tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284425232024-03-05T04:44:57.205-05:00Monolith149 DailyAnother place to see what KG is doing...KGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08353386388541199752noreply@blogger.comBlogger1084125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-84834640518183984582013-06-08T13:47:00.000-04:002013-06-08T13:51:49.746-04:00Making The LeapAfter some seven years, I'm making the leap from Blogger + Blogspot to Markdown + Octopress + Github pages.<br />
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The content here will remain, but the new blog is continuing at <a href="http://daily.monolith149.com/">daily.monolith149.com</a>.<br />
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The story of moving is here: <a href="http://daily.monolith149.com/blog/2013/06/08/leaping-to-a-new-blogging-platform/">Leaping to a new Blogging Platform</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-17662737560273925362013-05-27T05:17:00.003-04:002013-05-27T05:17:57.047-04:00Interfaces in Go make it hard to navigate codevia <a href="https://twitter.com/HNTweets/status/338927606294515714">HNTweets</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.swageroo.com/wordpress/googles-go-and-implicit-interface-declaration/">Google’s Go and implicit interface declaration</a> … Comments: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5773810">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5773810 </a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-89209455717634224132013-05-21T06:07:00.002-04:002013-05-21T06:07:31.421-04:00Lisp Prolog and Evolution:Via <a href="https://twitter.com/HNTweets/status/336770876278194177">@HNTweets</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://blog.samibadawi.com/2013/05/lisp-prolog-and-evolution.html">Sami Badawi writes</a> about how LISP, Prolog, and programming languages since then.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-12737634409191451722013-05-21T06:03:00.000-04:002013-05-21T06:03:34.542-04:00Kitty and SpiderI learned something new about spiders.<br />
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The cat was chasing something around the living room floor that I expected was probably a spider. When the chase finally took the kitty behind the armoire, my daughter took a picture of him back there with her phone.<br />
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As usual, it was a picture of a cat with eyes glowing brightly from the flash.<br />
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I remarked that it would be really funny if you could, in fact, see the spider's eyes glowing, too.<br />
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Looking at the picture, she replied, You can!<br />
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So there they were, a kitty and a spider, both with glowing eyes. I had no idea that spider eyes did that! (Or at least some part of a spider).<br />
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We could even stand there, sight along our phone flashlights aimed directly at the spider and see the little reflections, very distinct and bright. It looked like there were two of them even though I was pretty sure that arachnids have eight eyes.<br />
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In light of the Kepler space observatory's malfunction, which may bring the mission to an early end, here's <a href="http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/119467819.html">a nice overview of some of Kepler's contribution to stellar astrophysics from Sky and Telescope</a>.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-30305419116218666472013-05-18T10:21:00.000-04:002013-05-18T10:21:02.851-04:00A 90-Second Image of M13From <a href="https://twitter.com/makapala/status/335737083350097920">@makapala</a><br />
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<a href="http://twitter.com/darkskyman">@darkskyman</a> took this 90 second snap of M13 at @TheAstroCamp a few weeks back <a href="http://flic.kr/p/ehSg4U">http://flic.kr/p/ehSg4U </a></blockquote>
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Amazing! 90 seconds!<br />
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One of my favorite bits of information about the sky is how HUGE the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is. The thing about galaxies is that they are terribly dim. Think about it. We're inside the Milkly Way galaxy and yet, except for the nearby bright stars, we can barely see it unless we go to the darkest spot we can find.<br />
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In fact, the apparent size of Andromeda is serveral times the apparent size of the moon. This photo where the moon is superimposed shows this clearly.<br />
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Even when you do see M31 with the naked eye, which you can from a dark location, it doesn't look this big. Objects have to be bright to look large. In the same way, the Pleides is much larger than the moon, but they look tiny on the sky.<br />
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<a href="http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0606.html">http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im0606.html</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Image credit: REU program, N.A.Sharp/NOAO/AURA/NSF</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-79988885839646438772013-05-13T06:41:00.002-04:002013-05-13T06:42:34.737-04:00Interesting Career Advice<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/amazing-career-advice-for-college-grads-from-linkedins-billionaire-founder-2013-5?op=1">For College Grads From LinkedIn's Billionaire Founder </a><br />
