http://www.mccambridge.org/blog Thoughts, Projects, Happenings, Ideas Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:44:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So sometime back around 2004, AOL first came out with the ability to forward instant messages to your cellphone when you were signed off of your computer or marked as away.  This seemed pretty cool, at first, because the cellphone I had just gotten at the time could receive unlimited ... http://www.mccambridge.org/blog/2008/11/when-old-technologies-keep-on-working/ After several failed attempts and a fair bit of searching, we finally found them. Prost! http://www.mccambridge.org/blog/2008/11/40-oz-beverages/ Dear { Relationship }, { Emotion } on the recent { victory | loss } for { Addressee's Political Party } in the 2008 American general election.  I hope the long road to this { extreme adjective } night has been a fulfilling experience for you, as you told off those { derogatory adjective ... http://www.mccambridge.org/blog/2008/11/madlibs-for-a-world-gone-mad/ It feels a fair bit like this, here. ...it's an enabling cultural climate for socially inept people. So if you come here and you have any germ of antisociality, it will, like moss, take hold and flourish. I gotta work on that. http://www.mccambridge.org/blog/2008/10/yeah/ Being at the Dennys in Wenatchee, WA reminds Jeni and I that I need to get my LiveTrip map working again... http://www.mccambridge.org/blog/2008/10/being-at-the-dennys-in/ So usually I'm more of an anti-squash guy, but Jeni made this spaghetti squash tonight, and it's actually pretty awesome. It tastes just like spaghetti, but a slight bit sweeter- we ate it with pasta sauce and also pesto. Good with both. Basic preparation steps: Buy ... http://www.mccambridge.org/blog/2008/10/spaghetti-squash/ I saw a post at Schneier on Security this evening that I wanted to highlight.  In light of the Palin email hack incident, Bruce Schneier discusses the "extra security questions" that various websites will ask you to verify your identity in case you've lost your password.  You've seen these: the ... http://www.mccambridge.org/blog/2008/09/a-note-about-security-questions/ I learned this the hard way yesterday. (Namely by running around the building borrowing parts from co-workers and trying various combinations until finally hitting on the solution...): When kernel debugging (KD or WinDbg) over Firewire (IEEE 1394), it is essential to have a high-quality cable.  The cable should not be any ... http://www.mccambridge.org/blog/2008/09/kernel-debugging-tip/ So it's been over a month now: I seriously need to finish up my narrative of Jared and my trip out west... Day 8 was our last in Wyoming, but we made the most of it.  After waking up to our final "Super Start" breakfast at Jared's dreaded West Yellowstone Super-8-without-a-pool, ... http://www.mccambridge.org/blog/2008/09/yellowstone-trip-day-8-the-grand-tetons/ Sad day. Electronics from freshman year of college have finally given up the ghost... the Creative DDTS-100 was a pretty awesome little device: It was essentially a multiplexer / digital multichannel decoder for powered speakers, such as what you would buy for a PC. Think mini-receiver with no amplifiers.  Nate ... http://www.mccambridge.org/blog/2008/08/rip-creative-ddts-100/