Thursday, April 2nd 2009 right after the last day of tech, the final dress, for the spring dance concert 2009 edition. It was a very surreal and out of the ordinary moment in the beautiful C-VILLE.
A Quick Fix for the Garmin Nuvi 350
January 27, 2009 – 8:41 am
After updating my garmin to the latest software/firmware, the Nuvi 350 couldn’t acquire any satellites signals. I googled and found a trick. Here are the steps that I took.
1- Start by powering off the unit
2- Make sure the antenna is in the open position
3- Press the bottom left screen while holding the power button to turn the unit on
4- When ask if you are sure to enter Maintenance mode, say Yes
5- Select diagnostics
6- On the diagnostics page, select the reset button, clear error report
7- Restart the unit
While I was still in maintenance mode, browsing for the options, it found a fix to the satellites. There you go, now that I know about the maintenance mode, I hope that searching for the satellites will finally get easier and faster. Might be dreaming but we never know…
Make Video about LEDs
January 8, 2009 – 6:32 am
MAKE presents: The LED from make magazine on Vimeo.
A cool, well produced and short video about a bit of the history of LEDs created by Make. It’s worth your time!
Books I Received, Hacking in Progress
December 29, 2008 – 10:17 am
Here is what I have received and which I plan on playing around with. I got 3 books that I’m really happy about. I received Getting Started with Arduino, Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers, and Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects.
I can’t wait to read them and to start hacking away. I have no experience in doing this kinda of stuff. I really hope they will help as I want to learn more about movement vs computer, how to make things talk to each other basically. Hopefully I’ll be able to post more updates along the way.
Viral Marketing at the Death Star Germany
December 19, 2008 – 12:09 pm
Enough of this mumbo jumbo, this is just too funny!
See The World’s Public Photography Archives Online
December 17, 2008 – 10:53 am
Did you ever though that an archive of photography would be available on Flickr? Well, I didn’t.
The key goals of The Commons on Flickr are to firstly show you hidden treasures in the world’s public photography archives, and secondly to show how your input and knowledge can help make these collections even richer.
You’re invited to help describe the photographs you discover in The Commons on Flickr, either by adding tags or leaving comments.*
It’s an archive that I wasn’t aware of and it beats going to the library to look for imagery. You can search images from the tags. It would be nice if the tags were more descriptive of the images but I’m sure we can find what we are looking for after going through some of them. It’s a great tool to know about!
Helvetireader
November 27, 2008 – 9:30 am
Wow! How cool is this? If you weren’t completely happy with Google Reader on how the interface acted, then here is the solution, Helvetireader. I love it. The only thing that I wish they would have kept in the script is the search function. It’s possible to edit it but my brain is just not there this morning.
Tips For Coiling Cable In The Shop
November 16, 2008 – 1:04 pm
Remember how to coil cable? Here is how you should be wrapping cords and hoses. This is something that everyone that work with some sort of cable should know. There are even video that you can watch to help you master the skill. Go check it out!
XBMC Packages For Slackware
November 12, 2008 – 8:17 pm
After switching to Windows for a second, I was re-installing everything on my desktop and found the XBMC packages located here. It’s currently a build from Nov 3 with some patches involve files that aren’t in the vanilla packaging for whatever reason. After running XBMC for a couple days, it works as advertise. Now only if I could watch hulu from XBMC, I would be a happy camper. Thanks for the packages!
100 Migrations, A New Bill T Jones Project at UVA
October 26, 2008 – 9:54 am
The reason why I haven’t been active online this past couple of weeks is for a couple of reasons. A new job at UVA as the new Dance Production Coordinator, second, I will be a daddy which is the most important change. On top of this, the most time consuming reason is because of all of the above and also, Bill T Jones. I wanted to document my process through this amazing adventure but I just couldn’t find the time or maybe the energy to write anything about the project. The international dance company will be doing a week long residency at UVA. There will be a convocation of the arts at Old Cabell Hall, a symposium, master classes, a lecture/demonstration at the Paramount Theatre and finally, a performance on the South Lawn. It all started a long time ago before I was even remotely involve with the project. Fast forward to today, there are various offices ranging from Drama to Vice Provost for the Arts, Provost, Event Planning, Music, Studio Art, Vice President for Research and the list goes on all coming together to make this project a reality.
In this time of meltdown, internationally known choreographer Bill T Jones unites UVA. Wouldn’t that be great? It is a choreographer, an artist, a thinker that who can spark creativity to a community that has never been mesh together. Was there even been a convocation for the arts at UVA? No. Will there be one? Yes. When do you say?
Sunday November 9th
8PM
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia
Free and open to everyone
Tickets are available at Old Cabell Hall, Newcomb Hall, Culbreth/Drama, and the Paramount Theatre.
Many people don’t know Bill T Jones and I would stress the following, … he’s smart and an eloquent speaker. If indeed the time are of change, Bill T Jones will surely create a buzz on grounds.
Have you heard? If you haven’t I hope you will soon…
