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- 1 Linkstation HG 250
- 2 Kuro HG
- 3 What I use them for:
- 4 My Install
- 4.1 FreeLinkomatix - Convert the LinkStation into a Full-fledged Debian Linux Server
- 4.2 Install an Encrypted Filespace with EncFS
- 4.3 USB Palm OS Device as an LCD Display
- 4.4 S.M.A.R.T. hard drive monitoring
- 4.5 Album - Photo gallery generator which has theme support
- 4.6 Small and simple console-based bandwidth monitor
- 4.7 Install raop-play for Airport Express
- 4.8 BashPodder
- 5 Kernel News
- 6 Alpha 220 LED Sign
Linkstation HG 250
Operating System
- Freelink powerpc hdhglan 1.11
- Linux LinkStation 220.127.116.11-kuroboxHG
Kuro HG
Operating System
- Freelink powerpc hdhglan 1.11
- Linux LinkStation 18.104.22.168-kuroboxHG
What I use them for:
- Encrypted Filespace with EncFS
- To stream video and photos to My XBMC - Using Xbox Media Center with the LinkStation
- Mtdaapd/Firefly to create a Music Share. for the XBMC
- Display Linkstation status on a USB Palm OS Device as an LCD Display with the PalmOrb emulator.
- Download Podcasts with Bashpodder
- Stream MP3s to an Airport Express using RAOP-play
- Media and Shared storage for my computers over Samba
- Using Thttpd as a in house webserver to serve photos using Album - Photo gallery generator which has theme support
- Change to a 750GB Seagate PATA Drive originally a 250GB Drive
My Install
FreeLinkomatix - Convert the LinkStation into a Full-fledged Debian Linux Server
Install an Encrypted Filespace with EncFS
USB Palm OS Device as an LCD Display
S.M.A.R.T. hard drive monitoring
This little script generates a small bit of html showing a number of system stats
tc=$(smartctl -a /dev/hda | grep 194 | colrm 1 87) tf=$(echo "scale=2;((9/5) * $tc) + 32" |bc) echo " Used % Share" echo "------ --- -----" df -h | grep /dev/hda | colrm 1 27 | colrm 6 11 df -h| colrm 45 55 | grep /dev/s | grep -v tmpfs | colrm 1 27 | colrm 6 11 echo "
" echo "
Users:	" users echo "
" echo "
Uptime:	 " uptime \ | awk '{ # chops off "up" and everything before it: sub(/.*up[ ]+/,"",$0) # chops off ", # users" and everything after it: sub(/,[ ]+[0-9]+ user.*/,"",$0) # cleans up extra spaces, i think: sub(/,/,"",$0) # obvious enough, prints the results print($0) }' echo "
" echo "
Load:	" uptime | sed 's/^.*average: / /' echo "

Temp:	" echo $tf " F" echo "

" echo "
" date | colrm 20 30" echo "
"
Album - Photo gallery generator which has theme support
MarginalHacks/Album: A HTML photo album generator that supports themes. It takes directories of images and creates all the thumbnails and HTML that you need.
apt-get install album
- Use wget to get and install this theme
- To use a theme, download the theme .tar or .zip and unpack it.
mkdir /home/httpd/Themes/ cd /home/httpd/Themes/ wget http://marginalhacks.com/Hacks/album/Themes/Dominatrix6.tar.gz tar -xvzf Dominatrix6.tar.gz rm Dominatrix6.tar.gz
- Full resolution images are usually too big for a web album, so we'll use medium images on the image pages:
- Then call album with the -theme option, with or without -theme_path:
album -medium 33% -theme Dominatrix6 /home/httpd/test/Photos album -medium 33% -theme Dominatrix6 -theme_path /home/httpd/Themes/ /home/httpd/test/Photos
Small and simple console-based bandwidth monitor
Bandwidth Monitor NG (bwm-ng) is a small and simple console-based live bandwidth monitor. Short list of features:
- Supports /proc/net/dev, netstat, getifaddr, sysctl, kstat and libstatgrab
- Unlimited number of interfaces supported
- Interfaces are added or removed dynamically from list
- White-/blacklist of interfaces
- Output of KB/s, Kb/s, packets, errors, average, max and total sum
- Output in curses, plain console, CSV or HTML
- Configfile
wget http://www.gropp.org/bwm-ng/bwm-ng-0.5.tar.gz tar bwm-ng-0.5.tar.gz cd bwm-ng-0.5 ./configure make make install bwm-ng -T a -o html
Install raop-play for Airport Express
Raop-play is a music file player for the Apple Airport express, the main functionalities are as follows:
- Make AEX become your 2'nd sound card device.
- Discover Airport Express by Apple Rendezvous
- Browse music files (Supported music file format: m4a(alac or aac), wav, mp3, ogg, flac, aac, pls, raw pcm)
- Send selected files to the Airport Express
- Play mp3 stream data (filename started with "http://")
Required Packages:
- openssl library and header
- fltk1.1.4 library and header
- fluid (this comes with fltk1.1.4)
- libglib-2.0 header only
- libsamplerate library and header
- libid3tag library and header
Get any required packages to take care of dependancies:
apt-get install libssl libssl-dev libfltk1.1-dev libfltk1.1c102 fluid libglib2.0-dev libsamplerate0 libsamplerate0-dev libid3tag0 libid3tag0-dev
Then get raop_play-0.5.1.tar.gz from here, compile, make, and install it:
tar -xvzf raop_play-0.5.1.tar.gz cd raop_play-0.5.1 ./configure make make install
BashPodder is a podcast client written in bash. It is designed to be a simple, fast, and lightweight podcast client that always works. It is designed to conform to the KISS principal ("Keep it simple, stupid"). Various GUIs also exist for BashPodder.
wget http://linc.homeunix.org:8080/scripts/bashpodder/bashpodder.shell wget http://linc.homeunix.org:8080/scripts/bashpodder/parse_enclosure.xsl wget http://linc.homeunix.org:8080/scripts/bashpodder/bp.conf chmod a+x bashpodder.shell
change bp.conf to included desired feeds.
Kernel News
<feed url="http://hvkls.dyndns.org/index.rss">
Alpha 220 LED Sign
I am using my Kuro Pro to drive an Alpha 215/220 LED Display I happened to have one of these signs lying around.
Install a Serial Port Interface
First you are going to have to install a serial interface. I ended up installing mine to the serial port on the bottom, but the serial port on the front is easier and the same. I used a board from futurelec, they are dirt cheap, but take forever to get to you
I used a Quick port RJ-12 jack to interface the sign to the serial port converter
Then I shoved the whole thing in a 2 port Quick port surface mount housing
Interface Sign to Serial Port Interface
I used a standard 6 wire telephone cable meant for a two line phone (a 4 wire one will not work) Plug one end into the sign. And one end into the Quick port RJ-12 Jack Wire the jack into the serial port board as such[1]
- Pin 4 of the RJ12 to RS-232 RX.
- Pin 3 of the RJ12 to RS-232 TX
- Pin 6 of the RJ12 to RS-232 GND
quote -- command-line stock quote display
Using the Alpha 215C with Linux
# /usr/local/bin/setledsign rm /dev/alpha ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/alpha chmod a+rw /dev/alpha stty 9600 -opost -ocrnl -onlcr cs7 parenb -parodd < /dev/alpha chmod a+rwx /tmp/textfile leddisplay
# /usr/local/bin/leddisplay # Stock ticker symbols # stocks=" ^DJI ^IXIC ^GSPC AAPL BA T GRR IFN GLD SLV MO KFT BRK-B TM KEP AL AA YHOO MSFT GOOG ZAAP.OB GE" quote $stocks | cut -d"(" -f1 |sed 's/^/\x1C9 \x7F \x1C3 /' | sed '/ -/s/:/\x1C1/g' | sed '/ +/s/:/\x1C2/g$ $PTE/alphamon.pl t A > /dev/alpha else $EXEC $RSSURI | grep title |\ sed -e :a -e 's/<[^>]*>//g;/</N' |\ sed -e 's/[ \t]*//' |\ sed -e 's/\(.*\)/ \1/' |\ sed -e 's/\.//' |\ sed -e 's/\"//' |\ sed -e 's/\"//' |\ head -n $(($LINES + 2)) |\ tail -n $(($LINES)) > /tmp/textfile $PTE/alphamon.pl t 1 > /dev/alpha exit
# alphamon.pl # #!/usr/bin/perl # # Script will display the contents of /tmp/textfile to the ALPHA 220C LED # Display # # Usage # # alphamon.pl [MODE TAG] [COLORTAG] # Get the attention of the sign print "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"; # Tell the sign to print the message $message = `cat /tmp/textfile` ; print "\001" . "Z" . "00" . "\002" . "AA" . "\x1B" . " $ARGV[0]" . "\x1C" . "$ARGV[1]" . $message . "\004";
- ===========
- ===========
- a - Regular smooth scroll, right to left
- b - Appear. Centers as much of message on screen, waits, and displays rest of message in similar manner
- c - Appear with flashing.
