http://www.digitalmustache.com One more robot learns to be something more than a machine... Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:07:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Earlier this week I was listening to episode #154 of the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast. I believe it was Dr. Dean Edell that said he likes to ask the following question when people claim to be open-minded about a specific topic: What evidence could I present to you that ... http://www.digitalmustache.com/2008/07/24/open-mindedness/ I've had a hell of a time blogging from my iPhone in the past. That's all changed with the release of WordPress for iPhone! This entire post, with the exception of adding the hyperlink, was created with WordPress for iPhone. The photo feature is very nice, allowing you to add photos ... http://www.digitalmustache.com/2008/07/23/wordpress-for-iphone/ Last night Zeke and I watched a stand-up comedy act called The Amazing Johnathan: Wrong On Every Level. I loved it, but Zeke slept through the whole thing. In a few words I'd describe it as a comedic magic show. I guess he's been around for a ... http://www.digitalmustache.com/2008/05/11/hilarious-comedy-routine/ I've tried a number of third-party firmwares for my Linksys WRT54GS router, however I find myself extremely satisfied with one in particular: Tomato. I just upgraded to the latest version and once again I was reminded of how wonderful this software is. Just like the other third-party ... http://www.digitalmustache.com/2008/04/24/bloody-or-tomato-y-brilliant-firmware/ Here's a little something for Darwin Day. That's right, Charles Darwin was born 199 years ago today. For quite awhile I've wanted to develop an evolution simulator. The problem is that there would be so much involved in this, it'd be nearly impossible for me. I try to ... http://www.digitalmustache.com/2008/02/12/lets-simulate-some-biological-evolution/ For the large number of people that use iTunes as a media library, I'm baffled to hear how few people actually use the rating feature. To help people see the benefit, I thought I'd write a little on how I've implemented smart playlists, many of which are based on ratings. ... http://www.digitalmustache.com/2008/01/30/itunes-ratings-and-smart-playlists/ Last summer, I setup my HP DeskJet 930C printer to my linux server running Fedora 7. I used the included CUPS server to share the printer with the rest of my network, including a Windows XP box, and two Macs running Leopard. It was working great until a few ... http://www.digitalmustache.com/2008/01/24/fedora-printing-and-hplip/