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Forza Motorsport 4 Forza 3 and my first shifter approach In my previous post , I discussed my dissatisfaction with Forza Motorsport 3 and the SST Lightning shifter I modified to work with it. I was always aware that my original circuit design was less...
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History Some of you may remember that when Forza Motorsport 3 came out, I built up a pretty elaborate rig to use with the game. Features included: A full steel frame cockpit by Obutto High end steering wheel and pedals from Fanatec Anywhere from 3 to...
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These cufflinks look amazing. Basically the breathing suspend lighting pattern in a CNC machined aluminum cufflink. Am I a fanboy for wanting them? http://www.adafruit.com/products/379...
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While you're all waiting to get your new iPad's (I am too!), you might be struggling with the idea of what color to get. Contrary to what you might think, it's not just personal preference. There are real functional differences between the...
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So let's say you just bought some sort of new Boxee box or Apple TV , and you have a lot of videos you want to watch on them. You need to process those videos into a device friendly format, and you’re thinking about building or buying a dedicated...
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AMC has a massive ratings hit on their hands. It's definitely well deserved. The show itself is uncomfortable and bleak, just like you expect life in the zombie apocalypse to be. It takes its subject matter seriously, unlike so many of its campy brethren....
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Stereoscopic 3D is a great technology, even with all of the inherent flaws and glitches that exist in today's implementations. But while movies are the main way most people are finding out about three dimensional viewing, in reality, gaming is a much...
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We all know what stereoscopic 3D should look and behave like ... we see it every day. Unfortunately, this isn't how stereoscopic 3D behaves in the home today. Here's a list of ways where the idea doesn't quite match up with reality. Color...
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There are many different ways to individually send an image to each of your eyes. We talk about the different technologies that exist below. Active shutter In combination with a pair of powered glasses, these displays work by switching very rapidly between...
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I first got into the whole idea of stereoscopic 3D in the home when nVidia announced their 3D Vision technology back at the beginning of 2009. I actually built a high end gaming rig and bought the special monitor and glasses just to see what it was all...
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I attended a talk today by Tony Hsieh of Zappos fame. He's out plugging his new book " Delivering Happiness ". Thankfully, rather than this being a generic leadership talk, I found myself pleasantly surprised at the amount of research that...
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Prior to picking up the Boxster as a real track car, I built a pretty cool setup for sim racing. I settled on using Forza Motorsport 3 with multiple Xbox 360's. This game is neat in that it supports multiple monitors for a panoramic view. In conjunction...
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I stood in line for 13 hours to get the iPhone 4. That was an interesting experience, to say the least ... I'll save that for a later post. My opinion of the iPhone is that the product really came together with the 3GS. The original iPhone was a revolution...
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Intro A few months ago, I decided that I would attend a track day. The story of all the stuff I had to do to finally end up at the track is another story ... this blog post is going to be about my actual track day experience this weekend. First of all,...
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For those of you still living in caves, Apple released its iPad last week. My original opinion of the iPad, upon hearing of the announcement, was that I absolutely did not want one. I have plenty of experience with Tablet PC's and I did not see any...
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Freakonomics was an entertaining book of the Malcolm Gladwell variety ... unintended consequences of decisions that were borne out by careful statistics gathering made for a quick, interesting, and ultimately, very successful read. Some years later, we've...
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On the way back from Houston last week, I dug into The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin. Josh was a remarkably gifted former chess wunderkind in his youth whose exploits were chronicled in the movie " Searching for Bobby Fischer ". In an unusual...
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Let me just say this up front. I love sleep. Not too much, not too little. Just a good eight hours of sleep a day. I don't like forcing myself awake and it really hurts when I do it. But let's get to the point. Sleep is important. And you've...
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So, I finally managed to tear through another book. The one is called " Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life ", and it's written by Neil Strauss. The book chronicles one author's quest to be able to survive in case the system breaks...
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Last Wednesday, some folks from my team went to a self funded offsite. The activity? Go-kart racing. As I drove up to the location, I noted that the building was a large warehouse like affair. Indoors? Interesting. As we walked in, it was obvious that...
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In non tech related matters, I got a chance last week to try a quirky little food that I've had my eye on for years. The miracle fruit (see the Wikipedia page ) was discovered (by Europeans, god bless our Euro-centric culture) in 1725 when an explorer...
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I really don't need another one, but at these prices, it sort of made sense. Since TV is sort of a background activity for me, it's nice to be able to surf the web or look up things that pop into my head while I watch the tube. It's also not...
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I'm writing this from Squaw Valley in Tahoe, where there's a bit of a snowstorm going. I can basically count the number of times that I've gone skiing on one hand. The first was a week long ski trip in high school. The second was a single...
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I don't generally believe in New Year's resolutions, but starting off the year did remind me that there were quite a few todos on my list that I haven't done anything with recently. So I went ahead and decided to kick myself in the ass on...
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I recently surveyed several friends to see whether they were maxing out their 401K's. To my surprise, many of them weren't. In fact, from general experience a lot of people ignore this seemingly no brainer piece of money management. In short,...
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