Friday March 21st in Atlanta.

Outerz0ne 4 | This might be habit forming...

I love arxiv. This is a blog that sort of treats arxiv like a journal club.

--timball

the physics arXiv blog

AOYUE 968
Microprocessor Controlled ESD safe unit

* Three in One repairing station the combines Hot Air Rework Gun with a Soldering Iron and a Smoke Absorber for a health environment.

* Maintains a constant set temperature when the set and the value is reached.

* All Digital display of actual and set temperature with touch control on the front panel.

* Built in Air Flow gauge and knob adjustment for the air flow

* Programmed with error reporting function that detects any problem with the station and alerts the user.

* Soldering Iron has typical knob temperature adjustment for ease of use.

* Auto cool-off process that leaves the blower on until the nozzle is cool, this prolongs life of the heating element and to ensure safety.

* Built-in smoke extractor that absorbs fumes right at the source, eliminating the need for space consuming exhaust fans.
bullet Compatible with many nozzle types and soldering tips.

I just bought a new soldering station... No, it's not over the top. SRA is the US reseller. AOYUE's 968 webpage.

--timball

AOYUE 968

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself.

zotero is the better bookmarking system for anyone doing research. If you're a grad student or academic you should install this plug-in now.

--timball

Zotero: The Next-Generation Research Tool

What is EOL?

Welcome to the first release of the Encyclopedia of Life portal. This is the very beginning of our exciting journey to document all species of life on Earth.

Comprehensive, collaborative, ever-growing, and personalized, the Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about all life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Our goals are to:

* Create a constantly evolving encyclopedia that lives on the Internet, with contributions from scientists and amateurs alike.
* Transform the science of biology, and inspire a new generation of scientists, by aggregating virtually all known data about every living species.
* Engage a wide audience of schoolchildren, educators, citizen scientists, academics and those who are just curious about Earth s species.
* Increase our collective understanding of life on Earth, and safeguard the richest possible spectrum of biodiversity.

Yeah this is nifty.

--timball

Encyclopedia of Life

Welcome to the original bartender's guide. This book was first written and published by Jerry Thomas (1825-1885) in 1862. This the original guide on mixed drinks and bartenders reference. This book is a vast resource for making drinks, at least in the 1800's. However, many of the methods and cocktails are as valuable today as they were back then.

This book is over 118 years old and the copyright have long since expired. This means it can be legally published without any legal encumberment. This is such a valuable resource for bartenders that it should be publicly available, since finding original copies is very difficult.

The online version of this book has been divided into 84 pages. A full index of the book is currently being developed, but the book can be browsed using the links on the left hand side or by the back and next links on each page. Each page has a four to eight drinks, so the links do not describe every drink on every page. Please refer to the Index.

In the future a fully searchable version of this book will be published. Please feel free to browse this book and share it with anyone who would be interested. Or, if you are looking for modern cocktails, mixed drinks or commentary on the latest spirit, please visit the Art of Drink weblog.

Public Domain Mix-o-logy. The Jerry Thomas was the definitive bar book of it's time. Be sure to check out his recipes for various flips.

--timball

Jerry Thomas :: How to Mix Drinks (A Bartender's Guide)

General

* Myths related to bit budget
* Special codes for captions and descriptions

Speed

* Bitrates
* How fast can subpictures be displayed?

Subpictures

* Run-length encoding; subpicture data size
* Encoded picture lines
* Screen area
* Colour
* Aspect ratios

Audio
Nothing as yet. Mostly covered in Speed.

This is a long webpage about the finer parts of dvd authoring. Quick summary: "It's not easy."

--timball

Finer points in DVD accessibility capabilities (Joe Clark: Media Access)

This site hosts this video to explain the launch of two exploratory projects — first, a Change Congress movement, and second, my own decision whether to run for Congress in the California 12th.

I have decided I want to give as much energy as I can to the Change Congress movement. I will decide in the next week or so whether it makes sense to advance that movement by running for Congress.

Many friends have weighed in on that decision — both strongly in favor and strongly opposed. Many more have joined draftlessig.org and a Facebook group asking me to consider it.

Watch or listen and you will understand some of my reasoning. Feel free to send your thoughts or advice to lessig@lessig08.org (though please excuse any slowness in my response).

— Larry Lessig, February 19, 2008

Professor Lessig is running for Tom Lantos's seat (CA-12).

Oh. Hell. Yes.

--timball

Lessig '08 - Change Congress.

The HCFR Colormeter is the result of a collective development effort, driven by some passionate persons of HCFR forums...

Everything starts by a forum subject Build your own colormeter in the DIY forum. Alec, Emmanuel, Georges, Michel Mlill and others elaborates the first bases of reflections.

DIY colormeter software. Even better! they have plans to build your own color meter probe: http://www.homecinema-fr.com/colorimetre/sonde.php

Their software works w/ Pantone Eye-One which is on amazon for $140.

Be sure to also check out: http://www.w6rz.net/ for your HD patterns.

--timball

HCFR Colormeter

Below you'll find the settings we found best for viewing the Sharp LC-52D64U in a completely dark room via the HDMI input with a 1080i source. Your settings may very depending on source, room conditions, and personal preference.

Picture menu

OPC: Off

Backlight: -10

Contrast: 34

Brightness: -10

Color: 1

Tint: 0

Sharpness: -10

Advanced

Color Temp: Low

Black: Off

Fine Motion Advanced: On

Monochrome: Off

Film mode: On

Range of OPC: N/A

I'm not saying I bought a new LCD HDTV, but if I did I would use these settings w/ it.

--timball

Sharp LC-52D64U Tips. Flat-panel TVs tips, tricks, and how-to's at CNET.