- d - Auto. Randomly picks an effect for each part of the message, as opposed to the message as a whole.
- e - Scroll up.
- f - Scroll down from top.
- g - Jerky scroll from right to left.
- h - Jerky scroll from left to right.
- i - Wipe up from bottom, covering text.
- j - Wipe down from top, covering text.
- k - Wipe over from right to left, character by character, not by pixels.
- l - Wipe over from left to right, character by character.
- m - Scroll up. Same as 'e'?
- n - This is doing something weird based on message itself. Will have to investigate.
- o - Auto/Random (same as 'd'?)
- p - --> CENTER <-- Text appears at sides and squishes content in.
- q - <-- CENTER --> Text splits in center and pushed content out.
- r - --> COVER <-- New text covers old out to in.
- s - <-- UNCOVER --> New text uncovers in to out.
- t - Compressed text! Using this mode the sign tricks your eyes into seeing more characters
- than it is capable of physically producing. Scrolls right to left.
- u - Fast Appear.
- v - Medium Appear.
- w - Maybe medium-slow appear.
- x - Same as 'p'?
- y - Same as 'q'?
- z - Same as 'r'?
- @ - The sign went blank.
- z - Same as 'r'?
- @ - The sign went blank.
- =============
- =============
- 1 - Red
- 2 - Green
- 3 - Amber
- 4 - Dim red
- 5 - Dim green
- 6 - Brown
- 7 - Orange
- 8 - Yellow
- 9 - Rainbow 1
- A - Rainbow 2
- B - Color mix
- C - Autocolor


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DualShockers Write:
"Recently an editorial on Destructiod written by Jim Sterling raised eyebrows, alarms, and anger levels in the minds of the Sony fanboy army. It was entitled "Fact: PS3 Fanboys are the worst" and was based on the very argument it states in the title. To sum up or paraphase what was said is basically that out of all of the fanboys of the 3 console manufacturers, Sony's followers are at the very bottom of the bunch, probably one level up from shit. My favorite line was "perhaps they just have tiny penises" (his words, not mine)..."
chuck norris make the world go around ..
fanboys make baby jesus cry, but they make baby satan smile, and he does have such a lovely smile
They are noisier because of it. And lol at the ms fanboy justifying himself by saying someone is worse...
Reminds me of Scarface
Tony Montana: "What are you lookin' at? You're all a bunch of fckin' assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fckin' fingers, and say "that's the bad guy." So, what'll that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth... even when I lie. So say goodnight to the bad guy. Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you."
FACT: Jim Sterling just proved that he is the worst fanboy ever.
"You spin my head right round right round~"
<<<< Proud PS3 fanboy.
You sir, took the words right out of my mouth.
not systems. I think the delineation between who is and who isn't a fanboy is whether you go out of your way to disparage another system, it's games, or the people that buy it. Simply preferring one system over another does not, imo, make one a fanboy. But hating another system (especially when you don't own it) seems like the prereq.
Fanboys are funny to me. If I were a "Sony fanboy" which means I would hate the 360, I would've missed out on some really fun/great moments in some amazing games. Disagree all you want but attempting to clear Horde mode in Gears 2 or lol'ing as I left someone behind in L4D was just memorable. I think it goes the other way for anti-Sony fanboys and games like Uncharted, Killzone, Metal Gear, etc.
I hate some of MS business practices but I don't hate the 360. In fact, I would love to own one to enjoy some of those great exclusives.
Why would anyone even take the time to write such a stupid article? Who even has the time to write such a stupid article? This is nothing more than a pathetic attempt to get hits.
Everyone knows that PS3 fanboys have reason to support their claims, everyone knows (check it on youtube) that xbox fanboys are simply that: BOYS, who can't afford the now not-so pricey PS3. Everyone knows this and it can't be denied! Stop the arguing, it's done and overwith. You fvcking kids down't own stock in either company so STFU and whatever system sells more is good for investors, not little cry babies so again: STFU!
PROBLEM: Fanboys
SOLUTION: Get both systems!
Am I a fanboy? LoL I only have a Ps3 if that helps.
Click agree for yes.
Disagree for no.
@ DominusRebellis
Calm down. A lot of you seem to think that mostly kids own 360s and most PS3 owners are of the mature crowd so let's ride with that logic. 360 owners are kids being kids right? What does that make of the PS3 owners on N4G acting like kids over a console and games?
There are kids on both systems. And there are mature people on both consoles. I have actually gotten along with 360 fans even though I do not have a 360 myself. You just have to find the more mature people I guess b/c there are some fans that no matter what will never actually respect the other persons opinion or agree with it.
@ dalibor
Lol, thanks for the mature reply. Since this was an article about fanboys I was expecting fanboyish replies. Thanks for stealing my thunder.
Edit: Bubble to you for being a gamer and not a hater.
Solution: Get both systems"
Some of the biggest fanboys were the ones that owned both systems and worked in the gaming media. owning both systems is a veil of security that I think many fanboys hide behind. Owning both systems doesn't mean your not a fanboy; it simply shows you have a good amount of disposable income.
@ Lifendz
I totally agree. There are many PS3 fanboys that own a 360 but hate on it all day long.
It doesn't matter that adults own both systems. Maturity has no correlation to age, but I see more immaturity in gamers than anything else. There is not a single other industry where people cry like little b1tches about something so minuscule as a simple hobby or past-time.
I love my AudiRS4, many BMW drivers would say their BMW is the better car, but people don't sit and argue all day long about it like these immature fanboys do of videogame consoles. Seriously some of these people defend their system as though it were their god and it's really quite pathetic. All I'm saying is that the argument is futile. If you don't like the other system, don't buy it, don't talk about it, and don't think about it, unless of course you have too much time on your hands, which these fanboys obviously do.
I swear, I can't even read an article without some form of fanboyism. Fvck maybe I'll stick with talking to mature people about European cars. At least they are level-headed.
There is nothing wrong with being a fanboy, because no one can avoid the label. If you say something nice about a console, you're a fanboy. If you say something negative about a console, you're a fanboy. Everyone is a fanboy because there will always be someone who disagrees with you and calls you a fanboy.
Seriously, I have had people call me out for being a PS3 fanboy on rare occasions. And plenty of people on this site know that not the case. I mean, it never happens HERE because this site is practically owned by PS3 fanboys, but it has happened.
but true, all the fanboys usually get their points across and usually get their way.
Doesn't change my opinion about them...dirty mofos they are!
I could care less. Some people are more obsessed than their are fanboys. And that's where things are different. Fanboys are loyal to a console but don't belittle other consoles to the point of hatred - it's just personal preference, I'd say. Where obsessed folks are clearly sided with one console, damning the rest, and constantly promoting flame wars in order to hype up or defend their console of choice using whatever means they can (i.e. insults, incorrect facts, etc.) These are the people who get offended when they read comments like this.
I love how people feel like they got brutally hurt when they read comments from either side.
really, who cares? it's the internet...
Fanboys, as annoying as some can be, make things interesting from a competitive standpoint for companies like Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony. Realistically, it's like small factions for each company where fans keep the momentum of competition going. It's because of these very fanboys that consoles have become so successful during the last decades. Hate 'em or love 'em, they are somewhat needed in the industry to keep things interesting.
I disagree, there is a vast difference between fans of a platform and a fanboy. A fanboy will not allow, will not accept that another platform may have something better or on a par with their console. They see only their platform and everything else is crap.
A fan on the other hand appreciates his platform and can accept that another platform has equal or greater exclusives.
Fanboys are the detriment of gaming as a community and as a culture, this place, could be a haven where all gamers come together to discuss and appreciate all games, but what do we see?
Fanboy flamefests that never stop, hypocrisy flying rampant and childish one-up manship.
The industry needs fans, not fanboys.........
I think you're mixing up Fanbase with Fanboys.
A Fanbase will be loyal to a product or company, and will protect it's integrity when needed.
A Fanboy will attack another product or company and doesn't listen to any type of reason.
Though sometimes it's hard to tell which is which. But sometimes it can be flat-out obvious.
everyone is a fanboy on his deep heart ..
you are correct, thats why you are the king my friend...
everybody has a preference.
I agree. Nothing wrong with having a preference and voicing it. Some people aren't able to communicate effectively and get frustrated when their message is misinterpreted or misunderstood, therefore earning the label of fanboy.
The only thing that pi$$es me off is wehn journalists (by that I mean gaming media) are paid to have a "preference". I still remember that 9 page interview with Peter Moore after he left Microsoft, where he openly discusses the FUD tactics they were using to market the original Xbox.
having a preference automatically makes you a fanboy. You can like one thing better but still acknowledge the positive aspects of competition.
Fanboys think their opinion is always correct and is the majority's view, will bash the competition any chance they get, more interested in name calling than a meaningful discussion.
