Internet of Blinkenlights version 0.2

It’s been a while since I’ve been playing with my Internet of Things aspiration, a box that makes it possible for me to control my curtains from the comfort of my bed.  In addition, I want to collect sensor data (temperature, humidity, light) and send it all to a command center.  Preferably, I want to […]

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Insanely Large Numbers

Let’s talk about large numbers, why don’t we? Have you ever thought of what the largest number is? 7?  19?  21 perhaps?  The computer scientists might smugly insist on 1 and a couple nerds out there will try to say 42 while laughing at themselves and thinking to themselves how clever they are for out-nerding […]

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Britney Spears Treasure Hunt

Thursday morning, I did what any sane person would do: I went to the Britney Spears online store and ordered a bunch of stuff.  Because that’s how I roll.  And they have free magnets on orders over $50. I’ve done that before, to the tune that I have literally hundreds of Britney Spears t-shirts.  Literally […]

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Your Political Ideology is a Religion

I was contemplating a more trolling headline like “socialism is religion” or  “liberalism is religion,” but realized it was too click-baity and I couldn’t be bothered to make two copies of the post with each headline to really reel in those sweet sweet clicks.  Just imagine it says something really offensive to you. Long ago, I […]

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