Category Archives: Other

Stuff that doesn’t fit into “other” categories… or does it?

Inspirational Passage

Posted on 10/25/2011 by Ziggy

Frederic Bastiat quote from Economic Harmonies: “And what element of progress is there in the world whose beneficial action has not been marred, particularly at the beginning, by much suffering and hardship? Our great urban masses of human beings stimulate … Continue reading →

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Bastiat Describes a Nation

Posted on 10/6/2011 by Ziggy

Keep in mind, this passage was written 150 years ago. The ever relevant Frederic Bastiat: It is quite common, however, to attribute to capital a kind of deadly efficiency that would implant selfishness, hardness, and Machiavellian duplicity in the hearts … Continue reading →

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Lasers: a retrospective

Posted on 9/15/2011 by Ziggy

So, it turns out that 8 watts is a lot of laser. Since it is all focused on a spot only 50 um wide, this comes out to about 4 GW/m^2.  That’s about four million times brighter than the Sun (at … Continue reading →

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Lasers

Posted on 8/16/2011 by Ziggy

We have a laser at work for evaluation. The output is 8 Watts of 532 nm coherent collimated light (this is a lot of energy, it can easily vaporize metal). It’s only going to be here for the next couple … Continue reading →

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Vroom ma’h Motorcycle

Posted on 8/8/2011 by Ziggy

Closing at forty MPH, I have a choice to make. Driving a car, you just slow down when the guy in front of you does. I don’t like to slow down. I stomp on the gear shift instead of the break, … Continue reading →

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Dinas Dwr

Posted on 6/3/2011 by Ziggy

So I’ve wanted to live on the ocean for a while now. The reasons are complicated, but it involves adventure, freedom, opportunity, ingenuity, and a bit of the “pioneer spirit.” Anyway, I put up a site, www.dinasdwr.com that has some … Continue reading →

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Minecraft Videos

Posted on 4/27/2011 by Ziggy

They have been around for a while, but I made some videos (just like everyone else) of playing Minecraft (also just like everyone else) and put them on Youtube (you see where this is going). Tada! I’ve tried to keep … Continue reading →

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I’m better than you

Posted on 4/12/2011 by Ziggy

I feel like this a lot. It’s not that I’m jealous of skillful people. It’s just intimidating to find someone else so much better than me. Especially when I thought I was pretty good to begin with. Okay, maybe I’m … Continue reading →

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Dear Amsterdam

Posted on 4/7/2011 by Ziggy

Dear Amsterdam, Why are you always browsing my image gallery? It seems like half the time I hunt down the IPA of someone on my CG image gallery, it’s you! All I can say is someone served by the “RIPE Network … Continue reading →

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Growing and Hunting

Posted on 3/30/2011 by Ziggy

So I’ve had this idea in my head for a while, figured I’d get it out there. It’s not as if anyone reads this blog anyway (sorry Dan). Essentially it’s an extended metaphor of diet and desire.  I think the following … Continue reading →

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