True gamer, even with brand preference, discusses positives and negatives of gaming/games in general, and provide constructive criticism instead of mindless bashing.
I 100% agree. Everyone here has a preference. If you say you're 100% don't...well, you're not kidding anyone. Having preferences and acknowledging the strenghts and enjoyability of the other systems is cool in my book. In my case, I own a PS3 and a wii. But I play my cousin's 360 more than my wii. However, when I play with my wii (I know, it sounded weird), I have a helluva a fun time (I know, it probably sounds worse). I think the closest (atleast on N4G) to objectivity at the time only had a 360 (he has both a 360 and PS3), but he was and still is an excellent commentator (immortalkain). Which brings me to my next point. I think the worse of the bunch are those are owners of both 360/PS3. Not everyone does this and I respect those who enjoy their systems but they bash the other side and yet justify their bashing by saying "Oh I have the system, so I can say [enter fanboyish comment here]). Plus I have the pic to prove it".
To me, the media perpetuate this whole fanboy crap. I mean, everyone of these single so-called Journalist have preferences but some are just so pathetic, it's laughable. Take Kotaku's Luke Plunkett, sarcastic gamer's Lono, that Landis fella from [irrelevant website].com and of course the quissential fanboy himself, the honorary monocle wearing fool, Jim Sterling. These guys are the fuel to the war (In this case, Jim is the nuclear energy) and it's pathetic. I truly think most of the people who make the videogames go round are just gamers.
without fanboys there wouldn't be N4G
the truth ..
but that's why they have an Open zone vs Gamer zone.
I think N4G should reverse and make the Open zone the default, so most people will post in the open zone instead.
For those people who don't want to deal with the flaming arguments, they can go to the gamer's zone. It may help a bit.
Fanboys make it hard, if not impossible to read the comments section of N4G and get anything worth reading out of it. They make me burn out the scroll wheel on my mouse. I hate them.
Well, it certainly wouldn't be the N4G the way it is now, but I personally think that it would be a far better place. An area where we all can chat in a civilized and mature manner about games without having to be subjected to the nonsense that we are seeing here currently. Is this that hard to want? A place to chat about all kinds of games without the crap?
I don't care if people have a preference (while I can honestly say I don't), as long as it doesn't effect your objectivity, we are even seeing that here with the disparaging remarks about sites/publications that are on MS payroll. Newsflash, MS would be skint if they have all the sites that some claim that MS is bankrolling. It's crazy.
are a small minority of gamers who congregate in online gaming site forums in order to play out the fantasy that people care about what they have to say.
a loud but small group who makes the most noise so gets the most attention even though their arguments makes little to no sense.
too bad rational conversations are neither profitable or sexy.
Ahh, you do have a very good point there, but there is a place for sites that are completely fanboy neutral and for the first site to do this, the gamers who do wish to discuss games will congregate there:and they will continue to go back.
Take giantbomb for instance I've rarely seen fanboy 'disagreements' in the comments section and the forums remain very respectful, it's still got a fair bit of work to do, but it's getting there, not to mention amongst the best video/podcast content out there.
No, they slow it down. They're a bunch of idiots.
We all have that one game, series or franchise we really feel passionate about.
However, once you start spending more time posting on forums and threads how something is really awesome and how that other thing sucks, rather then playing games, then you really got a problem.
fanboys rule the internet ..
and chuck norris is the king ..
deep down we all have a little bit of fanboy in us, but most are 100% fanboy.
this is bs , we fanboys love to troll
who doesn't like it can go s"ck chuck norris big £$%^£ ..
The media loves when fanboys talk smack to eachother but if we talk smack on the media they get all emotional about it.
think about. what better way to stop fanboys from embarrasing your website than to say oh they did it first. sorry, but thats a biothc move and only children fall for that.
nice try sterling but your writing is emotionally fit for fat little girls.
Don't think I forgot that you left what could quite possible be the best comment in the history of N4G! It was on the Racism in Online Gaming Piece!
Im proud of it.
at least when im fighting xbutts i know what they are. Xbots.
but the media they like to hide and run and when the droids find them and give them a beating they get all emotional. Sony Droids are kicking xbots and the gaming medias a$$ and they want a timeout?!?
no timeouts. Dont take this a$$ whooping personally.
Its just games right. so what if were really having more fun than you ever did back in 2007. Sony Droids will be like this for a long time if you dont come correct. not a xbox in the world can save you sorry fckers now!
wtf are you talking about ?
somebody plz give chuck norris a bubble ..
The Bubble has been given, Mr. Norris. Btw, I hate red heads.
i am called delusional by a man impersonating chuck norris with a chuck norris joke book he got from wallmart in his pocket.
I was just gonna comment on how obnoxious and annoying that guy is.
RAM MAGNUMS ain't got sh!t on chuck norris
you got no life son , go play your ps3 and stfu , n4g doesn't need delusional fanboys like you .
chuck norris doesn't dodge bullets , bullets dodge chuck norris .. ..
If you have five dollars and Chuck Norris has five dollars, Chuck Norris has more money than you.
There is no 'ctrl' button on Chuck Norris's computer. Chuck Norris is always in control.
Apple pays Chuck Norris 99 cents every time he listens to a song.
Chuck Norris can sneeze with his eyes open.
Chuck Norris can eat just one Lay's potato chip.
Chuck Norris is suing Myspace for taking the name of what he calls everything around you.
Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.
Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.
~~~~~~We know chuck norris is a bad ass, but your not chuck norris. Besides what you gonna do when someone makes a Bruce Lee account. ~~~
Good response article.
You have to admit, as ignorant and obnoxious as some people can be (no matter who they're fanboy-ing for), the gaming industry is certainly a very colorful place these days.
Captain Planet says: Fanboys are dangerous to the environment, as they leave Cheetoh bags and Coke cans all over the place.
Remember, the POWER IS YOURS!
I don't think either side has more truth than the other side in what they believe. The problem has more to do with slander and trying to downplay everything else.
PS3 fanboys in particular have a very bad complex of believing that PS3 is a better console, and they're so preoccupied with trying to convert other people to that same belief.
It sounds almost religious, right? Well then my policy on that applies here too: don't shove your beliefs down my throat. And don't belittle me for not agreeing with your beliefs, don't call me stupid, or blind, or inept, or anything else. You're not making your cause any more possitive by insulting people.
And just like with religion in the end a person should be left to decide for themselves.
But I also have a 360 for some exclusive games from MS. I buy multiplatform games for my ps3 and not my 360 because I like collecting trophies for my collection. But games like Forza 3 and SC: Conviction are games that I want to play so owning a 360 is the way I get to play those games.
But if I could only own one console it would be a ps3 and it's because of the games sony has like uncharted, ratchet and clank, Gran Turismo , God of War, Killzone, Wipeout, and so many others that are only coming to the ps3.
By looking at your comment history, you seem to be more of a gamer than a fanboy. Nothing wrong with having a preference for Playstation. Bubble to you for being a gamer and not a hater.
You're not a Sony fanboy. You just have a Sony preference for your gaming habbits. You're what we define as a "gamer."
I am an anti-Sony fanboy. Sony cost me money with the DRE problem on the PS2 and their 90 day warranty(PS2 slim had 1 year). Microsoft fixed my RRoD for free, twice under a 3 year warranty. There are games I would like to play on PS3, but I will not support a company whose "customer support" laughed at me when my PS2 got DRE after 5 months, twice! When Microsoft screws me out of money, I will hate them too. I guess that actually makes me a money fanboy!
...are a waste of semen.
Please be that loyal to a worthy cause.
I couldn't agree with Jim Sterling more. Now obviously there are plenty of "adult" ps3 owners out there but.....Children are a pain the ass, and the majority demographic of ps3 owners are kids. Introduce the anonymity of the internet and you get exactly what Jim claims...Whiny, foul mouthed annoying little fvcks who are never never ever content.
oh no not bruce lee
im out of here ..
id be out of here to if a resurected bruce lee was after me.
isn't the pic for this article ultimolu?
good thought so
There were two things that made Jim's article not worthy to me:
1. He used the term "Sony Defense Force" to describe them, as if he was Rob Foor or some sh!t. That REALLY pissed me off.
2. He did the Rush Limbaugh thing of "if you think I'm wrong, then that means I'm right" deal.
Lets get one thing straight, the Ps3 fanboy is the guy who BLINDLY says that the Ps3 is perfect, he truly believes it. The Ps3 fan on the other hand, is the guy who would love to see his big black beautiful machine do even better than it currently(back then) is.
To simplify, the fanboy DOES NOT make the world go round, the FANS DO because they aren't too blind to see that work needs to be done. The fanboy will happily buy every bit of garbage his manufacturer of choice shovels his direction.
FANS make the world go round, FANBOYS just like taking the credit.
thats the money you could be saving at geico.... i always feel like, somebody's watchinnn meeee.

subset: commoncrawl


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I'm just curious, but why couldn't we do "all of the above"?
