Posts in month: December, 2004

Wohoo.. nothing but a political cartoonist stands between me and the top Ian Knox on google!

I love a good hardware hack, I mean really love it.

My Nomad Zen NX, originally holding 20GB of data has just been updated to a 40GB model with a little help from this guy and these guys. As if this wasn’t enough I found that I had killed my Li-Ion battery and had to revive it by using bare wires from an AC adaptor and some scotch tape. And to top off my evening I hacked my Koss headphones for a better fit and sound.

Thats right, just call me McGuyver.

A friend of mine pointed me to this website on building your own high quality digital projector, “Ever seen anything like this before?”, he said.

Sure, it looks like a we’ll-sell-you-some-crappy-plans-and-take-your-money scam to me, until I dug further.

Check out the pictures, these things actually work!

http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3215
http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1770

Now for the crackpot idea.. I have the big blank white wall in my apartment. Think I can rig one of these together? Yeah neither do I but it’s an interesting thought.

I’m not ususally one to regurgitate slashdot articles but this article is bloody amazing.

The concept of the machine/brain interface has fascinated me ever since I read Terminal Man by Michael Crichton. The book (like most everything Crichton writes) takes a bit of a pessimistic view towards the technology, but I personally think this kind of thing is pretty damn amazing. Imagine being able to type as fast as you can think.. imagine being able to capture a picture from a memory.

It’s a long way from the matrix but it’s still a very impressive first step.

Well I finally got sick of trying to organize my pictures manually and installed a nifty web based photo album called simply “gallery”.

There are some public albums if you really care to be a voyeur and sneak a peek at the life and times of Ian Knox, or of the Tantalus Theatre Group.

http://www.ianknox.net/stuff/gallery/

There’s nothing quite as wonderfully indulgent as spending a few hours on a sunday afternoon writing a christmas list for all the googies you imagine somehow will make your life a little better.

In this electronic age I figure Santa probably has internet access– I mean, all those kids and gifts, thats just begging for a database to keep track of them all right?

So Santa, if you or any of your elves happen to find my web site this is what you can stuff my stocking with. I’ve been a good boy, I promise.

Massaging shower head
Kitchen clock/timer
Speaker stands
Spice rack (and spices to fill it with!)
Knife Set
Duct tape wallet
New remote control for Tivo
New IR blaster for Tivo
Silverware set (enough for 4 people)
Ikea gift card
Logitech MX510 gaming mouse
Red Sox Winter Cap

A donation to the Tantalus Theatre Group You can even donate on-line