My Blog

I suppose that this is really a blog, though I hesitate to call it that. The real bloggers seem so much more interesting. I cover stuff which I find interesting, and I hope that you will too.

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For more information about what I'm interested in, see the Ponding pages.

21 Jul 2000
Dallas Semiconductor are shipping me a new dongle (DS9097U) to drive the instrumentation bus. The general consensus was that the ESD protection did it's job, and absorbed the energy. However, it fails open, so there is now no access the the bus.
The replacement will be protected behind a regular telephone line surge suppressor. Who knows if it will help?

Topic:

Rolodex

spf-pobox
Information about SPF (Sender Permitted From)

cwop
The Citizen Weather Observer Program is a loose collection of amateur weather station operators.

ffmpeg
Open source audio/video streaming software -- this drives my pondcam

jreceiver
Open source server for the Rio Receiver -- this is what I use.

gunnera
Neat description of the Gunnera Manicata -- a truly monstrous plant!

docsearls
The Doc Searls weblog -- he seems clueful and I read him.

Philip Gladstone