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Introduction and ASRock Z77 OC Formula

We’ve seen more than our share of motherboards sporting the Z77 chipset, but today we have a pair of Z77 boards--one each from ASRock and MSI--that are designed specifically for overclocking. Even better, both of these mainboards are actually mid-range offerings, meaning you can enjoy the overclocking features without paying for the highest-end options from the two companies. What better way to put them through the paces than by setting up a good old-fashioned mainboard shootout?

Because Z77 was made to be paired up with Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors, we slapped a quad-core Intel Core i7-3770K in these two contenders and let the fur fly.

But first, let’s take a look at the ASRock Z77 OC Formula and MSI Big Bang Z77 MPOWER.  As motherboards go, the ASRock Z77 OC Formula’s a beaut, featuring a black PCB, black and yellow slots and connectors, gold caps, and a brushed black metal finish on the heatsinks.

In terms of physical buttons, switches, and other miscellany located on the PCB, the power and reset buttons reside down by the Southbridge; a V-Probe is up and to the right of the DIMM slots, just under Rapid OC +/- buttons; and just above those is a Dr. Debug LED and PCIe on/off switches; and there’s a Clear CMOS button on the rear I/O panel.

The board supports both 2nd- and 3rd-generation Intel Core i7, i5, and i3 chips and can handle up to 32GB of DDR3-3000 (OC) system memory.

ASRock Z77 OC Formula
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Supports 3rd and 2nd Generation Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package
12 + 4 Power Phase Design
Supports Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
Supports Intel K-Series unlocked CPU
Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
Intel Z77

Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
Supports DDR3 3000+(OC)/2800(OC)/2666(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB*
Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2

Supports Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals, Quick Sync Video 2.0, InTru 3D, Clear Video HD Technology, Insider, HD Graphics 2500/4000 with Intel Ivy Bridge CPU
Supports Intel HD Graphics Built-in Visuals, Quick Sync Video, InTru 3D, Clear Video HD Technology, HD Graphics 2000/3000, Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) with Intel Sandy Bridge CPU
Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11 with Intel Ivy Bridge CPU. Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1 with Intel Sandy Bridge CPU - Max. shared memory 1760MB with Intel Ivy Bridge CPU.

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC898 Audio Codec)
Premium Blu-ray audio support, Supports THX TruStudio

PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
Broadcom BCM57781
Supports Wake-On-LAN, Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az, PXE

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE4) or dual at x8/x8 mode)
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE5: x4 mode)
2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX, 3-Way CrossFireX and CrossFireX
Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI and SLI

2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel® Z77, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9172, support RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions

2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Intel Z77, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
4 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ188H, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
1 x Front USB 3.0 header by Intel Z77 (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports), supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s

EATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 10.5-in, 30.5 cm x 26.7 cm

Four-way SLI and CrossFireX support is enabled by the five PCI-E slots--two PCI-E 3.0 x16, one PCI-E 2.0 x16, and two PCI-E 2.0 x1 slots--and there are six total SATA connectors on board, all of which are SATA 6Gbps. As far as USB goes, ASRock put in four USB 2.0 ports and went with USB 3.0 ports for the remaining seven; one is mounted on a front panel, and there are ten total on the back I/O panel.

The rest of the back panel includes a PS/2 port, HDMI, optical S/PDIF, LAN port, CMOS button, and audio jacks.

To enhance overclocking prowess, ASRock built the Z77 OC Formula with a 12+4 power phase design, Digi Power PWM for better CPU voltage handling, dual-stack MOSFETs, and premium alloy choke. The CPU socket and memory slots feature 15μ Gold Finger for better performance, and ASRock’s twin-power cooling is designed so that users can combine air and water cooling for better heat flow and transfer.

There are even little “OC stands” that keep the motherboard up off the surface you're using it on for better airflow if you don’t feel like building the system with a chassis, and ASRock threw in a syringe full of GELID GC-Extreme thermal compound, too.

Of course, there’s plenty of OC software provided so you can tweak the board and components in a variety of ways in addition to the old-fashioned method of adjusting settings in the UEFI BIOS, which includes a pre-loaded OC profile from Nick Shih. Formula Drive is the main piece of software, and it enables users to view and alter settings for hardware monitoring, fan controls, PCI-E on/off controls, fine voltage controls, thermal sensors, and more.

Other software ASRock threw in includes ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard), Internet Flash to look for firmware updates from the UEFI BIOS, the MAGIX Multimedia Suite, APP Charger, Lucid Virtu, and ASRock XFast USB/RAM/LAN.

It’s always interesting to see what mainboard manufacturers will include in the box, and ASRock did not disappoint.  In addition to the accessories mentioned above, there’s a black velvet sack with a tie cord--and only good things can come from such a satchel--which contains a user manual, software setup guide, software and utilities disc, I/O shield, screws, a front USB 3.0 panel, a rear USB 3.0 bracket, an SLI bridge card, a handful of SATA cables, and a pair of 1-to-1 SATA power cables.

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CM9 or LC9...decsions...decisions...

Tough choices are the hardest because they are, well, tough...

Well, I have been eying getting one of those single stack 9mm pistols that I have a poll up for over the past few weeks. I figure it would be a nice compromise between my Glocks (which are service caliber but kind of bulky) and my LCP (which is a joy to carry but chambered in the "mild" .380 ACP). I have been trying to tailor my purchases to a particular need or niche I feel I might have for it and this is one pistol that makes sense.

I recently purchased a G26 "sub-compact" Glock which is similar in height and length to the models I have been looking at, but still has that Glock thickness to it. Its a great pistol and I don't see me getting rid of it (it is now my permanent "truck gun"). What I am looking for is something that is a bit thinner. "Thin is In" as the Kahr adds say. While height may be the attribute that contributes most to a pistol printing in your clothing, thickness is what I have determined is the most important in comfort.