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via <a href="https://twitter.com/HNTweets/status/333881819101540353">@HNTweets</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-55647211383333657262013-05-10T00:19:00.001-04:002013-05-10T00:19:25.702-04:00PosterousSo long, Posterous. I enjoyed using the service.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-11729608086742895822013-02-16T06:50:00.000-05:002013-05-21T06:13:23.485-04:00First Tweet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My Twitter archives finally became available. My first tweet on my very first account (which is private now) was Mon 2009-01-12 13:12:00 -0500: “Signing up on twitter.”<br />
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My first tweet on my main account was on Sat 2009-04-25 07:16:00 -0400. <a href="https://twitter.com/stargate149/statuses/1619764063">This was my first non-test tweet</a> on that account.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-85459707339385062752013-01-01T09:43:00.000-05:002013-01-01T09:43:25.586-05:00MicroSD card FAQVia <a href="https://twitter.com/HNTweets/status/285686766189547520">@HNTweets</a><br />
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At <a href="http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=2297">Bunnie Studios</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-83701738778806997222013-01-01T09:39:00.000-05:002013-01-01T09:39:01.730-05:00Data Models for the Internet of Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Via <a href="https://twitter.com/HNTweets/status/285694296269656064">@HNTweets</a><br />
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<a href="http://iot-datamodels.blogspot.gr/2012/12/the-internet-of-things-needs-open.html">The Internet of Things needs an Open Infrastructure</a>
by Michael J Koster.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-24135986321506258672012-12-28T14:36:00.002-05:002012-12-28T14:36:14.526-05:00Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">Merry Christmas </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">and</span> <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Happy New Year!</span></span><br />
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Somehow I'm terribly behind with greetings this year.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-40421812894935872662012-12-27T09:06:00.000-05:002012-12-27T09:06:45.193-05:00Ten Years of BloggingWell, I let the 10th anniversary of this blog slide by as I forgot to mention it. So, as the year draws to a close maybe that's the second best time to mention it, 10 years and 102 days according to my Python computation. The first blog post to Monolith Daily (which was, indeed, my first blog post of any kind) was on 2002-09-16.<br />
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Actually<a href="http://monolith149daily.blogspot.com/2011/09/nine-years-ago.html"> I wrote about the history for the ninth anniversary</a>.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-47669229474518551912012-12-27T08:43:00.001-05:002012-12-27T08:43:41.490-05:00So Long, Gerry Anderson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Via <a href="https://twitter.com/HNTweets/status/284010703591989248">@HNTweets</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.jamieanderson.me.uk/gerry-anderson-has-died/">Gerry Anderson has died by Jamie Anderson</a>.<br />
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My favorite supermarionation shows were <i>Supercar</i> and <i>Fireball XL5</i>. Of course I watched <i>Space 1999</i> and <i>UFO</i>. I recall <i>Thunderbirds</i>, which seems to be so popular, but I don't remember watching it that much.<br />
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Anderson was responsible for one of my favorite sci fi space movies of the 60s, <i>Journey to the Far Side of the Sun</i>. The space walk scene with the music (theremin?) was quite beautiful, I always thought.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-40030388536598767792012-12-27T08:25:00.000-05:002012-12-27T08:25:07.070-05:00PC World's Top 10 Linux Distributions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2021273/another-year-another-totally-different-top-10-linux-distros.html">Another year, another totally different top 10 Linux distros by Katherine Noyes</a>.<br />
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<li>Linux Mint</li>
<li>Mageia</li>
<li>Ubuntu</li>
<li>Fedora</li>
<li>openSUSE</li>
<li>Debian</li>
<li>Arch Linux</li>
<li>PCLinuxOS</li>
<li>Zorin OS</li>
<li>CentOS</li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-50497961923136412742012-12-27T08:20:00.002-05:002012-12-27T08:20:39.619-05:00Some Amazing Astronomical Images of 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Via <a href="https://twitter.com/wired/status/284011142773362688">@wired</a><br />
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I won't go as far as Wired's title, <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/best-space-photos-2012">Best Space Photos of the Year 2012 in the article by Adam Mann</a>, but these are amazing images.<br />
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For amazing astronomical images, one every day, see <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/">Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)</a>.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">This image credit: ESO/B. Bailleul</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-7333455904524043932012-12-26T04:00:00.001-05:002012-12-26T04:00:48.507-05:00Some Thoughts on This Evening's Mobile Tornado<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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via <a href="https://twitter.com/USWeatherExpert/status/283788136050470912">@USWeatherExpert</a><br />
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<a href="http://meteorologicalmusings.blogspot.com/2012/12/some-thoughts-on-this-evenings-mobile.html">on MIKE SMITH ENTERPRISES BLOG</a>.
