The Next Gen NES HTPC with Legos


Computers

Remember when I wanted to build a NES HTPC? Me too. It was a great idea. Then I changed my mind. I decided that I’d rather go with a Raspberry Pi to power my HTPC (running OpenELEC, of course). It’s a far cheaper option and people are reporting great success with it. At first, I […]

September 11, 2012

H+


Blog

Guys, I need to share something with you. I originally saw the trailer for this a few months back and pushed it to the back burner because nothing else was out yet. And then forgot about it. Yesterday, I rediscovered it and found out that their already on episode 14 and this makes me wonder […]

September 9, 2012

Tech Tips – Subtitles


Tech Tips

School is back and it’s time to ask yourself, what kind of teacher are you going to be this year? Will you be the nice teacher that gives nothing but 12s and encouragement or will you scare your students into learning and being ready for class? Better yet, will you take the Cameron Diaz approach […]

September 7, 2012

New Profile


Blog

A few months back, I put out a request for ideas for my new profile picture. I got a few responses which were good ideas but not what I was actually looking for. I wanted grand ideas and that’s what I got but they didn’t really work in profile form. Too much space was wasted […]

September 5, 2012

Owning the First Day of School


Peace Corps

I talked to Jeramie yesterday and it sounds like she had an awful first day back at school. If not awful then at least not ideal. Apparently she had to deal with the same kinds of things we had to deal with in earlier years, but she’d thought she had helped her school past them. […]

September 4, 2012

The One Where I MacGyvered a Beard


Blog

So, I’ve been growing a beard. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time and I think it’s something everyone should try, at least to learn how your facial hair actually grows. Hell, you might end up liking it. Some of my “friends” have strongly urged me to shave it. They insist that […]

August 31, 2012

Early Train


Peace Corps

I’m in Kiev today for medical. I’ve been up since 4:00am and it’s earlier than I planned to be awake to get to Kiev. You see, it’s the end of summer and the university students are monopolizing the trains to get from their villages to their universities. The train I usually take was full earlier than I […]

August 30, 2012

Big Chocolate Ice-cream


Peace Corps

This summer, we’ve been going to get soft-serve ice-cream in the center. I’m not really sure why we didn’t do it last summer but what matters is that we are now. I have a standard order of, “Big chocolate.” Usually this rolls in around 200g (0.44 lbs) and it costs me 8 UAH ($1).That’s not […]

August 27, 2012