Terran Melconian

I felt fulfilled once, but then I used the toilet.

Technical

Two Attempts at Receiving Video (20090102): In which I attempt to receive unintentional radiation from a CRT (no success) and intentional analog TV (success)

Recommended Technical Books (20080808): A revised list of recommended technical books. I could not even find my previous list, so I decided it was time to compile a new one.

Blackberry 8820 Current Draw (20080505): Current consumption measurements on the Blackberry 8820 in various modes

I can connect them! (20080428): Finally, I can connect my phone and camera. I've only been waiting three and a half years.

Phillips Square Drive: Actually Better (20080309): in which I express my amazement that something I originally assumed to be pure marketing drivel actually works more or less as advertised

Index of Older Technical

Personal

Happy 23:59:60! (20090101): I'm celebrating on UTC this year.

Election 2008 (20081106): Thoughts on several election results and responses thereto.

A Story about our Financial Meltdown (20080923): Here's what might have happened.

Google Maps Mobile uses their usual search syntax (20080830): In which I find coffee using the internet!

Countrywide Loans: A Short Review (20080807): Review: They could not possibly be more incompetent.

Index of Older Personal

See Also

brightshiny.org, where I keep all things artistic.
The consistent.org front page, where I keep my philosophisizing.
Pages organized by date, category, or title.

About the Site and Author

What's consistent.org about?: A brief description of my intentions with consistent.org. Also, a list of consistent.org machine and the explanations of their names.
Public Keys: Have an ssh key, and a pgp key, and a gpg key, and my front door key, and...
The .shtml extension: For the very curious or very bored, an explanation of why most pages here end in .shtml.
My Resume: Read about what I've done. You could even offer me a job if you wanted!
Where am I?: This is a simple script which will finger me at several hosts on which I'm sometimes found, and tell you if there are any for which my idle time is reasonably low.

I've found that life is about whether or not you are powerful enough to kill your enemies when they come to take from you the things you love.

This page most recently modified on: Friday, 19-Dec-2008 12:24:50 EST

the w3c sucks, but this page is still valid

Copyright (C) 2008 by Terran Melconian. You may mirror this page for personal use. All other rights reserved.
Contact, unfortunately now obfuscated due to ongoing spammer harvesting, is [myfirstname] at consistent.org.