There are more than a few "thin" compact 9's to choose from out there today. The Kel-Tec PF9, Kel-Tec P11, Kimber Solo, Kahr PM9/CM9, Ruger LCP, SIG P290 seem to be the ones everyone keeps talking about so I looked at them. The original point of the poll I posted was to get a feeling of what others thought of my choices. I originally wanted to buy one for the unofficial "BAG - Buy A Gun day" tomorrow (actually today when you read this) but ran into some issues deciding.

I have had good experiences with Kel-Tec before and I am sure there stuff is good. However I "upgraded" a P-3AT to my LCP for aestetics and I am sure the same urge would befall me again so I am dropping them from consideration, even though they would be the cheapest to get. The Kimber (while the nicest I think I have handled in the store), Kahr PM9 and Sig just plain outpriced themselves...$700 is steep for a pocket gun in my book. This left the Ruger LC9 and Kahr CM9 left to look at.
The Kahr CM9 is a "value" version of their already established PM9 pistol. Instead of a polygonal grooved barrel it relies on a standard profile barrel, a slide with less CNC machining, a pinned front site in lieu of a dovetail and a MIM slide stop and other MIM parts to reduce costs. It is a striker fired pistol using a patented design which moves the frame operation off center of the barrel so the barrel can sit lower, giving it a closer bore-to-axis alignment and making it a bit shorter than its market rivals. Being a striker fired design the cocking of the slide puts the firing pin under partial tension and the trigger pull just finishes the job and releases the striker. It is a real decent system and when dry firing at the store trigger is SMOOOOOOTH!! There is absolutely no stacking on it and it is light throughout the trigger pull to boot. The sights are very easy to acquire and its the smaller pistol between it and the LC9. It does cost more a bit ($469 vs $399) and the mag sticks out ever so much when inserted, strange but not a deal breaker.

The Ruger LC9 is the "big brother" to my LCP. I really want to like this pistol as it just seems to be logical to go with the next evolution of a pistol that already works for me. The LC9 is bigger than the CM9 by just a bit, the difference is hard to tell when holding them side by side because, in my opinion, the LC9 has a much more "melded" look to it with the side and frame being more rounded. It is a hammer fired design that the trigger must cock and fire all on one stoke. That stroke is LONG and stacks quite a bit from my limited testing. Its is like the LCP trigger in a lot of ways so I think I could get used to it. There are a number of people out there that have issues with the number of "extra" safeties that Ruger has included on this pistol

  • Loaded Chamber indicator...a huge loaded chamber indicator
  • Thumb seems to be more at home in the "off" position and can be ignored I guess
  • Magazine drop safety...a biggie for some people, I can live with it I guess...
  • An internal key safety..had one on the Bersa, S&W 637 and M&P and Taurus pistols..again, I can ignore them if I want.

Basically, its a gun that can be sold anywhere...even in those "evil" states, so I guess this is a nod to Ruger for making a pistol that anyone can buy anywhere (as long as its been put on the list of "acceptable" pistols in those states).

Again, I really want to like the LC9...the trigger may be a deal breaker...but it does come in at my local place for $399. Both pistols come with only 1 magazine so for the price of the CM9 I can get the LC9 with tax and an additional mag.

Big brother and little brother....could this possibly be my own picture in a few days?

At this point I am at a toss up between these two. I doubt neither one of these will spend much time in my pocket...I will keep the LCP as my only true "pocket rocket" because it just cannot really be beat for size and weight vs. caliber in my book. The "winning" pistol will be used as a lightweight carry piece that still shoots a service caliber round.

The choice comes down to the pistol I feel comfortable in buying (LC9) versus the one I think may be more comfortable with (CM9). The PM9 seems to be highly regarded and the Kahr name carries a lot of prestige in the "thin gun" market. Both these pistols are under 1" in thickness so as far as thin goes, both make the cut. Weight wise the Ruger is about 1.8 ounces heavier, but again that difference is subjective, just like the comparative size. Ruger on the other hand, despite some semi-harsh words I have said about them, has shown to be a decent, honest company that is making quality products. Yes, they may be a bit on the shallow side on innovation, but I can honestly say I have not really seen a turkey from them. Sure they have had some recall issues in the past, but they have dealt with them openly and honestly and have done the public right. At least both companies are American born and bred so I will win on that factor either way I swing my final decision.

Give me some input people please.

  1. Even though I voted for the Kel-Tec PF9, if I was torn between your two options I would go with the Kahr CM9. For me, the extra safeties on the Ruger are a deal-breaker. I don't want all those things on a CCW gun because it is one more potential thing to go wrong. Not saying they will, but they could. Besides, gun safety is ALWAYS between the shooter's ears. Additionally, it is hard to beat the Kahr trigger. It breaks so smooth and clean and has a relatively short travel.

    If you can afford the difference, I would go with the Kahr.

  2. Not having fired either one and just off of looks alone, I'd pick the Kahr.

  3. I purchased the LC9 2 weeks ago after several months of checking the pro's and con's on several websites. I currently own a full size Glock 17 and wanted a pocket gun for CC in the same caliber. After shooting 100+ rounds through it yesterday I've come to the conclusion that I made the right decision. The long trigger pull did take a little getting used to, but after a few rounds, found it to be an accurate gun from approx. 25-30 feet. I do not find the safety features to be a bad thing considering I do own the Glock with only the " safe trigger" safety option which I also like. Glad I bought the LC9.....

