One of the main highlights of my weekend was a ‘Soldering Therapy Session’ (it’s kinda like art therapy, except with a soldering iron). I bought the Make Magazine’s TV-B-Gone kit and soldered up a storm amongst all the other brilliant HOPE conference attendees. Here is my Soldering 101 video, where I demonstrate how you too can burn innocent bystanders with a hot iron… (yikes!!!)
- Meghan: Your shit is fucking stick.
- Me: Was that even English?
- Meghan: I don't make English after midnight.
- Julia is laughing at my inability to make any sense when I'm sleep deprived. I read this conversation and couldn't remember what I was even trying to say. Oh sleepy time is near, I can feel it cause my head is unclear...Now I'm rhyming-- it's really time to get some shut eye.
I use SD memory cards almost everyday to document all things close to my heart. It’s often annoying to pack a card reader on the road or remember to bring the USB cord to load my photos and videos. Julia has been using this fantastic little SD card by Sandisk that allows you to plug straight into a USB slot without an adapter. They have two versions, the latest Extreme III and Ultra II memory cards. The Extreme III series works in extreme conditions weathering temperatures of -25 C to + 85 C and offers a lifetime warranty- FANTASTIC!!!
Art, design, and technology are now merging together to create the most outlandish ideas. At The Last HOPE conference, I was exposed to a sculpture that truly made caught me by surprise. In this video Randy Polumbo explains a project that mixes various LED dildos with solar panels. Who ever said technology couldn’t be SEXY?
(Please excuse the YouTube upload, Vimeo is having technical difficulties today- argh!)
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover”
-Mark Twain, author
Miss Julia,
Here’s ANOTHER reason to buy the iPhone, they have Marco’s InstaPaper for FREE in the applications store. Remember? You’ve been excited about this service for months now. InstaPaper allows you to save webpages for reading later, so you can read that blog post or NY Times article anywhere, even if you don’t have WiFi. I’m so excited to trash that old Palm of yours and get you a bright shiny new iPhone.
C’mon Wired Cover Girl- get yourself a gadget ;-),
x,
Megs
![Phone Phreaking
phreaking /freek’ing/ /n./ [from `phone phreak’] 1. The art and science of cracking the phone network (so as, for example, to make free long-distance calls). 2. By extension, security-cracking in any other context (especially, but not exclusively, on communications networks) (see cracking).
At one time phreaking was a semi-respectable activity among hackers; there was a gentleman’s agreement that phreaking as an intellectual game and a form of exploration was OK, but serious theft of services was taboo. There was significant crossover between the hacker community and the hard-core phone phreaks who ran semi-underground networks of their own through such media as the legendary “TAP Newsletter”. This ethos began to break down in the mid-1980s as wider dissemination of the techniques put them in the hands of less responsible phreaks. Around the same time, changes in the phone network made old-style technical ingenuity less effective as a way of hacking it, so phreaking came to depend more on overtly criminal acts such as stealing phone-card numbers. The crimes and punishments of gangs like the ‘414 group’ turned that game very ugly. A few old-time hackers still phreak casually just to keep their hand in, but most these days have hardly even heard of `blue boxes’ or any of the other paraphernalia of the great phreaks of yore. From the Jargon Dictionary -http://www.netmeg.net/jargon/terms/](http://media.tumblr.com/qfdCLT0Y9bm72x18gCPgN27V_400.gif)
Phone Phreaking
phreaking /freek’ing/ /n./ [from `phone phreak’] 1. The art and science of cracking the phone network (so as, for example, to make free long-distance calls). 2. By extension, security-cracking in any other context (especially, but not exclusively, on communications networks) (see cracking).
At one time phreaking was a semi-respectable activity among hackers; there was a gentleman’s agreement that phreaking as an intellectual game and a form of exploration was OK, but serious theft of services was taboo. There was significant crossover between the hacker community and the hard-core phone phreaks who ran semi-underground networks of their own through such media as the legendary “TAP Newsletter”. This ethos began to break down in the mid-1980s as wider dissemination of the techniques put them in the hands of less responsible phreaks. Around the same time, changes in the phone network made old-style technical ingenuity less effective as a way of hacking it, so phreaking came to depend more on overtly criminal acts such as stealing phone-card numbers. The crimes and punishments of gangs like the ‘414 group’ turned that game very ugly. A few old-time hackers still phreak casually just to keep their hand in, but most these days have hardly even heard of `blue boxes’ or any of the other paraphernalia of the great phreaks of yore. From the Jargon Dictionary -http://www.netmeg.net/jargon/terms/
At THE LAST HOPE conference learning how to pick high security locks— watch out!!!
I’m still looking for companionship from electronic pets including the Segatoys Dream Cat Smile Robot at AC Gears (SCARY!). At least this virtual pet won’t poop in a box…
There’s really nothing to say after that comment, I’ve embarrassed myself and this poor little ‘Pleo-like’ animal enough for the day.
Recently, I’ve tried to ignore my bank activity out of fear that I’m loosing money in stocks, our start-up, and of course let’s not forget my perpetually overpriced Manhattan lifestyle. Over the years, I’ve accumulated quite a few bank accounts. At one point, I had ‘Bank Account ADD’ opening multiple checking, savings, mutual fund, brokerage accounts— the list goes on (ugh!!!). I’ve opened accounts in way too many places to keep track. So, this morning I decided to brave looking at my personal finance accounts, which is quite an ambitious task. Instead of using my usual QuickBooks Online, I decided to sign up for Mint.com. This site has been up for quite sometime, but I’ve never felt compelled to use— until now. After signing up and giving my account information, I was able to see how I’ve been spending my money, my net worth, and areas I’ve overshot my wad (I’m talking dollars people- jeez!). I’m a HUGE advocate of Mint it’s clear, quick, easy to use, and aggregates ALL of your bank accounts into one well-designed interface. Thanks Mint.com for bringing me some much needed clarity on what seemed like an overwhelming personal finance debacle. Did I mention that I received all this clarity for free? Kudos, to this website, I’m a happy girl. Now, if only my stocks performed this well…
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.
— Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s
The Meghan Asha drinking game
It’s easy. Just take a hard swig each time you run across the words “nerd,” “geek,” or “Apple” on her Tumblr. I just read two pages and am fucking wasted!
Cajun Boy has a point, my adjectives and Fan girl activity desperately need a vocabulary content/ overhaul— that darn iPhone is taking over my blog (I’m addicted!). I know it’s only 8am, but after this clever post, I may need to start playing ‘The Meghan Asha drinking game’- to revel in the fact that I feel like an Apple Lovin’, Nerdy, douche bag that can’t stop Geeking Out! If that didn’t get you wasted, I don’t know what will…
