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San Jose's Bus Fire on Bascom Ave on ramp to Highway 85.

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Pyro was never my favorite of the X-Men, but that doesn't mean I'm not excited about this DIY project allowing me to mimic his powers. It's called Prometheus, and it's by far one of the best wrist-mounted flamethrowers I've seen.

There have been similar projects in the past, but none actually produced such a controlled flame or came with building instructions as detailed as Everett Bradford's Prometheus Device. And while I know that Pyro technically controls fire rather than actually making it, short of mutant genetics, this project is as close as we'll get. And it's damn awesome. [Prometheus via Make]

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This is the bluetooth transmitter attached to my camera. No more irritating ear plucks whenever I move or put down my camera.

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"Give me the tools . . . I'll make something with them."
. . . oh yeah, this was sent from my phone . . .

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Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them.

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Check out this episode of TEDTalks (video) at David Logan on tribal leadership - David Logan (2009) - http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~3/z3rz3SX7CJ8/651

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I'm squeezing a 15k maintenance at dealersip before work...can't confuse them with Speedy Lube for oil changes! I stopped in and didn't want to wait nearly an hour turnaround for am oil change, but when I drove away, I reconsidered and came back watching the staff smiling and chuckling. Hey, I needed the few minutes to make the best decision.

 Maybe, next time, Speedy Lube during lunch.

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"Give me the tools . . . I'll make something with them."
   . . . oh yeah, this was sent from my phone . . .

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From Skim’s Sourceforge.net page, http://skim-app.sourceforge.net . . .

Skim is a PDF reader and note-taker for OS X. It is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF, but is also great for viewing any PDF file.

Stop printing and start skimming.

Explore the links to the left to investigate Skim and consider helping out with the project.

Features:

Viewing PDFs
Adding and editing notes
Highlighting important text, including one-swipe highlight modes
Making "snapshots" for easy reference
Navigation using table of contents or thumbnails, with visual history
View all your notes and highlights
Convenient reading in full screen
Giving powerful presentations, with built-in transitions
Handy preview of internal links
Focus using a reading bar
Magnification tool
Smart cropping tools
Extensive AppleScript support
Bookmarks
Saving passwords in Keychain
Export notes as text
Automatic download of remote PDFs
Support for Apple Remote Control
Interaction with LaTeX, SyncTeX, and PDFSync
Integration with BibDesk and other third party applications
Spotlight support
Highly customizable
And much more...

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"Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference."  - Nolan Bushnell

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In my apartment, workers replaced all the windows.  So, I setup the free Skype with two accounts, and at home, logged in and set it to auto-answer and turn on my webcam.  I also turned off my monitors and speakers.  At work, I just logged in with my other account and watched and listened to the room!

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I pay my water bill through NPW Services Corp...My account has my old number.  I click on “Update My Info”, and although my cursor (in Safari and Firefox...nope, I won’t check with IE) becomes an insert cursor in the field for my telephone number, I can’t modify the entry.  At the bottom of the page, there is text stating “...contact your Community Manager to update the information...”.  

WHY?  

1. No, why have a link and page called Update My Info if you can’t?  
2. Why have fields if you can’t change the data?
   

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I have a laptop running wifi sniffer and a repeater...

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"Give me the tools . . . I'll make something with them."
   . . . oh yeah, this was sent from my phone . . .

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