  4. I am at the same cross roads. I am at the decision point between the LC9 and the CM9. I like the CM9 with an extended mag. It fired well and seemed to stay on target after the shot. I am very familiar with hunting and rifles but very much a novice and new to handguns in general (I have a 1911 but don't shoot much). The CM9 It is lighter but just feels bulker.

    The LC9 feels more slender and I will admit what I think swing deal for me IS the external safety. I have read and heard the "safety is between the ears". Well, I agree if it were only me. But I have young children and additional safety is important. In hunting you do not walk around the woods with the safety off, you fluidly turn it off as you draw. I was easily able to do that with the LC9. If the CM9 had the manual safety I'd be in a real bind to decide.

    I have learned you have to shoot the guns before you buy. Never buy on looks. I have shot some really nice looking hand guns and found out that they are not the right fit for me.

    Lastly, I think either one will do, the key is practice, practice and practice WITH good form. I look forward to doing that with my new gun.

  5. i sold my cm 9 after a few weeks....they r unbelievably unreliable. nose diving under the feed ramp . i was not the only person with this issue. sold it and bought the lc9, GREAT decison. it is flawless reliability with any ammo in a slim light package. even with the added safetys it is better than the cm9, and i am left handed so the thumb saftey i just leave off and it doesn click on accidently. so i would recommend to lc9 any day and would never recommend the cm9.

  6. Thanks for the input Ryan! You would be surprised how many purchases people make based on input and comments on posts like this.

  7. I bought a LC9 after a long time looking and studying, the price was right and I love my LCP. LC9Shoots good if you stage the trigger, but I could not get past all the safeties, long trigger pull, and it's a bit big for pocket carry. I ended up selling it after about a month. My next purchase will be a CM9, simplicity of a revolver in a thin auto.

  8. I have both. Both are good choices for carry. I like the trigger on the Kahr much better, but like the ergonomics of the LC9 better. I am keeping both, but my EDC will be the Kahr.

  9. Having shot both, the CM9 is a much better gun. Keep in mind that Kahr recommends a break-in period and I have had zero issues with mine. It is also very accurate (surprising to a lot of folks) and less things to go wrong than the Ruger.

  10. I had a PM9 and traded it in earlier this year. On paper it looks like a dream carry option, very small and light in 9mm. However, the magazines and the feed-ramp of the pistol do NOT agree with each other. This problem is evident in the fact that Kahr instructs you to charge the weapon in a specific way. I personally loved the pistol but the reliability issues with the magazine and/or feed-ramp made me turn it in.

    As a test; eject your magazine after firing a couple rounds, see what kind of position the top round is in. In my experience it is usually hanging out of the magazine.

    Good luck with your decision

  11. One other consideration... A real USA company was a must for me and Kahr is owned by Korea's Kook Jin Moon, son of Sun Myung Moon and the Unification Church (web search "Kahr Unification Church" if you don't believe it).

  12. Rugers seem like loosely assembled plastic, which I suppose, is partly true with polymer. The Kahr feels much more solid and the size difference, though small, is an added bonus through subtraction. I hate the Kahr's protruding magazine - why can't that be fixed?- but overall, I would have to spend the extra and buy the Kahr.

  13. For a daily carry, I go with the LC9. It's flat, easier to reload, and easier to hide. I am using Ruger LC9 from last two years and I don't get any problem with it.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Natural Selection. I'm all for it.

A messy office special from yesterday. First one in forever. I'm a bit rusty.
I don’t get it. When I was a kid, I had to take public transportation to my school when I went to the local schools, or my parents drove me when I attended the American DOD School or the International School, since they were far from where we lived. But when I was in Catholic Intern School, my dad would drive me there to drop me off, but after the end of the week, I’d take the train back to Brussels, and the Metro to the embassy where my mother worked. I did that all by myself, carrying my bags for laundry. I navigated all over the place using public buses and trains from a pretty early age. In the mornings, it was up to me to get out there and to get on the bus to go to school and up to me to find the bus home when I attended a non-intern local school. There was one convenience and that was my student pass.

But I was always fascinated with the American icon of the yellow school bus that I saw in movies. Those did not exist for me. The DOD school provided bus-service for the kids that lived nearby (we did not), but they were not the yellow buses, they were the big huge flat-faced buses with mustachioed Belgian drivers. Kids filed in, kids filed out. They waited at bus stops. Got on, got off, waited to cross the street when the time was right. It was simple.

Then I moved back to the US. I was shocked to discover that the iconic yellow school bus not only has the power to stop traffic to load and unload kids, it can also disrupt traffic to stop at railway tracks. They have to stop and open their doors before they go over railroad tracks—what that accomplishes I do not know? So the kids can run off when not getting hit by a train? But that’s not the end of it; the crowning achievement of the Yellow School Bus is the arm. American school buses have a little arm affixed to the front that opens out towards the curb and bars children from crossing in front of the bus when it’s stopped.

Okay, call me heartless... but WHAT THE HELL? Seriously? What are we teaching our kids if we are coddling them to the point that the world has to stop for them to get on and off a god-damned bus? If the kid is too stupid to figure out how to cross a street responsibly, then he or she is probably better off getting run over. Natural selection! If the kid is that stupid, he'll probably grow up to be the guy that gets tragically killed doing something else incredibly stupid on the job anyway.

Yep, that kid you protected with the yellow school bus grew up
to be the reason why this warning exists.

