Archive for March, 2006

links for 2006-03-31

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Smart Clients: Craft A Rich UI For Your .NET App With Enhanced Windows Forms Support — MSDN Magazine, Visual Studio 2005 Guided Tour
A very good rundown of much of the new functionality in .net 2.0 for windows forms
(tags: windows .net microsoft programming)

links for 2006-03-30

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

Peak SPL Calculator
Very cool little js page to calculated volume in dB for various sound system configurations
(tags: av reference)

Commerce Camp PLUNDERDOME

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

I’ve put together a little drupal site for my theme camp at PDF, Commerce Camp PLUNDERDOME. Two men enter, one man leaves. Then the other man leaves.

Treehugger: New Organic Vodka Coming Soon

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

Treehugger reports on a new New Organic Vodka that should be hitting the shelves soon. It’ll be rough, but I think I’ll do my civic duty and buy some of this. You know, for the good of the planet, and science!

Solar Powered LED Water Bottle

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

SolLight’s LightCap, a solar powered LED water bottle seems like just about the ideal playa solution. It’s a 32oz water bottle with a solar panel on top of the lid, and LEDs beneath it.
Carry two of these with you and it’s a liter of water, which is just about right for an outing, or […]

links for 2006-03-22

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Mule Lighting - LED-Flex Neon Replacement
Very useful for Burning Man, or anywhere else you need the look of neon but don’t have much power to spare. Not exactly sure how it’s different than EL-wire, but it seems to imply that the strands are gigantic.

Philips Research Press Releases - Philips develops a woodstove that saves lives and preserves energy resources

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

It looks like Philips has developed a uniquely awesome woodstove for poor and rural communities. It’s basically a simple wood burning stove, but there’s an electric generator that turns the heat into electricity to spin a small fan. This fan then controls the burn for massively increased efficiency which saves wood and […]

links for 2006-03-10

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Tons of Great Pirate Stuff
Arrrr! Cheap plastic piratey crap ahoy!
(tags: shopping pirates)

links for 2006-03-08

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

The Big Dummies Guide to Setting up your SharePoint Virtual Development Environment
Looks like a decent step-by-step guide.
(tags: .net development sharepoint)

Followup on Setting up your Development Environment
Info on setting up web parts.
(tags: .net development sharepoint)

Regarding my Impending Monkhood

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

So, as I’m becoming more and more an actual adult, I’m starting to think a lot about money. Specifically, about how ridiculously irresponsible I am with it. I have a sizeable disposable income right now, which is awesome. I get to buy fancy organic veggies at whole foods, shiny new gadgets, expensive […]