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<a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/10/the-airforce">Declassified at Last: Air Force’s Supersonic Flying Saucer Schematics by BENJAMIN PLACKETT</a> at Wired.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-50848430371644993752012-12-25T11:18:00.001-05:002012-12-25T11:18:53.376-05:00Christmas Storm Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://meteorologicalmusings.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-storm-update-455am.html">From Mike Smith Enterprise Blog, 4:55 am</a>. And following posts.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-59134732144405928542012-12-21T04:59:00.002-05:002012-12-21T04:59:30.897-05:00Shortest Day of the Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So is 2012-12-21 the shortest day of the year? The actual solstice occurs at different times in different years so I expect this varies. For this year, looking at the web site timeanddate.com (two d's), which I found via Google… (Sigh, the power just went out again!)<br />
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…It looks like it's actually 21 Dec, at least in Atlanta, GA. This snippet of their chart shows sun rise and set times, and the length of the day.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-5417526132129612572012-12-21T04:39:00.001-05:002012-12-21T04:47:14.791-05:00Happy Winter Solstice!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At 11:12 UTC, 6:12 EST, 3:12 PST.<br />
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Fri 2012-12-21 11:12:00 +0000<br />
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Fri 2012-12-21 03:12:00 -0800<br />
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In the picture, the sun makes it lowest trek across the sky on the winter solstice. Winter officially begins.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image credit: From NASA/NES Teachers Corner</span></i><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-55011331254375865662012-12-20T06:19:00.001-05:002012-12-20T06:19:32.502-05:00The Best Shopping Deals on the Internet<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=amazon+warehouse+deals">Amazon Warehouse Deals</a>.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-6918513036590335982012-12-14T06:43:00.000-05:002012-12-21T05:08:54.478-05:00What Was My First Electronic Device?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the <a href="http://5by5.tv/hypercritical">Podcast Hypercritical on 5by5.tv John Siracusa</a> was answering questions from listeners and one was something like, What was your first electronic device that had a big influence on you? I think the idea was to discover what maybe contributed to his interest in technology, computers, etc.<br />
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I wondered how I would answer this question myself. I was a bit taken aback by the realization that when I was really young, we practically had no electronic devices in our house. Of course we had a black and white TV. Also, by brother had built a stereo hifi system and that had a huge impact on me. It was a wonderful thing. Stereo was new, and it was rather amazing at the time. I still remember listening to one of his stereo demo records with trains and race cars zooming by.<br />
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We might have had a radio (I don't remember one from then) and that was probably it. There was nothing else in the house that would have qualified as electronic. (Hm, well my brother had his VOM meter).<br />
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But those were all tube-based devices. I don't think there was a single transistor in the house.<br />
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At some point when I was a kid I received a transistor radio followed by several others.<br />
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Of course there were battery powered toys but I don't think any of them had anything more fancy than DC motors and some incandescent lights. (LEDs were not on the market yet, at least for consumers).<br />
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The first electronic device I remember actually owning (other than the radios) was my first calculator, a Texas Instruments SR-51 (slide-rule with 51 functions). That was when I was a senior in high school. In high school physics and chemistry we used slide rules so having an electronic version with 10 digits of precision rather than three, was a wonderful thing!<br />
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Sadly the TI barely made it into my second year and was replaced with an HP-25 and then that was quickly traded for an HP-25C.<br />
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<i>(Note: That image is an SR-51-II, a later version of my SR-51. I wasn't successful in finding an SR-51 image.)</i><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28442523.post-20103257563729050512012-12-14T06:16:00.001-05:002012-12-14T06:16:58.175-05:00Intel releases open source GraphBuilder for big data<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2230349/intel-releases-open-source-graphbuilder-for-big-data">by Shaun Nichols at v3.co.uk</a>.
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