Reality is, SEEING EYE DOGS can be trained to cross the street safely, why can't your kids? Is this a sign of devolution? Someone, somewhere thinks your kids can't be taught to make safe choices as well as a German Shepherd can. For God's sake. ::facepalm::

And what about the bus drivers? Are they so retarded they can’t be trusted to drive safely enough not to kill your children? They have to have all these crazy precautionary measures and accessories in place to help them do their job responsibly? I mean jesus, where should the responsibility end? Oh, I don’t know... with the PARENTS??? OMG... Flash of red lights, traffic needs to stop both ways because little Bobby and little Suzie can’t be trusted to cross the street on their lonesome. ::facepalm::

What next? Are we going to start making all kids 20 or under wear Kevlar to school on the off-chance someone pulls a Columbine? Wrap them in bubble-wrap when they go out to play? OMG... it’s CRAZY! What about teaching them to be responsible in the REAL WORLD? How’s that for a concept? How about teaching them to do things like cross busy streets safely? No. Instead let’s create a massive traffic inconvenience to the countless masses that happen to be driving to and from work during the times when these buses are picking up and delivering your hapless, bumbling offspring. As long as the kiddies are safe.

What are we breeding? A bunch of mouth-breathers that don’t have to take any responsibility for anything? A pack of coddled oafs who don’t have to make a single god damned decision for themselves? Oy! It’s infuriating. It’s like those warning signs posted for the most obvious dangers... why does the lowest common denominator have that much power as to make thing inconvenient for the rest of the world? Some idiot makes a dumb-ass decision and all of a sudden everyone else who has managed to avert disaster by using their eyes and brain is stuck having to abide by the most ridiculous precautions. Thanks ASSHOLE—so sad you died doing something colossally stupid! FU!

This is the perfect microcosm of America when it comes to kids. They are increasingly turning out to be entitled, the ‘world-will-stop-for-me because it always has’ kids. It spares the parents having to bother to teach their spawn any valuable life-lessons, or for that matter, even bother to take the time to supervise them so they don’t step in front of buses.

But hey, let’s force society to make all the decisions and take all the precautions to keep your brats safe and sound. Then you don’t have to do any parenting at all!

Okay, I’m done now.
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The Dreamstress said...

Hmmmm....the yellow buses I grew up with didn't have any of that stuff. And I'm pretty sure they still use the same buses in my neighborhood. Of course, we didn't have any train tracks.

Cottage en Main said...

"Slow, look & listen, anytime is train time."

I like the kevlar idea :-)

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30 July 2008 - 15:53Learning Python via ShowMeDo

Every now and again it is useful to look back at what’s been achieved – ShowMeDo started three years ago and we considered ourselves lucky if 1 Python video was contributed a month.  Now we get several whole series each month!  Often each series is information-laden and created by a competent screencaster.  Viewers learn very quickly and they remember ‘seeing it happen’ after they’ve watched the video.

I figured that a look at some of the recent series might be useful.  In total we have over 330 Python screencasts, with 8 series alone for Django.  Over 150 of the screencasts are aimed at Beginner Python coders.

We’ve had several series which cover test-driven development (TDD), unit testing and coverage, as well as discussing the whole development process.  Seeing these hard-core videos teaching ‘a good way of coding’ is really nice, these skills are hard to describe and easy for a beginner to ignore.  Three that spring to mind are:

It is nice to see some web-framework series sprouting up:

In the Club (for paying users) we’ve been busy, currently we’re simultaneously publishing several meaty series.  They’re aimed at beginner/intermediate Python programmers, mixing Python background with useful worked examples:

In total we have 11 strong series in the Club which reduce the learning time for a beginner.  We’ve also commissioned some of our open-source authors to join us in the Club, two new series on ‘batteries included’ and ‘C+Python’ are in the works.

We welcome new open-source authors – each author’s contributions are special to us, we don’t stick ads on the pages or require ownership of any rights.  We just do our best to bring an author’s knowledge to a wider audience.

I guess the biggest thing that we’ve achieved is ‘recognition’ – it is nice mailing a project author to discuss a relevant series that we’ve had submitted and to have them say ‘ShowMeDo – yes, I was watching some cool stuff there just the other day…’.

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27 July 2008 - 17:45RoboChick – Emily’s first post

Emily has started blogging on RoboChick, she’s talking about the Herbie the Mousebot birthday prezzie I bought her (pcb + parts + motors == hours of fun), one of the two wheeled robots that I thought would make for cool projects.  I hope she gets the pictures up soon…Robot pictures in flickr.

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9 July 2008 - 17:21Experimenting with eLance

I’ve posted a job into eLance for the first time – I figure it is time to experiment with remote web design and CSS implementation.  Now this might seem odd given that I live in web-designer-rich Brighton…

I’m a believer in building on-line marketplaces where we can remotely trade our skills rather than only doing business in person. I’m also well-aware that I’ve never really used the marketplaces that exist.

Since I’m rather likely to build more businesses like ShowMeDo which revolve around the idea of remote marketplaces, I need to get more involved with the dynamics of these sites.

Of course the easy thing to do now would be to turn to friends in Brighton and ask for a pointer to ‘the right person’ to solve my design needs…instead I’ll take the slightly scarier route to dealing with someone I’ll never meet in person.

What’s the site?  A few days back I finished a draft for my new professional-screencasting site.  I’ll use the site when I make contact with companies that I think could benefit from using screencasts to explain their software.  Given that I’ve produced over 100 screencasts in the last 3 years (and received some incredibly positive responses from viewers) I intend to scale up the activity.

I’m heartened by Patrick McKenzie’s experiences with eLance (and from there have opened a dialog with Gursimran) and the final design of bingocardcreator, whilst a bit too busy to my eye, is a serious improvement on his older site.  I shall report as I progress…

Addition – when I listed the project I provided a 4 paragraph text summary (which is shown in eLance) and a 3 page pdf proposal.  So far I’ve received 14 bids, many are cut/paste proposals, only a few have resulted in useful conversations.

