http://www.barsofham.com Hundreds of Them Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:18:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_38" align="alignright" width="180" caption="From Make: Volume 8"][/caption] So I just finished Orly the Ornithopter from Make: volume 8 and I have some tips. If you're interested in the project just follow the link and you can download the plans as a pdf. On to the tips: Buy the accelerator (L). It's worth ... http://www.barsofham.com/2009/08/13/orly-the-ornithopter/ After an extremely frustrating battle with hosting, databases, web masters, and money I am finally back online. Lessons to be learned here: Read the fine print of promotions Backing up your website via FTP is NOT the same as backing up your database Don't take a good situation for granted It's not all bad ... http://www.barsofham.com/2009/07/01/im-back/ I love physics engine puzzle games. You know the ones. You draw the contraptions, slap on some powered wheels, and try to reach the goal. For me, it really draws on the innate desire to solve problems in new and creative ways. They always remind me of the times I ... http://www.barsofham.com/2008/11/23/physics-engine-puzzle-games/ I switch between various distros of linux often. The most annoying part is losing all my data and having to resetup my home directory the way I want it. Carthik from Ubuntu Blog has an easy write up on how to transfer your home directoy to it's own partition. That ... http://www.barsofham.com/2008/11/14/move-home-to-its-own-directory/ Although this idea was not mine, nor was it even built by me, I feel compelled to share it with the world since Ricky (the genius behind this idea) is too lazy to put this online himself. As I've said, I did not build this. I did help Ricky build it ... http://www.barsofham.com/2008/11/12/the-ultimate-koozie/ For those of you who have visited the Ubuntu online store since Hardy Heron came out, you've undoubtedly seen the Hardy Heron t-shirt design. It's a gorgeous design and a t-shirt I'd want even if I'd never heard of Ubuntu. But the two big problems I've had with obtaining the ... http://www.barsofham.com/2008/10/08/i-love-ubuntu/ So I own a Sony Vaio VGN-S460P and am in no way particularly sufficient at the computer, let alone Linux (thus why this page did little to help me). But with the amount of difficulty I had obtaining information about my laptop and it's compatability with Linux I figured I'd ... http://www.barsofham.com/2008/05/09/my-take-on-gos/ Damn, I didn't realize before how low quality this video is...... http://www.barsofham.com/2008/05/06/my-first-climbing-video/