Starcraft had this.
If you wanted to be a teammate with someone, but maintain a separate force, then you would choose player1, he would choose player2, and then you 2 would be set to the same "team".
If you wanted to be a teammate with someone, AND both control the same forces, then you would choose player 1, and he would ALSO choose player1. Bam, dual-control.
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You've been hearing that you need a six-month emergency fund for years. But the advice—while it sounds commonsense enough—just doesn't work for many people.
In fact, most Americans don't have an emergency fund: a recent survey by the National Bureau of Economic Research showed that 50% of us would have a hard time coming with a spare $2,000 in a crisis.
For some, lack of cash is the issue. But for many, the bigger problem with the six-month edict is that personal finance standards often bear no relation to your personal reality. When that disconnect happens, it's easy to feel paralyzed and just do nothing.
To get moving again, you need to look beyond the mythic idea that there's one six-month gold standard to attain, and think astutely about your own situation, says Brad Klontz, a financial psychologist and a financial planner. Start by asking yourself the following questions:
What's your idea of an emergency? Many people have a curveball fund for life's unpredictable expenses—and an emergency fund for a dire crisis. But how do you define your terms? If an illness or death would signify a crisis for you, how much would you need for those? If you'd consider a job loss one of life's curveballs, you'd better have several months of expenses in that account. The stock advice to keep three to six months of expenses on hand is just a starting point.
What's your job? Whether you consider losing your job a full-blown emergency or not, having liquid cash on hand to cover a period of unemployment is key. But then you need to pick an amount that makes sense to save—and that depends on your industry, profession, and so on.
For instance, if you've been in your field for 20 years, it may be tough to find a job at the same level of income. In that case, says Klontz, you might need to set aside more. If you're self-employed, and dependent on companies that don't pay as quickly as you'd like, you might also need more than six months stashed away.
What's your comfort zone? Ask just about anyone how much cash they need in their wallet or purse to feel safe, and you'll get wildly different answers—from, "Nothing, I have a credit card" to "I like to carry $500." It's the same with emergency funds. "Some people need a year's worth of cash in the bank to feel emotionally okay," Klontz says. "Others need two years."
What's preventing you from saving as much as you know you should? The answer, in part, may lie in your upbringing, says Klontz. One of his clients, a woman who made upward of $150,00 a year, had virtually no savings.
Turns out her older siblings used to raid her piggy bank when she was little, and continued tapping her for cash as they grew into adulthood. Her unconscious defense: By having no money, she could say "no" to her family honestly. "Understanding the past really opens peoples' eyes to the present so they can see what going on right now and make informed decisions," says Klontz. Once his client realized what was going on, it was easier for her to undertake the relatively simple task of putting a little aside every month.
Bottom line: You need to decide for yourself, wisely, what makes sense and feels comfortable, given your profession and the state of your life. Take the time to muse over whether something in your childhood is influencing your financial behavior. If you say the words "emergency fund," do any feelings pop up? Usually there's a story that reveals a lot, says Klontz. Paying attention to that can help you replace an old pattern with a new one.


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For St. Patrick's Day, here is a very short video from 1955. My uncle Bill Large and his friend Joe Flaherty are singing Irish tunes at a family picnic. The movie had no sound, but I have always imagined that they were singing "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," a favorite of theirs.
Don't forget to check my previous blog post for news of important Irish records databases available online.


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AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2013-2014: Fall Singles: Record of 2-5 in the fall season … Fall Doubles: Partnered with Chelby Cooke, posted a record of 2-4 … Spring Singles: Posted an overall dual record of 11-7 … won five straight matches between Feb. 16 and Mar. 2 … tallied a record of 4-2 while playing at the No. 4 position … posted a 2-1 record at the No. 3 spot … played the majority of the second half of the dual season at No. 2, going 5-4 … sent the Broncos into the semifinal match of the WCC Championships with a thrilling third-set tiebreaker over Marta Stojanovic of USD by a score of 7-6 (10), 3-6, 7-6 (9) … defeated Danielle Flores of then-No. 47 Saint Mary's 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 on April 18 … topped Sophie Van den Aarssen of Portland on Alumni Day, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 … Spring Doubles: Played consistently at the No. 2 position for Santa Clara in the dual season tallying an overall 6-12 dual record … went 4-5 with partner Chebly Cooke … with Cooke, defeated Teal Vosburgh and Megan LaLone of Boise State 8-7(4) on Feb. 22 ... partnered with Stephanie Skaras and posted a record of 2-4 … went 0-2 with Nicolette Wolny … tallied one loss with Daniella Silva.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-2013: Joined the team in January 2013 … finished the season with an overall singles record of 11-6 at the No. 5 spot… went on a six-match winning streak from April 6 to April 25 … complied a 10-9 doubles record with partner Stephanie Skaras at the No. 3 spot ... had a four-match doubles winning streak from Jan. 26 to Feb. 10.
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HTC EVO 4G owners were very happy about the recent Gingerbread update. The device was running smoother than ever and things seemed to be perfect… until EVO users tried to watch their favorite movies on Netflix. It wasn't nice to find the app was no longer able to stream movies or that the HTC EVO 4G was taken off Netflix's supported devices list.
But it looks like things are about to get better, because Android Police's ninjas have just brought us a reason to be happy again. This leaked document states that the HTC EVO 4G will be getting yet another OTA update on June 20th (next Monday). This update will fix issues with the visual voicemail notifications, the hearing aid compatibility menu and, yes, the Netflix compatibility problems.
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Columbia University's Rare Book & Manuscript Library is pleased to present "Oscar Gives Himself Away: Reading Oscar Wilde's Presentation Copies," a lecture from University of Delaware Senior Research Fellow Mark Samuels Lasner. The lecture is part of the Book History Colloquium, a continuing series exploring book history, print culture, the book arts, and bibliographical research.
Lasner will discuss Oscar Wilde's "presentation copies," or copies of his own works presented as tokens of love, friendship, and self-promotion. Based on the study of several hundred inscribed books in public and private collections (including Lasner's own), the talk will focus on the unusual, and often overlooked, importance of presentation copies for biographical and bibliographical research. Wilde presented his books to many of the most significant figures of the late Victorian literary and art world, including Aubrey Beardsley, Robert Browning, Max Beerbohm, Herbert Beerbohm-Tree, Sara Bernhardt, Stephane Mallarmé, William Rothenstein, George Bernard Shaw, Ellen Terry, his wife, Constance Wilde, as well as Lord Alfred Douglas. Wilde's work was widely read and received by his contemporaries, and his presentation copies testify to the centrality of his place in Victorian culture.
Mark Samuels Lasner is a collector, bibliographer, and an expert on the art and literature of late 19th century Britain. He is the author of many literary and bibliographical texts.
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About Henning Bohl
Henning Bohl is known for large-scale abstract paintings that take on sculptural qualities through collage or the use of canvas supports in unconventional ways. The performative exhibition environments he creates nearly eclipse the individual works; as a means of questioning methods of artistic production and exhibition, Bohl dramatizes the presentation of his work by dividing the gallery into different spaces. For instance, a rose trellis might cut a rectangular gallery in half, or large canvases might rest on a sheetrock table or be hinged to the walls like stage partitions. As one critic mused, he "uses the gallery as a multilayered story-telling device." Bohl draws inspiration from a variety or artistic practices and art historical movements, particularly the Japanese dance-drama known as Kabuki.
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Richmond Hill Veteran's Monument
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The Richmond Hill Veteran's Monument is a visible and important way to show our support for those who have fought to make it the great land it has become. The monument honors those who have fought for freedom and given Americans the opportunity to live in the greatest country in the world. Recognizing the importance of veterans and their contributions is just one aspect of the Veteran's Monument. The monument honors all Americans who have served their country. Each slab of granite represents a war fought by the United States in the last 100 years.
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Our projects are located around Lake Tahoe in Truckee, Squaw Valley, Tahoe City, South Lake Tahoe and Reno within communities such as:
The custom homes display a broad range of styles including:
This is a unique mountain home with a contemporary twist. The more traditional gable forms anchor of the composition and a curved entry roof adds interest. The efficient 3,406 sf design has three bedroom suites, a bunk room and rec room with a balcony loft overlooking the great room. It is conveniently located near the clubhouse at Gray's Crossing.
Builder: Trailside Builders, Inc.
This traditional mountain home is perched in the trees of Martis Camp with a view of Mount Rose from the great room. At 3,806 sf, it provides gracious but efficient living. The covered exterior great room has a fireplace, tv and barbeque while the adjacent deck takes advantage of the sun.
This ranch style rustic cabin is secluded in the woods of Martis Camp with views of Northstar and Mount Rose. As you approach the home, the master and guest wings cradle the entry and the other forms of the design are progressively revealed. The 3,600 sf floor plan has a private master wing, two other en suite bedrooms, a flex room and loft. The great room and dining room open to the gracious covered dining with barbeque and open patio to enjoy the sunshine. The exterior siding is reclaimed vertical board and horizontal square log siding with chinking. The low pitch roof has random corten metal panel roofing.