I realise in retrospect that I’d probably receive more targetted bids back if I’d included pictures in my proposal pdf.  As it is I link to external sites but that puts more work onto the bidder which results in the cut/paste less-useful bids.  Since many proposals are (I believe) ignored, the bidder wants to do the minimum work to win a percentage of their bids.

So far I’m happy with the amount of effort required (about 5 hours including writing the proposal document) given the better bids that I’ve had back, I’m narrowing my search down to two providers now.

Addition – I’ve decided to go with Gursimran outside of eLance.  We’ve spokenly extensively over email via Patrick’s blog entry (above).  If it wasn’t for Gursimran then I’d have gone with Danet.Solutions through eLance.  User danetsol understood my requirements and quoted very competitively, I’d be happy to suggest that others invite his company to bid, his examples really were very good.

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9 July 2008 - 13:57£5 App Write-up (6 demos at our Demo Camp)

What a fab night!  I counted 46 people which makes this possibly the largest event we’ve thrown – thanks to all for attending.  Sponsored beer, live Qik video, 6 great talks and lively post-event pub conversation – who could ask for a better evening?  Josh made this rather excellent panoramic view of us all:

£5 App evening in full swing

Each of the 6 talks lasted 15 minutes and covered a wide range of geek and tech-business topics:

Ribot both sponsored the event (great beer – thanks!) and made live Qik video streams for the evening.  I believe these segments are correct:

  1. Video 1 – quick intro from John and myself
  2. Video 2 – Tristan’s Python Series 60 demo starts
  3. Video 3 – Tristan concludes, full talk for Simon and Matt (followed by break)
  4. Video 4 – Second half – Premasagar, Dave, Jon+Kev

The Ribots also sponsored the beer, they skinned the bottles to show three stages of the design process:

More images can be found tagged in flickr and via the fivepoundapp homepage.  If you’ve a question about the night then come join the FivePoundApp google group.  Finally – thanks to Danny for hosting and to John for yet more great cake.

Possible talks for the next event could include something about ClearLeft’s SilverBack, a Chumby demo and Seb’s postponed Arduino hardware hacking.  I’d love to see some more internal-company demos/start-ups/proto-projects, please ping if you’d be interested in talking.

Addition – great write-up at Ribot HQ, including discussion of how and why they branded their sponsored beer..

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7 July 2008 - 13:36New PC + Ubuntu

I’ll jot these down as helpful notes for others.  I’ve just bought a new Mesh PC, it includes an nForce 610i chipset (with video and audio) and a separate GeForce 8500 GT graphics card.

Ubuntu Hardy installed without hitch, it found my nVidia and suggested the restricted driver, it was happy with the SATA 500Gb hd and ‘just worked’.  Installation took 30 minutes and was a breeze.  Prior to this I configured the partitions manually (in the Ubuntu installer) to keep my Windows XP partition for dual-booting (a bootloader is added automatically to let you boot into XP on startup).

Sound was a bit more tricky (isn’t it always?) – it turns out that the on-board card was doing just fine, the problem was that it has a choice of 2, 4 or 6 channel sound which are controlled by drivers.  This is fine if you have the Windows driver, for Ubuntu it looks like config-file hackery. I was plugging in speakers for 6 channels rather than just 2.

Under System->Preferences->Sound if I chose ALSA (rather than ‘autodetect’) then everything worked with 2 channels, I had to configure mplayer and VLC to see ALSA.

To avoid the config hell I put my old SoundBlaster Audigy into the machine.  This was detected under ‘Sound’ as ‘p16v’, but wouldn’t act as the default device.  It turns out that now the machine sees two ALSA devices and uses the nVidia one as default.

Installing asoundconf-gtk solved this (I chose the SoundBlaster to be the default) and it wrote .asoundconf and .asoundconf.asoundrc to my home directory. asoundconf-gtk appears in System->Preferences->Default Sound Card.

Now VLC and mplayer (also Flash in Firefox) all play sound just fine.

I also made a point of upgrading my nVidia drivers using EnvyNG to the latest (173.14.05).  With the default Ubuntu nVidia driver I had some tearing on full-screen (1680×1050) movies, with the new EnvyNG driver I get a clear, great picture.

Once again I have a snappy, stable Ubuntu box and I can mostly ignore Windows. Yay!

Oddly I didn’t have to refer to my old notes to get ALSA with the SoundBlaster working on this new PC – the External channel was enabled by default (it wasn’t on my last PC).

Addition – I noticed that in Firefox 3 my backspace key doesn’t take me back a page.  Thankfully this fix (backspace key for ubuntu firefox) solves the problem in just a few seconds.

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Marvin R. Davis, 69, who delivered produce to a large number of restaurants and businesses in the Idyllwild area, died Monday, Aug. 3, at Phoenix Baptist Hospital in Phoenix.

Mr. Davis was born April 10, 1929, in Aurelia, Iowa. He graduated from Beaumont High School in 1948 and began working at the Bank of Beaumont, living in that city from 1938 to 1961. When the bank became First Western Bank, he was transferred to its Los Angeles branch. Also, he served in the U.S. Army as a sergeant during the Korean War.

Following his work in the banking industry, Mr. Davis was self-employed as the owner/operator of a wholesale produce distribution company for 20 years.

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This paper proposes a numerical simulation method dedicated to design assistance of high reliability machines fed by PWM inverters. It allows the computation of winding turn-to-turn maximum voltage stress for any combination of the wire positions in the stator slot. With such a tool, it is possible to design coils with the best wire arrangement for any fast-fronted pulses. An equivalent circuit is used to simulate the voltage distribution among the turns of the winding. A finite-element analysis simulation package is used to estimate the high-frequency distributed-circuit parameters of the winding. In order to validate the simulation results, they are compared with experimental results.

