Archive for August, 2008
Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Tiki Lights: On at Sunset
One of my latest hobbies is dabbling in home automation. I mean really now — all this computing power lying around and our homes are generally about as dumb as they were in the 1950’s! There’s no reason I can’t do something about that…
On my back porch I have a lovely set of [...]
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
A Cheap and Easy Boost to Your Wifi
If you are like me, your wifi point isn’t anywhere near the center of your house. If that’s the case for you, this set of instructions will show you how to enhance your wifi range in the direction you need most for just a few cents.
You need:
aluminum foil
cardboard
a folder
a printout of a parabola
a knife [...]
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Past Future Perfect Tense
Once upon a time (in a time not so long ago), the future was viewed by many as a utopian, shining city on a hill where we were all thin, beautiful, eternally young, and at peace.
We believed that Humankind held its destiny in its own hands and would overcome the challenges facing our world through [...]