Interior Design: Julie Johnson Holland
Builder: Capitol Builders
This is a modern style mountain cottage with traditional and contemporary forms. The dominant gable forms provide traditional design while curved roofs provide a contemporary overtone. The lower level of the 4,800 sf design has a private, gracious master bedroom suite with a sitting area, a second guest suite, a study, a game booth off the great room, and a media room most of which open to the rear covered terraces. The exterior great room has a fireplace, tv, barbeque and dining area to take advantage of outdoor living. From it's central location in Martis Camp, the home has direct views of Northstar and the adjacent ridges. Upstairs is a third guest suite with a loft, an over sized bunk room suite with a loft and game nook, and a large rec room with a bar and a covered viewing deck.
Builder: Trailside Builders, Inc.
Interior Design: MacFee Design
Photography: Chris Beck www.chrisbeckphotography.com
This efficient contemporary home is positioned to take advantage of the sun. The southeast facing forms, low pitch shed roofs and deep overhangs provide passive solar heating and shading at the appropriate times. A future active solar system will further increase efficiency. The split level design steps up the terrain integrating the home into the upsloping site and surrounding forest. The low pitch roofs are also designed to control snow shed amount and location. The interesting, 2,000sf floor plan provides a master suite with a covered viewing deck, a small flex area and two other bedrooms. The great room, kitchen and dining room open to the front sun deck and private back patio.
Builder: Stuart Spear Construction
Photography: Chris Beck www.chrisbeckphotography.com
This rustic lodge style home stands proud on a large open lot in Martis Camp. With full southern exposure, the covered porch gable roofs shade the sun in the summer and let the warmth penetrate in the winter. All reclaimed siding, trim and heavy timber members are authentically rustic. Two of the gallery halls bridge over landscaped dry creek beds. Low pitch gable roof forms connect the dominant, steep, vaulted gable roofs that define the larger rooms. The double gable roof of the great room creates a large, central space open to the kitchen, dining room and den with a balcony from the loft above.
Builder: J and S Custom Homes, Inc.
Interior Design: Cindy Hattersley Design
Photography: Matt Waclo www.mattwaclophotograpy.com
This traditional lodge style home has a direct view of the ski runs at Northstar from a sunny, centrally located lot in Martis Camp. The covered front porches shade the intense summer sun and catch the low winter sun. The floor plan is has underlying symmetry especially noticeable from the great room, kitchen, dining and den. The dining and kitchen are separated from each other with a double sided fireplace with stone veneer to the ceiling. An inside corner opening wall door system and a pass through window to the barbeque area provides inside and out living from the kitchen, dining and great room. The 5,138 sf also includes a full bar and wine room, a rec room w/ built in murphy beds and a covered viewing deck, a large master suite with a walk in shower, a separate guest suite and two bedroom suites upstairs adjacent to a loft flex room tower open to the great room below. From the loft the double gable roof of the great room provides full view of the fireplace.
This mountain contemporary home has primary traditional forms accented with secondary, contemporary forms. The material palate follows suite to give a modern but rustic feel to the mountain home. The structure is laid out to take advantage of the plentiful amount of sunshine on this Grays Crossing golf course lot. The lower level of the 3,298 sf home includes an open kitchen, dining and great room with expansive views of the golf course and forest beyond, an office divided from the great room with a large pocket door, a private master suite with views of Mount Rose and the golf course. A large partially covered deck extends the length of the home providing exterior access from all major rooms. The upper level includes a flex room with panoramic views, three bedrooms with window seats, lofts and two bathrooms.
Builder: Stuart Spear Construction
Photography: Matt Waclo www.mattwaclophotograpy.com
This contemporary mountain home is primarily shed roofs with several gable roof forms. The shed roofs are pitched to maximize solar gain and control snow shed. The 2,398 sf floor plan is efficiently designed to maximize function. It includes an open great room, kitchen and dining which are also open to the covered back patio and have secondary views toward the front of the home and a flexible fourth bedroom / office on the lower level. Upstairs a flex room has excellent exposure to the sun and provides media use to two bedrooms. The master suite is positioned over the garage to take advantage of the views and sun.
Builder: Robert Morken Construction
Photography: Matt Waclo www.mattwaclophotograpy.com
This efficient mountain contemporary home is set on an open golf course lot in Grays Crossing. The low pitch of the roofs brings a contemporary feel to the traditional gable roof form. The floor plan is arranged to allow for a southern, golf course view from each room. The great room, dining room and master suite open to the back patio, and the office opens to a secondary patio at the back of the home. Two bedrooms upstairs have exceptional views. There is room for expansion of a larger master suite beyond the office.
Builder: Sunco homes, Inc.
Photography: Matt Waclo www.mattwaclophotograpy.com
This mountain contemporary home is designed to take advantage of the site with a balance of privacy and outdoor experience. The sun deck includes a spa and fire pit. The covered outdoor great room on the same deck is with a fire place, TV and barbeque. Moveable wall doors in the great room and dining room open to let the outdoors in. The efficiently designed 3,600 square feet provides 4 bedrooms, 3 of which are suites, a bunk room, a flex room and a lounge open to the great room. It will be built by Gallagher Construction.
Builder: Gallagher Construction
Interior Design: Sarah Jones Interior Design
Photography: Matt Waclo www.mattwaclophotograpy.com
This conceptual mountain contemporary retreat is perched atop the prestigious community of The Glades at Northstar. The tower element takes advantage of the panoramic mountain views. The outdoor spaces allow easy ski-in, ski-out access to the ski way behind the house. The 4,400 square feet provide 4 bedrooms, bunk room, rec room, loft and lounge. The Glades Architectural Inspirations
This efficient mountain contemporary home is designed to eliminate snow shed issues. The carefully placed windows take advantage of views of Northstar, Squaw and solar gain. The 2,472 square feet provide 4 bedrooms, 3 baths and an open flex space.
Builder: Jeremy Purdy Construction.
Photography: Matt Waclo www.mattwaclophotograpy.com
The "Hermitage at Grand E Camp", tucked into the forest in Martis Camp tells the story of a hermit building his camp slowly over time. The graceful and intentionally imperfect structure reflects a solitary and creative process. The rustic and reclaimed materials display the additive construction process. This 2,032 square foot guest wing provides a large great room, 2 bedrooms with lofts and 1.5 baths.
Builder: Stuart Spear Construction
Photography: Matt Waclo www.mattwaclophotograpy.com
The reclaimed wood was supplied by MJ White.
This mountain contemporary home is pleasantly secluded in the woods of Martis Camp. It was designed with an emphasis on light, layout and landscape. Granite and cedar siding clads a rustic but contemporary stone and wood interior that brings the outside in. The compact 2,750 square feet provide 2 suites, a third bedroom and a bunk room.
Builder: Paul Buncke and Robert Morken Construction.
Best of Tahoe 2011, Martis Camp Magic issue of Tahoe Quarterly
Photography: Matt Waclo www.mattwaclophotograpy.com
"Dave's attention to detail and willingness to work with owners and builders make the building experience memorable and remarkably straightforward – not to mention very cost effective."
- Bob Morken, Robert Morken Construction
Passive solar design and active solar systems heat and power this nearly off-the-grid utilitarian home. Valley views are captured while the house is warmed by the morning sun. The 3,531 square feet provide 4 bedrooms, an office, 3.5 baths and a loft rec room. It was built by Big John Craik.
"Dave is very knowledgeable, great to work with and produced and excellent final result."
- anonymous owner
No expense was spared in the design and construction of this French chateau mansion. Custom, structural arched heavy timber trusses give the home a local, mountain feel. The 8,077 square feet provide a rec room, theater, solarium, 8 bedrooms, 6 of which are suites, and a guest lounge. It was built by Cecil Koupal of Giant Big Construction and the heavy timber trusses were built by Robert Morken Construction.
"David is a very talented building designer. He is intelligent, knowledgeable, thorough and consciencous."
- Jim Austin, James Austin Engineering, Inc.
This Tuscan villa backs to the Arrowcreek golf course south of Reno and captures views of the foothills over the fairway. The floor plan is perfectly organized with lines of site leading from one space to another. The golf villa is designed for indoor / outdoor living, almost every room has access to a covered patio or generous entry courtyard and the great room has access to both. The rustic Italian gourmet kitchen is open to the great room and family room behind and a butler pantry separates it from the formal dining. It was built by Stuart Spear Construction
This Tuscan Villa sits in the high class, private Pacetti Ranch Estates and captures panoramic views of the Reno city lights. Granite countertops, custom shaker cabinetry and top of the line appliances adorn the gourmet kitchen. A marble fireplace and extensive travertine floors bring enhanced light and cleanliness to the space. The estate is sited to view the adjacent lake and its wildlife. The grand stone entry and courtyard are a tribute to its historic Tuscan roots. The elevated veranda and sweeping arcs open to the stunning city view. It was built by Stuart Spear Construction
This Old Tahoe style mountain home is perched in the exclusive Squaw Valley community of Hidden Lake with direct views of KT22 and Squaw Peak. The 4,237 square feet provide a master suite, a loft rec room, 3 bedrooms and a guest lounge. The stone fireplaces and structural heavy timber trusses give the home rustic elegance. The extensive wood finish work and hydronic floors provide comfort and warmth. It was built by Paul Buncke and Robert Morken Construction
"Dave's years of working in the field resonate in his designs. While not compromising design, his plans are affordable to build and the details work. He's an asset to every project."
