http://www.opticgait.com/about/ en-us Copyright 2005 Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:10:52 -0800 Sun, 15 May 2005 04:50:23 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.15 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The RIAA is looking for a way to dig their teeth into a software developer that wrote some software that pretty much does the same thing as hitting the 'Record' button while listening to the radio... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/08/the_riaa_mulls.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/08/the_riaa_mulls.html Rant Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:10:52 -0800 From the "Let your music player make music" department Compact Impact is selling a CD of 99 tracks with 99 scales that is meant to be played using the Random function of your CD player to create new melodies every... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/08/never_hear_the.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/08/never_hear_the.html Home Mon, 23 Aug 2004 23:04:54 -0800 You bet, everybody I know loves to hate the water in L.A. I don't know of many people that are even willing to cook with L.A. water anymore, much less drink it. Yes, it is drinkable, it won't kill you... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/08/the_water_in_la.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/08/the_water_in_la.html Home Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:54:39 -0800 About a week ago I got an email expressing a comedic appreciation for the new Jib-Jab short "This Land" that is, in brief, a comedic expression of the more personal views one might expect from Kerry and Bush. Well, the... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/08/guthrie_doesnt.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/08/guthrie_doesnt.html Rant Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:20:27 -0800 World Carfree Day(probably should be hyphenated "Car-Free") is making it's international debut this year on Sept. 22. I used to spend most of my days car-free, but now that I work 24 miles from my home it's not quite as... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/08/get_off_your_ki.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/08/get_off_your_ki.html Bike Wed, 04 Aug 2004 21:42:01 -0800 I first heard of Maya several years ago from my friend Olga. She was fascinated by it's animation capabilities and at one point wished she could spend the rest of her career working on animations of this caliber. I started... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/07/keeping_up_with.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/07/keeping_up_with.html Architecture Sun, 25 Jul 2004 00:55:44 -0800 There are Betting Lines on Britney Spears' sex life, when will she be married, get pregnant and the sex of the child. *blank stare*... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/07/sex_is_a_sport.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/07/sex_is_a_sport.html Sat, 24 Jul 2004 19:47:31 -0800 When I was in school at UF for Architecture we -- my fellow students and I -- were encouraged many times by professors to use found objects as inspirational pieces in architectural projects ranging from a cube to a police... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/07/multiple_uses_f.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/07/multiple_uses_f.html Architecture Fri, 16 Jul 2004 02:42:58 -0800 OYBike is a new service in London that allows you to borrow a bike using your cell phone as authentication. You pay a small yearly fee ~$17 and you can borrow any bike by reading a code to the service... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/07/when_bikes_meet.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/07/when_bikes_meet.html Bike Tue, 06 Jul 2004 11:03:22 -0800 The Thermochemical Joy of Cooking Myth: Storing coffee in the freezer keeps it fresh. Truth: The daily removal of java beans from the freezer causes their temperature to change. This encourages condensation which, like prolonged exposure to air, degrades the... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/06/i_will_sleep_ea.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/06/i_will_sleep_ea.html Home Sun, 27 Jun 2004 01:14:20 -0800 Ever since I was about 16 years old I have wanted to take a 6 month hiatus from life, and do a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, I used to hike a lot more and have recently replaced hiking with... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/06/2468_miles_of_p.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/06/2468_miles_of_p.html Bike Sat, 26 Jun 2004 03:46:40 -0800 Okay I have found the next level above want, it is lust, I Lust for these knives. Yes it is sick...gimme.... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/06/i_found_that_ne.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/06/i_found_that_ne.html Home Thu, 24 Jun 2004 00:52:31 -0800 I really don't need any German Goggles but for some reason I want some German Goggles. Damn those are cool. It's not like I would wear them around the street or anything, maybe I would talk myself into actually dressing... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/06/what_percentage.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/06/what_percentage.html Wed, 23 Jun 2004 23:50:36 -0800 I was reading an article about an entirely unrelated subject and visited a site that lead to a fascination. Now I have only been fascinated by these things for about five minutes, but I am enamored. I love to travel,... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/06/i_want_to_build.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/06/i_want_to_build.html Home Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:19:56 -0800 Pretty soon you will be unable to bring a deck of cards on an airplane for fear of killing a watermelon, well...Cards as Weapons is an out-of-print book by a magician that was fascinated by crimes based on wit rather... http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/06/the_new_dangers.html http://www.opticgait.com/about/archives/2004/06/the_new_dangers.html Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:07:59 -0800