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Automated Archives for March, 20th 2023

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Chess For the Day

Record: 3-0-5
Net Elo Change: -10

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Blog Posts On This Day

3/20/2023 10:45 pm |
Tags: automated, longreads, chess
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Every knob one person touched from June 3-4, 1999 (fluxus.org)

3/20/2023 2:43 pm |
Tags: misc, silly, blog, doors
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Ken Thompson on his music box project (youtube.com)

Ken Thompson is one of the creators of Unix and here he is giving a talk about a longterm project of his for making a music machine. It's a good journey through the evolution of technology through this ongoing project.

I had, back in college, the vision for a similar project which I had called 'Ainur' after the singing demigods of Tolkien mythology. At the time, the idea was a portable computer which I could take to parties or conventions and it would run a wifi mp3 streaming service entirely autonomously, and also be available as a file sharing FTP server. It's still an idea I have, and would probably be Raspberry Pi built these days - but in the era of music streaming, it feels like a less and less needed project.

3/20/2023 1:17 pm |
Tags: unix, music, technology
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20 Years Since the US Invaded Iraq (npr.org)

I was wondering why my RSS feed was besieged by Iraq retrospectives and I finally learned it was because today is the 20th anniversary of the invasion.

We were sold lies in the name of national security. We toppled a tyrant under these falsehoods. And it was only the beginning of our prolonged presence in the middle east to secure our access to oil and in the name of freedom.

3/20/2023 10:27 am |
Tags: us military, iraq, war on terror, saddam hussein
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Monday morning rolling start

Overall we kept it a fairly quiet weekend. Friday night was spent hanging out with friends, but after that Katie's cold reared up and so it was a fairly chill weekend. Saturday we were supposed to go to a Sounders game (which they ended up drawing) but with Katie not feeling well we decided to stay home. Sunday we mainly binged ABC's Will Trent, which features a dyslexic detective and I gave Elwood a much needed bath.

Now it's back to work for another week. This Monday morning is serenaded by the best of Led Zeppelin after I had Immigrant Song in my head.

3/20/2023 9:17 am |
Tags: life, musing, monday
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March 19th, 2023

Automated Archives for March, 19th 2023

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Chess For the Day

Record: 3-0-0
Net Elo Change: +19

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3/19/2023 10:45 pm |
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March 18th, 2023

Automated Archives for March, 18th 2023

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Chess For the Day

Record: 1-0-0
Net Elo Change: +6

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Blog Posts On This Day

3/18/2023 10:45 pm |
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Mark Rober on drone deliveries (youtube.com)

What a cool bit of technology in this video. I loved seeing how Zipline does it in Rwanda, and while I'm more dubious of the technology for home deliveries in urban and suburban environments - I still think the technology is awesome.

Also, I appreciate him making sure to delve into Rwanda more as a country.

3/18/2023 9:26 am |
Tags: gadgets, mark rober, rwanda, technology, drones
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March 17th, 2023

Automated Archives for March, 17th 2023

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Chess For the Day

Record: 2-0-2
Net Elo Change: -1

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3/17/2023 10:45 pm |
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March 16th, 2023

Automated Archives for March, 16th 2023

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Chess For the Day

Record: 2-0-4
Net Elo Change: -11

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3/16/2023 10:45 pm |
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Important lesson today. If you're going to get pizza from Costco, phone the call in as you're shopping and don't order it at the kiosk after you check out.

3/16/2023 8:17 pm |
Tags: costco, pizza
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This morning's soundtrack (youtube.com)

I've been a long time fan of this channel on YouTube. I love listening to the foreign music because, first, it's usually fantastic. And second, being non-English, it helps me not get distracted by the music.

3/16/2023 9:41 am |
Tags: music, japan, vinyl
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I learned how to use ffmpeg last night to rotate videos from the terminal. Going to be a big help going forward rather than having to wrestle with VLC's convert functionality.

3/16/2023 7:18 am |
Tags: linux, ffmpeg, programming
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March 15th, 2023

Automated Archives for March, 15th 2023

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Chess For the Day

Record: 1-1-5
Net Elo Change: -10

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3/15/2023 10:45 pm |
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March 14th, 2023

Automated Archives for March, 14th 2023

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Chess For the Day

Record: 5-0-4
Net Elo Change: +7

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3/14/2023 10:45 pm |
Tags: automated, chess
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