- Paul Buncke, General Contractor
Photography: Dave Waclo www.ltdp.com
This Southwestern style golf villa captures Reno city lights to the north and views of Mount Rose to the south. The covered outdoor great room, and front courtyard provide outdoor living. The 4,500 square feet provide 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths and a rec room. It was built by Stuart Spear Construction
This contemporary prairie style home opens to panoramic views of the Reno city lights. The front courtyard, casita and back courtyard provide outdoor living spaces. The 4,500 square feet provide 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths and a rec room. It was built by Stuart Spear Construction
This contemporary prairie style home opens to panoramic views of the Reno city lights. The front courtyard, casita and back courtyard provide outdoor living spaces. The 4,500 square feet provide 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths and a rec room.
Builder: In House Builders inhousebuilders.net
Interior Design: In-House Builders
This efficient mountain contemporary style home rests on the fairway with incredible mountain views and southern exposure. Shed roof forms control snow melt and increase passive solar gain.
Builder: Sunco Homes, Inc.
Efficient mountain craftsman style home steps with the terrain to minimize impact on the site. The split level design provides comfortable access to the front and back of the home and gives room for glazing at each space.
Builder: Robert Morken Construction
This mountain contemporary steps with the terrain Grays Crossing. Shed and parapet roof forms with metal and clear cedar siding clad the contemporary mountain home. Covered patios, planters and the fire pit integrate the home into the forest. Design-build collaboration with In House Builders.
Photography: Matt Waclo www.mattwaclophotograpy.com
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Builder: In House Builders
The efficient home has contemporary massing with mountain finishes. It was designed to maximize passive and active solar exposure and functionally accommodate a family of five.
Builder: Robert Morken Construction
Photography: Matt Waclo www.mattwaclophotograpy.com
This mountain contemporary guest house is slated to be platinum LEED certified. It was designed to maximize passive solar gain to warm the thermal mass of the house with thorough insulation to hold the heat in. The exterior dining room and corner Weiland door integrate interior and exterior living spaces.
Builder: Lamperti Construction, Inc.
Interior Design: Spirit Interior Design
Mechanical Engineering: Bender Engineering
Photography: Vance Fox www.vancefox.com
Tahoe Quarterly Mountain Home Award
The mountain contemporary home has traditional forms, craftsman details and contemporary finishes combined to compose a clean traditional but modern mountain home. Multi-slide patio doors open the home to the outdoor firepit, hot tub and golf course.
Builder: Stuart Spear Construction
This mountain contemporary Martis Camp home has traditional forms and elegant, clean contemporary finishes. The extensive exposed steel beams and trusses punctuate the dramatic mountain views of Northstar. The gracious Weiland pocket doors open the home to the exterior to enjoy the exterior fire place, fire pit, spa and outdoor great room.
Builder: Rinnovo Group
This traditional Martis Camp home integrates past and present with modern flat roof forms penetrating the steep traditional vaulted ceiling elements. The interior is elegant with clean contemporary finishes. The tall rake window design frames the dramatic mountain views of Northstar. The gracious Weiland pocket doors open the home to the exterior to enjoy the exterior fire place, fire pit, spa and outdoor great room.
Builder: Rinnovo Group
This Mountain Modern Home was designed with rustic finishes to integrate into the mountain environment. The shed, gable and flat roofs are composed to bring light into the relative spaces.
Builder: KGM construction
The traditional, craftsman style home is designed to embrace the Northstar and Pacific Crest views. An expansive deck surrounds the home on two sides providing a vista above the trees.
Builder: Caymus Builders
Interior Design: Mountain Concepts
This traditional mountain home is gently nestled in the forest with a panoramic view of the surrounding golf course and mountains. The gracious floor plan opens to exterior living spaces to bring the outside in.
Builder: John McCabe
This Mountain Modern home is designed to be integrated into the forest and hillside and to embrace the multitude of views that surround it. The rustic finishes bring a sense of warmth to the home.
Builder: John McCabe
This clean traditional home is hunkered into the hillside with sweeping views of Martis Valley and a peek of Northstar.
This Mountain Modern home is perched on a panoramic site with views of the Martis Camp Lodge, golf course and the Sawtooth mountain range. The clean horizontal lines and cascading forms accentuate the topography of the site.
Builder: Daniel Fraiman
This traditional home is designed as a guest wing to compliment the future main house. The clean traditional and industrial finishes of metal and glass are intentionally composed with the more rustic stone and reclaimed wood to create a unique and iconic clean traditional home.
This modern mountain home has expansive amounts of steel and glass to open the home to the surrounding views of Northstar, the Sawtooth mountain range and the Martis Camp Lodge. The steel infrastructure cantilevers over a steep no-build zone to minimize site impact. The concrete and glass palate brings a fresh, modern feel to the home.
Builder: Rinnovo Group
The traditional, craftsman style home is designed to embrace the Northstar and Pacific Crest views. An expansive deck surrounds the home on two sides providing a vista above the trees.
Builder: In-House Builders
Interior Design: Mountain Concepts
This mountain contemporary guest house is slated to be platinum LEED certified. It was designed to maximize passive solar gain to warm the thermal mass of the house with thorough insulation to hold the heat in. The exterior dining room and corner Weiland door integrate interior and exterior living spaces.
Builder: Lamperti Construction, Inc.
Interior Design: Spirit Interior Design
Mechanical Engineering: Bender Engineering.
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For people who want more discretion over when they take distributions from their retirement account, a Roth IRA may be an ideal option. You can invest up to $5,500 of earned income, tax-free (or up to $6,500 if you are over 50), and unlike Traditional IRAs you are not required to take distributions at age 70 ½, and you can continue making contributions with earned income at that point. Speak with a professional at First National to see if a Roth IRA is right for you.
Account Features:
- Individuals can invest up to $5,500 of earned income, tax-free. Those 50 and over can contribute up to $6,500
- Unlike a Traditional IRA, there is no requirement to take a minimum distribution at age 70 ½
- Anyone with earned income is eligible
- Contributions are not tax-deductible
- Traditional IRAs can generally be converted to Roth IRAs, although tax consequences may apply†
- Funds can be withdrawn without penalty once you reach the age of 59 ½, or before that subject to a 10 percent penalty unless exceptions apply††
- A qualified Roth distribution is a distribution of assets that are held in a Roth IRA for at least five taxable years (beginning with the first taxable year for which the Roth IRA holder made a Roth IRA contribution of any kind to any Roth IRA) and one of the following events occurs:
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Plack::Test - Test PSGI applications with various backends
use Plack::Test;
# named params
app => sub {
my $env = shift;
return [ 200, [ 'Content-Type' => 'text/plain' ], [ "Hello World" ] ],
client => sub {
my $cb = shift;
my $req = HTTP::Request->new(GET => "http://localhost/hello");
my $res = $cb->($req);
like $res->content, qr/Hello World/;
use HTTP::Request::Common;
# positional params (app, client)
my $app = sub { return [ 200, [], [ "Hello "] ] };
test_psgi $app, sub {
my $cb = shift;
my $res = $cb->(GET "/");
is $res->content, "Hello";
Plack::Test is a unified interface to test PSGI applications using standard HTTP::Request and HTTP::Response objects. It also allows you to run PSGI applications in various ways, by default using
MockHTTP backend but can also use
Server backend, which uses one of Plack::Handler implementations to run the web server to do live HTTP requests.
- test_psgi
test_psgi $app, $client; test_psgi app => $app, client => $client;
Runs the client test code
$clientagainst a PSGI application
$app. The client callback gets one argument
$cb, that is a callback that accepts an HTTP::Request object and returns an HTTP::Response object.
For the convenience, HTTP::Request given to the callback is automatically adjusted to the correct protocol (http) and host names (127.0.0.1 by default), so the following code just works.
use HTTP::Request::Common; test_psgi $app, sub { my $cb = shift; my $res = $cb->(GET "/hello"); };
Note that however, it is not a good idea to pass an arbitrary (i.e. user-input) string to the
GETfunction or even
HTTP::Request->newby assuming that it always represents a path, because:
my $req = GET "//foo/bar";
would represent a request for a URL that has no scheme, has a hostname foo and a path /bar, instead of a path //foo/bar which you might actually want.
