Category Archives: Geekiness

Mapping the Sprawl

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Bone

I’ve been doing some armchair mapping of the West Shore area for OSM. The whole area is a gigantic clusterfuck of sprawling housing developments and go-nowhere roads. It’s easy to get lost in there, and have your 10 mile bike … Continue reading →

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Wikileaks Winkerdinks

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Bone

About 5 years ago, the corporate overlords at my last job asked, me to look into a content management system for the information technology department to keep its documentation. I proposed that we use a wiki. The mahogany-row big-wigs laughed … Continue reading →

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Musings on the New Kindle

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Bone

So, there’s a new Kindle out, and there’s an interview with Jeff Bezos on USA Today: Q: Why doesn’t Amazon support the popular “e-pub” standard used by your competitors and many libraries? A: We are innovating so rapidly that having … Continue reading →

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Poplar Forest in OSM

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Bone

I have noisy coworkers, and so I listen to podcasts while I’m at work to help keep my sanity. Today, I was listening to old episodes of the the Thomas Jefferson Hour. The episode I was listening to talked about … Continue reading →

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Roadster in the Park

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Bone

I had a silly idea to see what would happen if I jammed my tripod in the Carradice bag and tried to shoot some video. You end up seeing more of my butt than you probably want to, but here … Continue reading →

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