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  Onions 2 Medium, thinly sliced and separated into rings
  Cooking oil 2 Tablespoon
  Beef liver 1 Pound, cut 3/8 inch thick
  Lemon juice 1 Tablespoon
  Water 1 Tablespoon
  Worcestershire sauce 1 Teaspoon
  Dried marjoram 3⁄4 Teaspoon, crushed
  Snipped parsley 1 Tablespoon

In covered skillet cook onions in cooking oil over low heat about 20 minutes or till very tender, stirring occasionally.
Remove from skillet.
Increase heat to medium.
Add liver to skillet; sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.
Cook for 3 minutes; turn liver.
Return onions to skillet.
Cook for 2 to 3 minutes longer or till liver is done.
Remove skillet from heat.
Transfer liver and onions to serving platter.
Stir lemon juice, water, Worcestershire sauce, and marjoram into pan drippings; pour over liver.
Sprinkle with parsley.

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Serving size: Complete recipe

Calories 1066 Calories from Fat 420

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 47 g72.7%

Saturated Fat 10.1 g50.3%

Trans Fat 0.8 g

Cholesterol 1247.5 mg415.8%

Sodium 389.9 mg16.2%

Total Carbohydrates 62 g20.5%

Dietary Fiber 9.1 g36.3%

Sugars 18.6 g

Protein 98 g195.7%

Vitamin A 1564.7% Vitamin C 109.7%

Calcium 21.9% Iron 152.2%

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  Hot red pepper flakes 1⁄4 Teaspoon
  Canned minced clams 13 Ounce (2 Cans, 6 1/2 Ounce Each)
  Chopped italian parsley 1 Cup (16 tbs)
  Littleneck clams 12
  Water 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
  White wine 1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
  Garlic 1 Clove (5 gm)
  Linguine 1 Pound
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In a large saute pan over medium heat, heat the oil and saute the garlic until golden.
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Total Fat 126 g193.2%

Saturated Fat 17.3 g86.5%

Trans Fat 0 g

Cholesterol 556 mg185.3%

Sodium 1141.6 mg47.6%

Total Carbohydrates 297 g99.1%

Dietary Fiber 12.8 g51.3%

Sugars 7 g

Protein 212 g423.9%

Vitamin A 96.1% Vitamin C 217.1%

Calcium 54.9% Iron 645.4%

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it’s come and gone national punc tuation day at the start of this ass ignment I decided to dispense with all that bother also to avoid caps except for I nobody wants to read small i insect appreciation day has gone by too that’s ok I’ve always app reciated insects except when I had to pick potato bugs as a kid a couple years ago I noticed strange movement on a brick on my porch here was a gray pod with teensy praying mantises stream ing out tiny delicate green exact repli cas of adult mantises excited I propelled some passersby from the sidewalk look look they looked went on no comment no wonder no awe now what celebra tion comes next that I can bug folk with

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Bad news all too often arrives with a ringing telephone, all too early in the morning. But sometimes it comes with less emphasis, by regular mail. Here Allan Peterson of Florida gets at the feelings of receiving bad news by letter, not by directly stating how he feels but by suddenly noticing the world that surrounds the moment when that news arrives.

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To have that letter arrive was like the mist that took a meadow and revealed hundreds of small webs once invisible The inevitable often stands by plainly but unnoticed till it hands you a letter that says death and you notice the weed field had been readying its many damp handkerchiefs all along

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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial board member Ernst-Ulrich Franzen published a silly comment on this fake story a week after it was debunked but whiffed an opportunity to cry out for tort reform:
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[T1S1] Respondent mentions his close relationship with grandparents. Respondent talks about family history of Brunwassers, from Austria-Hungry; maternal from Vilna, Poland; their jobs; father's career as Constable in Pittsburgh's third ward, Prothonotary (keeper of records); his sister, schooling, sister's job; Respondent's school activities, how neighborhood changed, Jews started moving to Squirrel Hill. Respondent mentions father's childhood, grew up in Bloomfield, story about him attending shul. Respondent describes an incident of antisemitism in service: in Navy aviation program from 1943-45, never saw combat. Respondent recalls school father attended in Philadelphia, started by Rabbi Joseph Krauscoff which trained Jewish boys agricultural skills so they could later settle in Palestine; Respondent attended school as well. Respondent mentions discharge; attending college to study food technology; friends from Krauscoff's school who went to Palestine who where later killed.
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Let me be the first, well, perhaps the second person to congratulate Macy’s for doing a fashion-focused series of collaborations to generate heat and foot traffic. The newest collab is with Giambattista Valli for Impulse. All I can say is that creating fashion designer collaborations sure beats the celebrity-turned-designer nonsense from seasons past. Sure, Jessica Simpson is a billion dollar brand, but there will always be exceptions to every rule. With the demise of the Sarah Jessica Parker for Halston hullabaloo, maybe the fashion industry can rejoice and enjoy fashion designers again. And while I am at it, perhaps with… Read More »

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Gee, tell me something that I couldn’t have told you over a year ago when the Halston land grab was originally getting under way. Women’s Wear Daily reports that Sarah Jessica Parker and Harvey Weinstein are out at Halston. Why isn’t anyone saying, “Why were they in, in the first place?” The celebrity fashion designer phenomenon was in full boom right after the economy tanked and by 2010, there were more celebrities hawking schmattas then members of the CFDA. My guess is that all it takes are two lame seasons and the proof is in the pudding. Sure, there will… Read More »

