Random Ruminations: Linkfest

Random Ruminations

Posted Sat Apr 19, 2008 in Links

Hmm… Interesting… My weekly link-list (or remainders) is morphing into a set of mini-opinions/reviews/whatever. I didn’t expect this.

A Blu-Ray writer for OS X is a suitable object of lust. The price is currently quite steep — $730. Ouch.

I started wondering about modeling groundwater-surfacewater interactions more than a decade ago. I got so far as to map how such a model should be developed to incorporate appropriate feedback between the two different mechanics. USGS recently announced a new model.

I’m not using my iPhone the way it was designed. I’m using it as a PDA. I haven’t used the iPod capability much at all. However, this bit of video is an excellent introduction to hosting a number of different formats on the iPhone. I think this will work for me. My media server is my home desktop Mac. My working machine is my MacBook Pro. I can synchronize both to my iPhone, once I construct the appropriate playlists. Now I can have a few images of my kids/grandkids on my iPhone (grandparent alert!) as well as some tunes and podcasts (and maybe a video or two). Cool.

BMW does some interesting motorcycles. This one is something completely different.

For something completely different, how about an article on the presidential candidates’ positions on environmental issues?

I was reminded of the old Is Hell Endothermic or Exothermic? hack the other day. It’s a funny play that reminded me of the proof that 0=1. I should have done that to my students over the years… but I didn’t.

Texas Tech University is reviewing faculty workloads (here and here). I haven’t tracked everything about this, but I can imagine the faculty are quite upset.

I gotta say that I have always thought that soaring would be the neatest sensation. Go for it!!

— Dazed n Confused 21 April 2008, 05:10 #
Wife said “no.” Young Son, on the other hand, paused to think about it for awhile. I think he might go along for the ride. The ride over Emerald Bay and then the glide home could be a lot of fun… and it might provide some excellent photo-ops!

— ruminator 21 April 2008, 05:21 #