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Hey makers! Check out the FlyCamOne2!

Remember the Neuros Recorder2, the tiny MPEG4 recorder I’ve raved about?

Old and busted! The new hotness is the FlyCamOne2. It is a gadget with 640×480 video and audio recording, built-in camera, and an infrared motion sensor. It records straight to an SD card. Heck, it even charges from a USB port! And the whole thing is just 100 bucks!

This thing might be small enough to mount on my mythical weather balloon project.

Update: Nevermind….the FlyCamOne2 is old and busted, too. That didn’t take long. The new hotness is the Oregon Scientific Action Cam, which apparently has better video (and the upcoming 3K release supports 4GB SD cards). The 2K model can be had for $92 at Circuit City.

Check out the videos [warning: self-playing flash] from the ATC 2K, including this cool model rocket video.

Newly-discovered planets

I’m always amazed when our scientists discover extra-solar planets, such as the one announced yesterday. Just a few years ago these kinds of discoveries were unheard of. I’m fascinated at how science can pick out these tiny specks orbiting stars that are light-years away.

On a related note, I’ve been unable to find a website listing of all discovered planets. NASA doesn’t seem to have a page, and the various universities and researchers tend to put out press releases with their announcements but don’t seem to collect them anywhere.

Anyone have a good resource showing all the known planets?

Update: Thanks to Wikipedia, I found exactly what I’m looking for: NASA’s PlanetQuest! PlanetQuest even has a widget for your desktop showing the latest planet count. Cool!

We’re up to 292 exoplanets now, for those of you keeping score.

Mexican Radio

What does he say? Watch their awesome video, which still rocks after 25 (!) years.

Mexican Radio
Wall of Voodoo

I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
And the touch of a world that is older
I turn the switch and check the number
I leave it on when in bed I slumber
I hear the rhythms of the music
I buy the product and never use it
I hear the talking of the DJ
Can’t understand just what does he say?
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I Can’t Watch This

Inspired by my MythTV tinkering…

I Can’t Watch This
Weird Al Yankovic

I can’t watch this. I can’t watch this
I can’t watch this. I can’t watch this

My my my my TV makes me so bored
Makes me say, oh my lord
What is this garbage here?
Wanna cover my eyes and plug my ears
It sucks, and that’s no lie
It’s about as much fun as watching paint dry
Lowers my IQ one notch
And that’s the reason why, uh, I can’t watch
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They call him Bruce?

I headed home from work early yesterday, not because of some emergency, but so my wife could spend the evening with some guy from New Jersey. Name is Bruce something.

At least she called from the show and shared some music with me. Here’s the set list from the show, too.

Romantica Redux

Our friends, the band Romantica, are back in town tonight and playing at the Berkeley Cafe. We thought we might play host to them again but they’ve upgraded their accommodations since last time. I’m told their crowds have gotten ten times bigger since they’ve been touring. Not too shabby.

If you’ve got the evening free, swing on by the Berkeley and check ’em out. See you there!

Snakes in the Grass

I bought The Essex Green’s Cannibal Sea CD from Durham’s Merge Records. It is awesome.

Snakes in the Grass
The Essex Green

Two feet caught in the shadows, caught in the shadow show
(please tell me what is going on)
Oh, I can’t, it’s nothing I’ve known

Signing shapes in the moonlight, keeping the laughter low
(please tell me what is going on)

Oh, I can’t, it’s convoluted
A change of mind today for certain
I know the book, I think I wrote it
The author’s dead, it’s Fiction 101
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