You can specify the Plack::Test backend using the environment variable
PLACK_TEST_IMPL or
$Plack::Test::Impl package variable.
The available values for the backend are:
- MockHTTP
(Default) Creates a PSGI env hash out of HTTP::Request object, runs the PSGI application in-process and returns HTTP::Response.
- Server
Runs one of Plack::Handler backends (
Standaloneby default) and sends live HTTP requests to test.
- ExternalServer
Runs tests against an external server specified in the
PLACK_TEST_EXTERNALSERVER_URIenvironment variable instead of spawning the application in a server locally.
For instance, you can test your application with
ServerSimple server backends with:
> env PLACK_TEST_IMPL=Server PLACK_SERVER=ServerSimple prove -l t/test.t
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Inspired by the popular TV show CUPCAKE WARS, students will participate in a cupcake competition during class. We'll break into teams for an all-out, head-to-head bake-off! Discussed during the class are methods for measuring, mixing, and plating, young chefs will bake their own batches of cupcakes from scratch, then have a lesson on piping, decorating, and topping techniques using buttercream and fondant. Finally they'll create their own competition cupcakes for judging. The kids really get a kick out of the fast paced fun in the kitchen!
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Bake a single batch of cake batter in 2 (9-inch) pans, then a double batch in 2 (12-inch) pans. Assemble with a double batch of lemon buttercream. Insert some straws in the center of the 12-inch layer and cut them even with the top of the layer. Place the 9-inch layer on top. Use some of the buttercream to pipe a border at the base of the cake. Decorate with fresh raspberries.
FILLING AND ICING A CAKE Though there are many techniques for filling and frosting a cake, they all have one common goal: to cover the cake neatly and efficiently. Many professional cake decorators use a turntable. The cake is placed in the center of the turntable and the icing is applied to the sides of the revolving cake. Others hold and turn the cake on one hand and spread the icing with a spatula held in the other. Both of these methods work well and easily, but require a certain amount of practice and dexterity to achieve. If you only intend to finish a few cakes a year, by far the easiest method is to put the cake on the platter from which it will be served and spread on the frosting from the top down, as in the following instructions:
1. For a single-layer cake, turn the cake upside down on the serving platter so that its flat bottom is up.
2. Brush all excess crumbs off cake, platter and work surface.
3. If you wish, cover the platter with narrow strips of waxed or other paper inserted under the edge of the cake to keep it free of drips. Pull the strips of paper away (pull from a short end) after cake is frosted. (Or, turn the cake over onto a piece of stiff cardboard, roughly 1/4-inch larger all around than the cake, then slide frosted cake from cardboard to platter. This method is better if you wish to finish side of cake with chocolate shavings, nuts or other solids.)
4. To frost with ganache and buttercream, apply a thin layer over the cake with an offset metal icing spatula. Spread it first on top then on the sides to seal the outside of the cake and prevent the cake's crust from crumbing up into the frosting. Chill cake for 10 minutes to set this first coat.
5. If you are frosting a two-layer cake, place one layer on platter, bottom side down. Spread a 1/2-inch layer of the frosting over the top of this layer. Place second layer on frosting bottom side up. Proceed with steps 3 or 4, above.
6. To put the final coat on the cake, place 4 or 5 dabs of the frosting on the top of the cake. Use the spatula to join the dabs and cover top of cake. Spread from center outward so excess frosting falls down sides of cake.
7. To finish the sides, hold spatula handle upward, blade about 1/8-inch away from side of cake, and spread any frosting already on side of cake smooth. Add more dabs of frosting to sides of cake if necessary so it is covered evenly. Finish the top by spreading any icing standing up around edge of cake evenly in toward the center. Hold spatula at a slight slant across the top of cake.
8. If you with to press toasted nuts, shaved chocolate or other solids onto the side of a cake, do so immediately. Hold cake on one hand and tilt toward the nuts or chocolate. Bring the cake directly against them. Use other hand to press nuts onto cake. Use a spatula to press chocolate so it doesn't melt against your hand.
CAKE DECORATING Although dozens of books are published each year on this subject alone, you need not have a degree in cake decorating to produce a great-looking cake. There are many ways to finish a cake without resorting to a pastry bag and tubes, although piping decorations onto a cake can be easy -- and fun. Remember the one cardinal rule of good decorating: use decorations appropriate to the flavors in the cake. Streaking a coffee frosted chocolate cake with chocolate is appropriate. Piping rosettes of coffee buttercream around the top edge of the cake would also be appropriate. Topping the rosettes with strawberries would not!
POPULAR DECORATIONS All the following decorations are easy to do. For best results practice making the decoration on a plate or the back of a cake pan before attempting it on the cake.
STREAKING: Use an ounce of chocolate melted with 1/4 teaspoon oil. Place in a plastic bag (snip off corner), squeeze bottle or paper cone and streak top of cake with parallel lines. Make sure to come completely off the top of the cake, before starting another line, to avoid loops at the edge or side of cake.
WRITING: Writing HAPPY BIRTHDAY and the birthday person's name on the cake is pretty much obligatory for a birthday cake. Use your regular handwriting, whether cursive or printing, and practice a few times on a cake pan or plate the same size as the cake top, so you can center the message evenly. Use the same tools and material as STREAKING, above.
ROSETTES: To make a good rosette, hold a pastry bag with star tube straight up and down about 1/2-inch above the cake top. Squeeze gently from the top of the bag and describe a letter "C" with the end of the tube. After completing the rosette, release the pressure and pull away sideways, not upward.
STARS: Hold the bag and star tube as for rosettes, above. Squeeze once, to press a star shape from the bag. Release pressure and pull away straight up from star.
SHELLS: Hold bag with star tube at a 45 degree angle to top of cake, with tube just touching cake top. Squeeze, pull sideways around the top edge of the cake and release pressure in one quick motion to make a pointed shell shape. Start next shell over point of previous one.
BORDERS: A border is an excellent finish for the top or bottom of a cake. Use ROSETTES, SHELLS or STARS. ROSETTES and STARS may be placed at a distance from each other, or touching, according to your preference. For further decoration top a rosette or star with a nutmeat, inverted chocolate chip, large chocolate shaving or a piece of fresh or candied fruit, if appropriate to the flavors of the cake for a further decoration.
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Coroner: Shooting at gun range leaves man dead
Coroner: Shooting at gun range leaves man dead
A man is dead after his gun fired while he was taking it apart at a West Columbia shooting range Thursday night.
The incident happened at approximately 7 p.m. at Shooter's Choice, which is located in 944 Sunset Blvd.
According to Lexington County Coroner Harry O. Harman, 62-year-old Jerry Marsh, III of Columbia was dismantling his 40-caliber Glock semi-automatic handgun when it accidentally discharged, striking him in the chest.
Marsh was transported to Palmetto Health Richland hospital where he was pronounced dead, the coroner said.
The accident remains under investigation by the Lexington County Coroner's Office and the West Columbia Police Department.


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APRS Tracking Station
APRS stands for Automated Packet Reporting System. It is often used to send GPS coordinates or other data (weather, short messages, etc) digitally over amateur radio. The primary frequency for APRS in the United States is 144.390MHz. Anyone with a technician class amateur radio license or above can use APRS.
A typical APRS tracking station will require three main components. Those are
HAM radio capable of receiving at 144.390MHz
A Terminal Node Controller (TNC) which acts as a modem for the radio
A computer to display APRS information in a meaningful way
The HAM radio will receive the data packets over the air in audio form. When you tune a radio to 144.390MHz and you are in a high traffic area, you will probably hear lots of noises that sound like an old dial up modem connecting to the Internet. Those are APRS packets. Those packets usually only last one or two seconds per transmission, so you will commonly hear many short bursts of these noises.
Any radio that can receive at 144.390MHz (2 meter band) should work fine as long as it has some type of audio output other than a main speaker. If you can hook up headphones then you can make it work. Some radios have a specific connector port on them designed to be used with a TNC modem. This is not required but it can allow for your APRS station to have more functionality.
There are two routes you can go with this. The first route is to purchase a TNC that will work with your radio. TNC's are generally pretty expensive (greater than $100) but you can often find them at HAM fests cheaper. You can also find cheaper "KISS" TNCs that operate in KISS mode only. This means they have no interface of their own to log into and they don't really do anything with the packets they receive. A KISS TNC will decode the audio data in to digital information and just send it through a serial port to your computer without any other processing. They will also take raw data from your computer and turn it into sound for transmission. They don't do anything fancier than that.
The other option is to use your computer's sound card as a TNC. This is often much less expensive and can work just as well. For this, you will need to install some software that knows how to decode the audio data into packet data and visa versa. I have used
AGW Packet Engine
in the past. It is free and runs on Windows. I haven't used it in a while so I am unable to provide a good tutorial on configuring it at this time. Google is your friend on this one.
