MrBalky Heavy Industries » interesting links http://www.mrbalky.com Fat free with endorphins, anti-oxidants, bioflavonoids, creatine, glucosamine and caffeine! Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:23:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Le Google Vue de Rue http://www.mrbalky.com/2008/10/15/209/ http://www.mrbalky.com/2008/10/15/209/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:07:21 +0000 mrbalky http://www.mrbalky.com/?p=209 I got all excited about Google Street View expanding coverage in France. Sadly, despite massive coverage of Paris, Rue Louis-David is not included. About the closest you can get to our old apartment is this:

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It’s the building you can see just above the “do not enter” sign.

]]> http://www.mrbalky.com/2008/10/15/209/feed/ 0 Internet Meme Timeline http://www.mrbalky.com/2008/09/20/internet-meme-timeline/ http://www.mrbalky.com/2008/09/20/internet-meme-timeline/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:49:03 +0000 mrbalky http://www.mrbalky.com/?p=196 Click on through to the original site for best effect.

Not sure what’s going on with the random photos, but it’s a cool visualization of “history”. And it helpfully catches me up on the many things I’ve missed.

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]]> http://www.mrbalky.com/2008/09/12/the-angry-scotsman/feed/ 0 Hookin’ up the TV http://www.mrbalky.com/2008/03/03/hookin-up-the-tv/ http://www.mrbalky.com/2008/03/03/hookin-up-the-tv/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:17:02 +0000 mrbalky http://www.mrbalky.com/2008/03/03/hookin-up-the-tv/ Well, despite the fact that the picture on our bitchin’ new Sharp Aquos LC-37D43U looks like shit (but that’s another post), I’m going ahead and buying the HDMI cables. After a little A/B test I did with my brother John years ago between 22AWG lamp cord and Monster Cable, I have not been tempted to buy the Monster Hype.

In a timely post, Gizmodo points me to some backup. Coathangers!

James Randi also lends a hand.

Thanks! I’ll be buying my cables from the oddly-named Monoprice.

]]> http://www.mrbalky.com/2008/03/03/hookin-up-the-tv/feed/ 0 America’s Finest News Source http://www.mrbalky.com/2007/04/01/americas-finest-news-source/ http://www.mrbalky.com/2007/04/01/americas-finest-news-source/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:51:04 +0000 mrbalky http://mrbalky.com/?p=19 The Onion is now producing video content:
Immigration: The Human Cost

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]]> http://www.mrbalky.com/2007/02/13/heh-heh/feed/ 0 Whew. http://www.mrbalky.com/2007/01/30/whew/ http://www.mrbalky.com/2007/01/30/whew/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:14:15 +0000 mrbalky http://mrbalky.com/?p=12 Why yes, I do hate the Snap preview. Here’s a solution for crusty late adopters like me:
http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2007/01/unsnap_your_hyperlinks.html

]]> http://www.mrbalky.com/2007/01/30/whew/feed/ 0 Google and the future http://www.mrbalky.com/2007/01/19/google-and-the-future/ http://www.mrbalky.com/2007/01/19/google-and-the-future/#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:49:48 +0000 mrbalky http://mrbalky.com/?p=10 Robert Cringley suggests a very plausable sounding (to me) future:

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070119_001510.html

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