!(alignright)http://www.sensoryoutput.com/wp-images/postings/logowikipedia.png(Free, community-run encyclopedia)!:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page The “Wikipeda”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page is as awesome resource! For those not in the know, the Wikipedia is a community-run encyclopedia of sorts that dwarfs any commercially-available encyclopedias in both the amount and (in my opinion) the quality of information. It contains “entries”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_in_a_ring on “solutions”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_harmonic_oscillator … Read More →
Monthly Archives: September 2004
WinIE Tires Me
!(alignright)http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/buttons/takebacktheweb_large.png(Get Firefox)!:http://getfirefox.com/ Because this site serves my whims, I can pretty much do as I please. Given that, I am tired of having to fix all of my perfectly fine CSS/XHTML to work in the broken browser that is Microsoft Internet Explorer, so all users … Read More →
Fun With Switches
!(alignright)http://www.sensoryoutput.com/wp-images/postings/rockerswitch.jpg(White rocker-style light switch)! In our house, we replaced all the old almond colored, “small dip” light switches with the more modern, “rocker” kind (white) pictured at right. These are very easy to swap out in the case of two-way switches. In the hall, however, … Read More →
Whither my iPod?
Well, it’s been “over two weeks”:http://www.sensoryoutput.com/archives/2004/09/13/new-ipod-soon/ since I ordered (and paid for, argh!) my iPod from my university bookstore. They have an awful reputation of taking weeks to order and get Apple products, regardless of how new or strained Apple’s supply of said product is … Read More →
Awesome LiveSearch up!
I decided to take a break from house renovation work today and install this new “LiveSearch”:http://blog4.bitflux.ch/wiki/LiveSearch functionality (which was “adapted”:http://binarybonsai.com/archives/2004/09/25/livesearch/ by Michael Heilemann of “Binary Bonsai”:http://binarybonsai.com/). It works very similar to how “Mac OS X Tiger’s Spotlight”:http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/spotlight.html works. Upon entering a search term, it automatically … Read More →
Changed My Mind
!(alignright)http://www.sensoryoutput.com/wp-images/postings/skeleton.jpg(Lower appendicular skeleton)! I started to write a bit about my experiences with the anatomy dissection team today, as we started dissecting two cadavers. Alas, I did not have the heart to subject my readers to the graphic details and my feelings surrounding the experience. … Read More →
Picture of Kerry
!http://www.sensoryoutput.com/wp-images/postings/kerry.jpg(Presidential candidate John Kerry)! Does Kerry look like he’s about to die in this picture? Not exactly the best picture. Of course, Bush doesn’t fare so well either, as the media loves to find those goofy looks he makes between facial expressions.
Scientific writings
!(alignright)http://www.sensoryoutput.com/wp-images/postings/normalization.jpg(Normalization proof for a 3-D particle in a box quantum mechanical problem)! The apparent void in computers of an aid in scientific writing (formulas, et cetera) really perplexes me. I have never used my iBook or any computer for taking notes in class, but I … Read More →
Googling Me
!(alignright)http://www.google.com/images/logo_sm.gif(Google, Inc.)!:http://www.google.com/ “Google”:http://www.google.com/ is a funny technology. It highlights how people find you (with the help of “Shaun Inman’s”:http://www.shauninman.com/ “ShortStat”:http://www.shauninman.com/mentary/past/shortstat_again.php web statistics package), showcases various idiosyncratic phrases within posts, and truly reveals how deep in Google’s results people go before they click on me. With … Read More →
SpaceShipOne Completes 1st Prize Flight
!(alignright)http://www.sensoryoutput.com/wp-images/postings/vg_enterprise.jpg(The Enterprise, coming soon to a space port near you)! Soaring to 358,000 ft (109.1 km), Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipOne, piloted by Mike Melvill, completed the first of two suborbital space flights necessary to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize. The contest requires that the … Read More →