04 pm. Filed under Apple, Computers, Linux, Technology

QNAP-TS-219P.jpg

I finally decided to bite the bullet and bought a real NAS for use at home. I decided on the QNAP TS-219P for a number of reasons I'll discuss in the post. Also, I have plenty of screenshots showing the QNAP UI and a couple simple benchmarks comparing the performance to a USB disk attached to an Airport Extreme.

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November 26, 2009

Stop Safari from opening PDFs inside the browser

by @ 12:08 pm. Filed under Apple

The Apple Safari logo

The Apple Safari logo


It's been a while since I posted, but today, I had to figure-out how to make the OS X version of Safari stop opening PDF files inside the browser since that's one of my pet peeves.
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July 17, 2009

Revisit the moon landing from 40 year ago

by @ 5:53 pm. Filed under Fun Stuff

Interactive website with full audio of the original lunar landing mission

Interactive website with full audio of the original lunar landing mission


This awesome site has the complete audio of the original moon landing along with lots of interactive goodies.
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June 29, 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-29

by @ 8:00 am. Filed under micsaund.com
Weekly Twitter Update

Weekly Twitter Update

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May 23, 2009

Slow(er) posting for a while – I’m going to Disney World

by @ 6:11 pm. Filed under Disney World, Florida, Fun Stuff, Travel

Going to Disney World tomorrow

Going to Disney World tomorrow


Time for a couple weeks of real living, away from the other part of life known as work...
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May 4, 2009

FPGA board emulates classic platforms

by @ 3:28 pm. Filed under Electronics, Retro Computing

FPGA Replay board uses an FPGA to play classic arcade games

FPGA Replay board uses an FPGA to play classic arcade games


This cool projects aims to take the various FPGA-based arcade platforms and run them on a common piece of hardware, thus letting you play many games and platforms without having tons of equipment sitting around.
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April 8, 2009

The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Honda CRV

by @ 6:16 pm. Filed under Stupid Stuff, Weird Stuff

Don the Magic Juan knows his bling and it ain't this CRV!

Don the Magic Juan knows his bling and it ain't this CRV!


Apparently, some people like their cars to have a split personality, as this late-model Honda CRV shows.
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March 30, 2009

Entertainment shopping? Swoopo is a great cash generator

by @ 12:56 pm. Filed under Commentary, Money

Swoopo TV auction screenshot

Swoopo TV auction screenshot


I found a new site last night that lured me in with low prices on nice items. However, after watching the site overnight, I can see that I will never bother bidding on any of these auctions, but there's a great profit-generating machine behind these auctions you'll be amazed to see.
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March 26, 2009

Digital Apollo – the story of the first computers in space

by @ 8:38 am. Filed under Commentary, Electronics, Retro Computing

Digital Apollo book covers the computer technology of the Apollo space missions

Digital Apollo book covers the computer technology of the Apollo space missions


Have you ever thought about how amazing it was when the Apollo space missions actually took someone to the moon considering that they didn't have the fancy technology we have today? This book recounts the design and use of the on-board Apollo digital computers.
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