I tried using my sound card with AGWPE in the past to do nearspace balloon chasing but we ran into a problem where the car engine generated too much noise and it caused the audio going into the sound card to get distorted. If we ran the laptop on battery it was fine, but using the power inverter did not work. If you plan on going this route for near space balloon tracking then make sure you test everything exactly how you will have it configured during the chase so you know for sure it will work.
There is good APRS software for Windows,
and also Linux. There is even APRS software for mobile phones now. What computer you use will depend on the rest of your setup. If you are using your sound card as a TNC then obviously you need a sound card with a decent sample rate. Any sound card made in the last 15 years will probably work fine for that. If you are using a TNC then you will probably need to have a serial port with a DB9 connector unless you have a newer TNC that has built in USB support. If you need a serial port, you can usually use a USB to Serial adapter with no problems.
Xastir is free, open source software for APRS tracking and transmitting. It runs on Windows, Linux and
, although it looks like pre-compiled Windows binaries are not easily available for free online. I have had good luck so far with the Linux version but I have never used it on Windows or
. Xastir supports the ability to download free maps from Open Street Map or Terraserver on the fly as long as you have an Internet connection. It will also cache downloaded maps so if you lose your Internet connection you can still use the cached maps.
I have used this software in the past with good results. However, I was unable to get it to work recently with my Kantronics KPC-9612+ TNC and Windows 7 on my computer. I'm not sure what the issue was but UI-View would just not talk to my TNC properly. This software works well but you have to register it before you can use it. Luckily registration is free but it can take a day or so for them to generate a serial number for you to use.
If you want to use UI-View then it may be worth googling a program called Taho.exe. This software allows you to download maps from Open Street Map to use with UI-View. It's a bit laborious but it's free.
I've barely used this software but I did get it working with my KPC-9612+ TNC on Windows 7. It seemed a bit more cludgy then UI-View32 or Xastir so I didn't use it much.
There are other options then just those three but those are the only three I have any experience with. Please feel free to add to this list if you have more information to offer.
s Setup
This is how I currently have my APRS station setup.
Icom IC-207 mobile radio. This radio has a
-6 connector on the back (looks like a ps/2 port) that is used to connect the radio to a TNC. The manual can be
from Icom and other places online. The manual contains the pinouts for the TNC port.
It is important to note that the Radio puts out about +5V on the SQL pin as a carrier detect signal. So every time the radio hears someone else transmitting, it puts +5V to this pin. If no one is transmitting then there is 0V on the pin.
This radio has a 1200bps mode and a 9600bps mode. You can change the mode by holding the "Set" button and turning the unit on. You then cycle through the menu with the "set" button and use the tuning knob to change the setting once you see "Bps".
The TNC port on this radio uses pin 4 for 1200bps operation and pin 5 for 9600bps operation. I accidentally used pin 5 for 1200bps operation and I noticed that I could still receive data just fine. However, the TNC always thought the line was busy and so it never allowed me to transmit ever. It just queued up all of my outgoing packets until I unplugged the radio. Once I switched to pin 4, everything started working just fine.
So far I have just been using a 2m/70cm dual band mag mount whip antenna attached to an old cookie sheet. It's sitting on the floor in my house and it's been working fine. I will probably just use this on top of a car when we chase down our balloon.
I currently use a Kantronics KPC-9612+ TNC that I found at a local HAM fest for about $70. The manual can be
from Kantronics' website for free. The manual contains the pinouts for all of the data ports as well as pretty much everything else you would probably want to know about the TNC.
I am currently using the 1200bps port to do APRS. This port connects up to the Icom IC-207 radio using a cable I custom made.
It is important to note that the Carrier Detect pin on the TNC expects 0V whenever there is already a signal present and positive voltage whenever it is safe to transmit. This is opposite to how the Icom IC-207 acts. Unforunately there are no software settings on my TNC (At least in this version of firmware) to invert the logic. If you leave the Carrier Detect pin unhooked on the TNC then it will allow you to transmit with no problem, you just might transmit on top of someone else's signal. Laura is currently working on a simple transister circuit to invert the logic for me. We will just build this circuit into the cable.
I am primarilly using my Acer Aspire One 721 netbook as my APRS station computer. Since I was having trouble with running UI-View32 under Windows 7, I am now running Xastir under Fedora 17. My laptop has no serial port, so I use a basic USB to Serial adapter. It shows up in my devices under /dev/ttyUSB0.
To install Xastir, I just did a "yum install xastir" and it worked right off the bat. It shows up under "applications -> internet -> xastir". With default Fedora permissions, I have to run Xastir as root in order for it to be able to communicate with the serial port. I haven't figured out how to fix this yet, but in the mean time I have just been launching xastir with "sudo xastir" and it works fine.
The first thing you want to do with xastir is setup a new interface. To do this, click on the "Interface" menu in the main menu bar, then choose "Interface control". It will bring up a window with an empty list. Click the "Add" button. To get it to work properly with my TNC, I chose "Serial Kiss TNC" in the next window. After that, it will bring up the "Configure Kiss TNC" window. You will have to put in your proper TNC port in order for it to work right. On my computer, this was /dev/ttyUSB0. You can figure this out by plugging in your USB to Serial adapter and then typing "dmesg" into a terminal. Just look for any messages about your serial adapter and see what device name it was assigned too.
For port settings, I chose 9600bps because that's what my TNC is set to use between the TNC and the computer. This is not necessarily the same setting as the speed over the radio. If you want to transmit, make sure "allow transmitting?" checkbox is checked at the top. Also make sure "activate at startup?" is checked if you want the TNC initialized automatically when you start xastir. Finally, you can check "Init KISS-mode" on startup towards the bottom. I'm honestly not sure if this works or not on my TNC but it doesn't hurt anyway.
Hit "OK" to save the config and back at the interface control window click on your new interface and then click the "start" button. If it works properly you should see something like "Device 0 UP" in the list now rather than "Device 0 Down".
To see if the software is receiving data properly now you can go to the View menu and click "Incoming Data". Then on the new window, check "TNC Data only". Whenever you hear a valid APRS packet on your radio, you should see the raw data come into this window, assuming everything is hooked up right and configured properly. If you don't see it then something is not right somewhere. You can also go to View -> All stations to see a list of all the APRS stations you have heard so far.
You can choose your map by going to Map -> Map chooser. I usually use Online/OSM_tiled_osmrender.geo. You can highlight as many as you want though, and it seems like it caches all the types you select. I'm not sure how it decides which one you actually see though. The more maps you highlight, the longer it takes to refresh the map screen. Xastir will cache all the maps you view so you can view them later if you lose your Internet connection. This is a good thing if you want to go chasing a near space balloon without an Internet connection. Just be sure to cache all the maps you think you will need.
I was originally going to use my old Garmin eTrex for my APRS station GPS but I have so far been unable to locate it (irony). Instead I was able to figure out a way to tether my Android phone to my laptop and use the phone's GPS for local tracking purposes. It was a bit tricky to configure but it does seem to work so far. I still have to try driving around to make sure it tracks me properly and accurately.
I had to
a free app to my Android phone called
. When you load up the app, you can configure it to share your GPS information via bluetooth or USB. I went the USB route since I don't have bluetooth built into my laptop.
In order to get the USB to work, I had to do a few things. Step one was to install the Android SDK on my laptop. I just downloaded it from Google and unpacked it into my home directory. From there I also had to install java (yum install java). Then I ran the android program (<androidsdk>/tools/android) and told it to install more android tools. This was required so I could get "adb" tool.
Once I had the adb tool, I plugged my phone into the USB port and selected "PC Mode" on the phone side. Then I ran the command "adb forward tcp:50000 tcp:50000". This forwards your Android phone's port 50000 (where
sends your GPS info) to your localhost port 50000. You can verify if this is working by telneting to localhost:50000 on your computer and seeing if GPS data is being dumped in.
Once that works, configure a new "Networked GPS" interface in the "Interface Control" menu in xastir. Just put in "localhost" for the host and "50000" for the port. Make sure you start the interface afterwards. To see if it's working, go to "View -> GPS status". It should tell you how many GPS sattelites are currently in view and also it should say "Fix:Valid".
I've noticed that after a while the GPS status will say "GPS older than 30 seconds!" I noticed that this happens once my phone screen turns off. If I press the power button on my phone to turn the screen back on then I start getting data again. I may have to just force the screen to stay on when tracking. Since it is plugged into my laptop anyway the battery should not die. I will have to play around with this some more though.
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Torii's Summer Adventure is the first in a four book series of children's books self-published by Janelle Condra, and illustrated by Alan Condra. The books are about a Golden Retriever named Torii who lives with her family in northern Wisconsin and has fun in all seasons of the year. In Torii's Summer Adventure, Torii tells about herself and the fun summer adventure she had at the lake. She narrates the story while showing pictures of the adventure from her very own photo album! Come along with Torii on her summer adventure. Help her look for animal friends to play with, but watch out for Turtle! Suggested for ages 2-8.