Excessive damages

I read that Jammie Thomas has appealed against the punishment (a $220,000 fine) in her case vs. Sony BMG, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings Inc., Capitol Records Inc. and Warner Bros. Records Inc. It seems to me there is a simple way to compute the actual damages in this case: simply do the… Continue reading Excessive damages

In Rainbows

So, not only did the site get severely overloaded the first couple of days it was up (never saw that one coming!), but they appear to have hired a 13 year-old myspace aficionado to design the thing. Honestly, life’s too short to waste time on this. I think I have all the music I’ll need… Continue reading In Rainbows

Building a MAME cabinet 12

Today I got to work with the ledger boards which will support the monitor shelf and the various panels. To avoid external screw holes, I’m pre-drilling countersink holes on the ledgers from the inside. The first thing I did today was mark all the way around the side 1 1/4″ in from the edge. This… Continue reading Building a MAME cabinet 12

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Building a MAME cabinet 11

Another weekend, another bit of work on the old cabinet. It’s starting to come together now. I popped over to Home Depot to pick up another ply blade for the saw, a couple of jigsaw blades to replace the one I’d snapped, and some 1″x2″ oak for ledger boards. At least, I thought it was… Continue reading Building a MAME cabinet 11

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That’s my boy!

This morning, mini-Elbeno decided to look at one of Daddy’s books.

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Webular lisp

I’ve decided to pick up the reins of lisp again and see if I can’t make some lispy web goodness. So to that end, I installed apache2, mod_lisp2, and did an asdf-install of cl-modlisp tonight. It seems to be correctly installed: next step is to go back to Practical Common Lisp et al and refresh… Continue reading Webular lisp

Building a MAME cabinet 10

Today I did some more work on the cabinet. Little by little, it’s progressing. I figure the trick is just to keep at it. So I tackled the somewhat daunting task of routing a 3/4″ groove at the base of the sides to slot the cabinet base into. I had some trouble attaching the router… Continue reading Building a MAME cabinet 10

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Projects update

This morning I did a bit more work on the MAME cabinet. It’s coming along slowly. I now have both sides cut out (and they match each other!) and the slots cut for the t-molding, which I received in the week. The slot cutter bit was too big to fit through my router’s base, so… Continue reading Projects update

IF Comp so far…

Rated: 9 Completed: 1 Still trying to complete: 3 Bugs found: 3

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