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Y’all know my opinion on celebrity designers. And y’all know that at no time soon, even if I was a tween, would I be caught dead wearing Madonna & Lola’s Material Girl, or Kim Kardashian for Bebe or Lindsay Lohan 6126 or Katy Perry’s upcoming California Girl presented by Steve Madden, or Selena Gomez’s Dream Out Loud or Miley Cyrus for Max Azria for Wal-Mart. NOTE: What ever happened to Sarah Jessica Parker’s Halston Heritage utter nonsense. The problem with celebrities becoming designers is that you just don’t really believe them. It’s just an obvious ploy to make money that… Read More »

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Jil Sander was always the epitome of cool, chic, sophisticated, clean lines, muted palette. Perhaps that was when Jil Sander was actually Jil Sander. That story has turned upside down. The German-born designer, Sander, is now designing for Japan-based Uniqlo and Belgian-born Raf Simmons is at the helm of the Milan-based headquarters of Jil Sander, who sold out to Muccia Prada, which ultimately pissed off Jil Sander, causing her to split, hence her current deal with Uniqlo. The saving grace for Jil Sander in this scenario, as opposed to what happened to Halston when he sold the rights to his… Read More »


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  • When I got home from work yesterday, I grabbed a beer, went outside (where it was 79 degrees!) and read the new Martha Stewart while listening to my Lady Antebellum Pandora station.

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  • I thought my mother had given me 25 dollars in spa gift cards but on second look, there’s double. I am SO getting a sports massage here soon.
  • This weather makes me happy in general; 70s, sunny, the grass starting to get greener and the bushes blooming. Oh yeah.
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  • We calculated that our triple pay (as the calendar dictates) month is April. This is good because I can then plan Isaac’s first birthday
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KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. – Despite charges the Hopi Tribal Council is defunct and is conducting meetings illegally, the regional director for the western agency of the BIA said he’s not aware of any court decision that has declared it illegal.

“The tribe (tribal council) has designated a presiding officer. It’s not our role to rule on whom the tribal government is made up of. There is a quorum of duly elected tribal officials in place,” said Allen Anspach during a phone interview.

The news comes after a heated tribal council meeting earlier this week resulting in the physical removal and arrest of Alph Secakuku, an elected tribal council representative. According to a press release issued by H.O.P.I., a grassroots organization that stands for Hopi Organizational Political Initiative, BIA officers forcefully removed Secakuku after he attempted to be seated on the council. Another man trying to assist Secakuku was also arrested. Secakuku was sworn in last month but has not been recognized as a council representative at recent meetings.

The group called on the BIA to step in and take control of a “run-away” tribal council. “It stands to be seen when or if the secretary of the interior, through its Bureau of Indian Affairs, will recognize the Hopi government has been taken over illegally by a corrupt minority and that this take-over has resulted in an unstable government, incapable of managing its own affairs and trampling over the civil rights of the tribal members” the press release states.

More than 13,000 Hopi tribal members with a land base of 1.5 million acres in northeastern Arizona have endured nearly two-years of political wrangling.

The tribe has been without a chairman and vice chairman since Jan. 1. Former Chairman Ben Nuvamsa and Vice Chairman Todd Honyaoma Sr. resigned following a series of clashes. Both continue to face criminal complaints. In addition, there have been allegations of illegal tribal council meetings and unconstitutional actions, council representatives have been de-certified and re-seated, and the tribe’s chief prosecutor and Appellate Court justices were let go.

Acting as presiding officer over tribal council meetings is Phillip Quochytewa, a council representative from the Village of Kykotsmovi. Members of H.O.P.I. argue the tribe’s constitution does not allow for the tribal council to appoint a presiding officer.

Anspach said he’s receiving updates and is aware of what happened to Secakuku. Still he feels there is no need for the BIA to step in. “We recognize there is no chairman and vice chairman and we’re anxious for them to get through that by having a procedure by whatever process they choose (internal process) to tell us who is their chairman and vice chairman and to become whole again.”

His statements did not sit well with Nuvamsa. “I’ve been with the Bureau (of Indian Affairs) over 30 years and this is absolutely wrong. I’ve been at all levels of the BIA. We developed Indian policies. He’s in left field. I’m very upset, obviously,” he said. “They have a statutory responsibility and a moral obligation (to step in). They cannot recognize the existing illegal tribal council. They have to study what’s happened. They (tribal council members) got on illegally. I think that’s unfortunate that he does not understand constitutional law. There cannot be a legal council without a chair and vice chair.”

Nuvamsa said he couldn’t accept Anspach’s response and hopes he’ll take another look at what’s happened on the Hopi reservation.

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John McCoy, a citizen of the Tulalip Tribes in Tulalip, Washington, was elected November 6 to a sixth term in the Washington state House of Representatives. A Democrat, he represents the 38th District, which includes the Tulalip Tribes reservation, 40 miles north of Seattle.

He’s an important voice and a builder of bridges of understanding about the state’s First Peoples. The hallmark of his fifth term was a bill that establishes a procedure for the state to cede jurisdiction over criminal and civil matters on tribal lands to federal and tribal governments. This year, he’s chairman of the Community Development, Housing and Tribal Affairs Committee; vice chairman of the Environment Committee; and member of the Education Committee.

He also is chairman of the executive committee of the National Caucus of Native American State Legislators; there are 79 Native legislators in 18 states. He is the former general manager of the Tulalip Tribes’ Quil Ceda Village.

McCoy, who along with Jeff Morris [D-Anacortes] are the only two self-identified American Indians in the state legislature, recently talked to Indian Country Today Media Network about his expectations for 2013.

Sales tax revenues are up, but overall revenues are nowhere near where we need them to be. Where’s the money going to come from to fully fund education and meet the state’s other needs without implementing a state income tax?

