Techie Tidbits: May 2002 Archives

Nature Observation: Participants will be shown to observe nature more
deeply
and learn the basic philosophy that Tom considers the most important part
of
the school and the basis for all of his beliefs. Skills will include:
Stalking,
the ability to move silently and unseen through the forest. Camouflage, the
means of concealment that allows one to become part of one's surroundings.
Students will learn how to immerse themselves in the natural world.

Tracking: Participants will learn the basics of tracking, including track
identification and analysis pressure releases, animal markings and sign
tracking, scat identification, and how to follow a trail.

Survival:

The following survival skills will be covered:

Shelter: Techniques for constructing the debris hut, wicki-up, thatching,
mud
hut, cave dwelling, and a pit dwelling.

Water: Finding water using a solar still, sink hole, plants, and various
other
water gathering methods.

Fire: Making a fire using primitive methods including the bow drill, hand
drill,
as well as how to build a proper fire.

Food: Finding food from both plants and animals found in North America
ranging
from desert to mountain terrain. Harvesting, preparation, and cooking food
will
be covered, though in the interest of conservation only a sampling of such
food
will be prepared.

Trapping: Trapping animals using primitive snares and dead-falls. No
animals
will be trapped during the course, but participants will understand how to
do
it if necessary.

Tools: Making stone tools, cordage, bow drills, spears, digging sticks,
cooking
utensils, bowls and many more.

Tanning: The primitive ways for tanning a deer hide: brain tanning, and
making
rawhide, as well as many useful items that can be made with the hide.

Native American Life-styles and Philosophy: The oneness with nature is
discussed
as the underlying philosophy behind the skills learned and is essential to
survival.

Posted by Steve at 07:05 AM

May 21, 2002

FreeBSD to remove Perl from the base install package..

http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?story_id=2872

Downsizing install images... Wow maybe we're going back to
the old fashioned minimal concept...

Posted by Steve at 09:05 PM

RealNames fallout...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25369.html

Isn't this where the glorius ICANN steps in and convinces VeriSign to bail
it out? ;-}

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

flexible LCD panel

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/25372.html

Curved screens anyone?

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

SDRAM prices go even lower....

http://www.siliconstrategies.com/story/OEG20020510S0089

128-Mbit averaging $2.03... That would translate to ~$16 for 128MByte..

Posted by Steve at 12:05 PM

alternative life styles in Loudoun County...

http://www.ecovil.com/

Interesting place if you haven't heard of it.

A yuppy version of the hippie commune.

Posted by Steve at 12:05 PM

new breed of chickens sans feathers..

http://www.thisislondon.com/dynamic/news/story.html?in_review_id=590366&in_review_text_id=558671

yummy yummy yummy I want pink bird in my tummy... ;-}

Posted by Steve at 11:05 AM

M$ Windows src code release is national security risk...

http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D701%2526a%253D26875,00.asp

Had to happen...

Posted by Steve at 08:05 AM

motorola to add Atari games to their cell phones

http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/05/20/cell-games.htm

centipede, asteroids, pong... quite the resurgence

Posted by Steve at 08:05 AM

NJ to limit G-forces on roller coasters.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/753801.asp?0dm=N13NV

save us from ourselves.... sounds like NASA should use the coasters for
astronaut training... ;-}

Posted by Steve at 08:05 AM

interesting article on intelligent network route monitoring

http://www.commsdesign.com/story/OEG20020520S0037

from the page:

Using the database, Router Explorer builds a visual graph of the
network, highlighting link failures and route "flapping" problems
as they are discovered. The customer can compare that with historical
data on the network behavior, or perform simulations on how the
network would behave if certain critical routes were changed.
Historical analyses and future simulations can be run as time-based
"movies" in the graphical environment, providing easy-to-grasp models
of how router networks behave over time.

Posted by Steve at 08:05 AM

internet death penalty

http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176688.html

Once they have a bad experience at a web site they rarely come back..

Posted by Steve at 08:05 AM

high tech morons...

http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/05/20/copyproof-cd.htm

can't rely on your technology too much can you?

Posted by Steve at 08:05 AM

May 20, 2002

fun reading from the yahoo chief scientist

http://www.ddj.com/news/fullstory.cgi?id=5887

quite enjoyable

Posted by Steve at 04:05 PM

verizon wireless launches flat-rate internet access

http://www.msnbc.com/news/754695.asp

$100/mo

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

why didn't we think of this!

http://www.domainnameplaques.com/?=findwhat.html

;-}

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

linux to run Reuters market and news data service..

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/05/20/linux.reuters.idg/index.html

HP, Red Hat, Intel... Although it might take me a while to get used to
the HP Proliant label.... ;-}

Posted by Steve at 01:05 PM

using DOOM as a system administration tool...

http://www.cs.unm.edu/~dlchao/flake/doom/

blast away at those errant processes.... ;-]

Posted by Steve at 10:05 AM

buy what you don't need and misuse it too..

http://www.usatoday.com/money/general/2002/05/20/squander.htm

All sounds vaguely familiar... ;-}

Posted by Steve at 08:05 AM

May 17, 2002

more critical path "in the news"

http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/invest/2002/05/14/critical-path-resignation.htm

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

Organic polymers would connect prosthesis to nerves

http://www.eet.com/at/news/OEG20020513S0042

the bionic man gets closer and closer to reality.

He'll probably have Dick Tracy's two-way wrist radio/tv built in...

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

more on solar sails...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1984000/1984793.stm

Keep your fingers crossed and hope it works..

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

refrigeration is about to change...

http://www.coolchips.com/

from the web site:

Cool Chips™ is the future of all cooling, refrigeration, and thermal
management. Cool Chips
use a revolutionary new thermotunnel technology to deliver up to a
projected 70-80% of the
maximum (Carnot) theoretical efficiency for heat pumps. Conventional
refrigerators operate
at up to 50% efficiency and current thermoelectric systems (Peltier Effect)
operate at 5-8%
efficiency.

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

fun with biometrics !

http://www.counterpane.com/crypto-gram-0205.html#5

so all the spy movies have been right all along!

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

what?! sun integrating linux interfaces into solaris?

http://news.com.com/2100-1001-912666.html

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

your own VoIP service!

http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5348974740.html

Linux or Solaris..

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

nasa buys spare shuttle parts on ebay...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1985000/1985138.stm

Looking for those old 8086 processors and the like... I THINK they've
retired all the old 'core' memory though... ;-}

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

fuel cell to power entire island

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/15-5-19102-0-17-14.html

in scotland. real cool

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

freedom of choice at last! ;-}

http://www.apple.com/xserve/

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

new video card..

http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/matroxparhelia512.shtml

WOW!

dual headed.. and DVI too...

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM

old time gaming...

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020514/140033_1.html

Atari 2600 with 10 games: Centipede®," "Asteroids®," "Missile Command®,"
"Battlezone®," "Adventure(TM)," "Combat(TM)" and more... should sell for
~$20

Posted by Steve at 02:05 PM