I tried this once and could barely stay horizontal.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Dan Savage tells Good Christians to Refocus Their Efforts
I'm sure this won't be the first time I post a Dan Savage link, but it happens to tie into many of my interests. Basically, he explains that whenever he criticizes fundamentalist Christians, he received hushed assurances from moderate Christians that they are not all anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-contraception, etc. And to them Dan says, "Tell that to the fundamentalists!"
His point being that it's the inaction of rational religious people to speak out against the zealots that has allowed those hate-mongerers to become the spokespeople for all religion. What a stud.
His point being that it's the inaction of rational religious people to speak out against the zealots that has allowed those hate-mongerers to become the spokespeople for all religion. What a stud.
Free Noir Fiction!
As a Raymond Chandler fan, this caught my eye: Rockstar Games is distributing a digital short story collection that ties into L.A. Noire, their stylized uber-violent action adventure video game. The best part is it's free and I just happen to be going on a little vacation and could use some reading material that won't tax my brain too much.
They nabbed some respectable writers for the task including Andrew Vachss and Joyce Carol Oates. If it's amazing, I'll report back.
They nabbed some respectable writers for the task including Andrew Vachss and Joyce Carol Oates. If it's amazing, I'll report back.
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Flying High
David Windestål is a young Swedish engineer whose hobby is remote control flight. He's part of is a growing Internet subculture that integrates conventional R/C technology and off-the-shelf video technology with the open source movement. Just do a search for "open source" and helicopter and you'll see what I mean.
Windestål shares all his projects online where he not only posts videos of his endeavors but also all his plans and step-by-step instructions. It's all completely beyond me but the openness of his posts gives me the illusion that I could do it myself. After all, the arms of his copters are made of wood and he soldered all the circuitry himself.
But if you have a grand or so to spare, a solid concept of electronics and programming, and several hours to spare, you can make your own POV tricopter that will shoot in HD. Need proof?
Windestål shares all his projects online where he not only posts videos of his endeavors but also all his plans and step-by-step instructions. It's all completely beyond me but the openness of his posts gives me the illusion that I could do it myself. After all, the arms of his copters are made of wood and he soldered all the circuitry himself.
But if you have a grand or so to spare, a solid concept of electronics and programming, and several hours to spare, you can make your own POV tricopter that will shoot in HD. Need proof?
Reboot
So it's been five and a half years since I've posted on this blog. Originally it was meant to be forum for my brilliant thoughts and analyses but it turns out I don't have much to say. But it turns out I'm good at discovering amusing things and occasionally I have insights that might not be brilliant but won't fit into a 140 character tweet.
With that in mind, I decided to use this space to rant, pontificate and pass on nuggets of information in dribs and drabs if only as a digital scrapbook for myself. If anyone else finds it amusing, yippee. First post of the new Marty Report to follow toot sweet.
With that in mind, I decided to use this space to rant, pontificate and pass on nuggets of information in dribs and drabs if only as a digital scrapbook for myself. If anyone else finds it amusing, yippee. First post of the new Marty Report to follow toot sweet.
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