Everything is on the table. We’re discussing, right now, what can we accomplish as a legislative body and what items are we going to need to take to the voters of Washington. You know, the voters, they’ve sent a mixed message. They keep voting for the supermajority vote of two-thirds [of the Legislature] to pass any tax issue, but they turn around and tell them that they want all these services. Well, those services have to be paid for. So their message is we want all these services, but we don’t want to have to pay for it. There needs to be some reality set in with the voters, that if they want all these things they’ve got to pay for it because we can’t print money.

Will the Legislature be proposing some funding measures?

More than likely, I don’t know. Because of the makeup of the Senate now, we’re going to have to step back and review what we’ve been working on for the last year to figure out what we can and can’t do.

There are some brilliant young leaders in Indian country in Washington state. How do we get more Native people to run for state office and the Legislature?

I struggle with that almost every day. We need more bright young leaders. Because of the lack of resources, they in essence have had to stay home and take care of the community at home. But now that a majority of the tribes have resources, that they’re taking care of their own, now they need to understand that if they’re to be more successful, they’re going to have to start working with surrounding communities to accomplish things that they need to. In essence, we can’t live in a vacuum anymore, the vacuum of the reservation. You have to expand because you might say you’re outgrowing the reservation. If you’re going to outgrow it, then you have to work with surrounding communities. Standing around and thumping your chest over sovereignty – no, it’s the art of negotiation now: What is it that we can do to co-exist that is a win-win situation for everybody in the community. Tulalip’s done a pretty good job of that, but like everything else, it needs constant nurturing.

It seems too that if there were more Native people in the Legislature and mainstream politics, it probably would do a lot to improve the understanding of the culture and people as well. Wouldn’t it help build relationships?

Yes, I strongly believe that.

Was there anything that came out of the last session that gives you hope for the future, either in bipartisanship or the Legislature’s ability to work things out?

As horrible as last session was, I was able to get the retrocession process revamped. The previous process, which I used to take Tulalip through in ’96, that process was cumbersome. It was difficult to get through … I streamlined it. The first session of the biennium, there were all kinds of crazy things happening to that bill. I talked to the speaker, the majority leader, the governor. … The governor appointed a task force, which I chaired, and I convinced the Legislature to apply for and get that process qualified as a [Continuing Legal Education course], and they did.

We went through the education process, of what retrocession really is. We only needed three sessions [and] when we reintroduced the legislation, it sailed right on through. Again, it was about education, getting everyone to understand what retrocession really is – It’s Indians having jurisdiction over Indians within the boundaries of the reservation. Don’t read anything into it, that’s all it means.

What legislation of import do you see coming up in the next session?

I’m introducing a heavy lift bill to allow tribes to compact for their own tribal schools in the state. A heavy lift bill is a bill that is going to generate a lot of controversy. Once again, I have a lot of education to do.

How did that issue evolve?

A few tribes came to me and said they wanted it. They actually got excited about the charter school initiative, because they wanted their own schools. Well, the charter school process is cumbersome for tribes, not that it couldn’t work, it was just going to be cumbersome, and I had this bill in the works before the language for the initiative was done. The reason for the bill is that some tribes were successful in negotiating with their local school districts to create their own school which is actually in current law. The problem is, unilateral action can be taken and a couple tribes had their school districts tear up the memorandums unilaterally, so it undid everything that they had been working so hard on. So they wanted certainty. So, in working with the tribes and a couple of national organizations, we think we have a bill the tribes and the state can agree to. Another bill I’m working on which almost got passed in last session – it got caught up in the budget morass – is having the state recognize the fourth Friday of the month of November as Native American Day.

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The baked eggs fad from 2007 continues to be strong in the inner north. After months of thinking about it I finally got to Julio in North Fitzroy for breakfast today and chose the baked eggs with chorizo, green (minty) peas and coriander. This was tasty indeed though the peas were a little firm.

My fair companion chose the smoked salmon and baba ghanoush open sandwich, which is a magnificent combination. She also tried one of the amazing Portugese custard tarts. Sadly I was too full to try the doughnuts. Maybe next time, because it was good enough (especially the coffee) to deserve a return visit, even though the service was inconsistent.

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  1. I have to agree that the food at Julio is excellent. It’s worth the usually long wait. Sevice (whilst with a smile) is pretty lax.

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    Hi, Sue–

    I just saw your reply….only ten days late! I’m glad you liked the post, and I wish you the best of luck on your job search. I know it ain’t easy out there–keep the faith–Library Power!

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  • Katy

    Hey, there’s a company in the Boston area that lends out chickens! A very cool library concept; I would totally go to a Library Farm. Especially, as you know, if I could take out a donkey for two weeks. I would probably pay serious late fees.

    I love that I can now post on this site, btw!

  • http://youwillsuffermylove.publicpraxis.com Thomas

    Even when the LibraryFarm freezes over we can still winter garden! I’ve built a couple cold frames:

    We will be able to harvest spinach and lettuce in the middle of January!

  • Shander

    Donkeys! That’s even better than sheep! Except you can’t knit donkey fur. Oh! Oh! The library farm should TOTALLY sheer the sheep after Straight A’s herds them. And then the donkeys will have sweaters for those bitter Syracuse winters!

    Wait…did you say the company in Boston lends chickens? THAT’S AWESOME! Tom: next project? Cold frames for chickens? (I guess that would just be a heated chicken coop.)

  • bagleyc

    I thought you might like to know I just added two Janome sewing machines to our library collection. Our students are ‘green’ and community service oriented and there is a need for these tools on campus. SU MLS 1975-Christine Bagley, Curriculum Resources Librarian, Salve Regina University. bagleyc@salve.edu

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