Nomadicoder http://nomadicoder.com Coding wherever I happen to be Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:36:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en Utility of Podcasting http://nomadicoder.com/2008/04/05/utility-of-podcasting/ http://nomadicoder.com/2008/04/05/utility-of-podcasting/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:36:46 +0000 Steven http://nomadicoder.com/2008/04/05/utility-of-podcasting/ On the recent Podcast Brothers, Tim and Emile address the recent Slashdot article, “Will Twitter Join Podcasting on the ‘Net Sidelines’?”

The brothers conclude, is this kind of service [podcasting] of any value: “If it’s valuable to you, and accomplishes your goals, then that’s all that really matters.”

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]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2008/04/05/utility-of-podcasting/feed/ MojaveRATS Website http://nomadicoder.com/2008/03/29/mojaverats-website/ http://nomadicoder.com/2008/03/29/mojaverats-website/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:54:46 +0000 Steven http://nomadicoder.com/2008/03/29/mojaverats-website/ 200803290949 Check out the MojaveRATS website. We’ll be chronicling our adventures supporting two teams running the Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup. If you a licensed amateur radio operator, we’re still looking for volunteers. Visit the web site or contact me through the comments if you are interested.

]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2008/03/29/mojaverats-website/feed/ Lack of Blogging Activity http://nomadicoder.com/2008/03/29/lack-of-blogging-activity/ http://nomadicoder.com/2008/03/29/lack-of-blogging-activity/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:45:53 +0000 Steven http://nomadicoder.com/2008/03/29/lack-of-blogging-activity/ I blog infrequently, especially over the last few months. But I’ve been posting to Twitter quite a lot over the last year, mostly my adventures in podcasting. Much of it mundane — I’m working on show xyz, etc.

This is not a commitment, but let me see if I can start posting more frequently here.

]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2008/03/29/lack-of-blogging-activity/feed/ Price of Gas or Value of Money http://nomadicoder.com/2008/03/07/price-of-gas-or-value-of-money/ http://nomadicoder.com/2008/03/07/price-of-gas-or-value-of-money/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:51:22 +0000 Steven http://nomadicoder.com/2008/03/07/price-of-gas-or-value-of-money/ According to Andrew Olson, the problem is not the price of gasoline, but the value of the Dollar.

In 1980, in Portland, Oregon, I typically filled up, under these draconian conditions, for an average of $1.24 per gallon. Adjusted for inflation, this comes out to $3.18 today. (I filled up in Lodi, NJ, last weekend for $2.92, and that was the highest I’d seen it in quite awhile.) A short year later, however, 9 months after Reagan finished deregulating oil and gas, the price fell to $0.80/gallon.

In 2001 (pre-9/11, pre-war), I could fill up near my home for $1.54/gal. Adjusted backward for inflation to 1981, that price was – you may have guessed it – $0.80. So for twenty straight years, the price (and supply) of gas was actually disgustingly stable, only subject to the effects of currency inflation.

He also notes:

The other day, I saw crude prices hit a peak of $104 a barrel. But that’s about €68. So, if by some miracle, the dollar could restrengthen itself back to par with the Euro (seems like a forlorn hope, I know), the crude price would lower itself accordingly to $68 per barrel, which would mean a savings of about $1.30 at the pump.

The price of gasoline hasn’t changed, but the value of the dollar certainly has. Funny, how no matter how much we want to blame big oil, somehow the price stays stable against a stable form of currency.

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]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2008/03/07/price-of-gas-or-value-of-money/feed/ NAFTA Superhighway an Illusion? http://nomadicoder.com/2008/02/19/nafta-superhighway-an-illusion/ http://nomadicoder.com/2008/02/19/nafta-superhighway-an-illusion/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:43:21 +0000 Steven http://nomadicoder.com/2008/02/19/nafta-superhighway-an-illusion/ How strange. According to Stephen Braun, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, the NAFTA Superhighway is an illusion. Some forgot to tell Lou Dobbs.

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]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2008/02/19/nafta-superhighway-an-illusion/feed/ Some Photos Offline http://nomadicoder.com/2008/02/13/some-photos-offline/ http://nomadicoder.com/2008/02/13/some-photos-offline/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:51:48 +0000 Steven http://nomadicoder.com/2008/02/13/some-photos-offline/ Some of my photos are unavailable. They are hosted on Zooomr.com. Zooomr is in the process of upgrading and some images are offline, and it appears my images are in that category.

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]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2008/01/18/test-photo/feed/ Cellphone “GPS” Works on iPhone http://nomadicoder.com/2008/01/16/cellphone-gps-works-on-iphone/ http://nomadicoder.com/2008/01/16/cellphone-gps-works-on-iphone/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:19:14 +0000 Steven http://nomadicoder.com/2008/01/16/cellphone-gps-works-on-iphone/ I’m happy to see the new Cell Phone Triangulation work on the iPhone. Where I’m working, it works better than my Blackberry on the T-Mobile network. The AT&T network is off by about 100 meters. I’m sure it can be better, but It’s good enough for me.

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]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2008/01/16/cellphone-gps-works-on-iphone/feed/ Netscape Navigator is Dead! Long Live Navigator! http://nomadicoder.com/2007/12/28/netscape-navigator-is-dead-long-live-navigator/ http://nomadicoder.com/2007/12/28/netscape-navigator-is-dead-long-live-navigator/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:21:29 +0000 Steven http://nomadicoder.com/2007/12/28/netscape-navigator-is-dead-long-live-navigator/ I was a user of Mosaic (which became Internet Explorer) in 1995. Then I used Netscape Navigator, before it was purchased by AOL. I still have the floppy I used on my Macintosh 8100AV. Thanks to Firefox we may now lay Netscape Navigator to rest.

By way of Boing Boing!

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]]> http://nomadicoder.com/2007/12/28/netscape-navigator-is-dead-long-live-navigator/feed/ The Christmas Gifts http://nomadicoder.com/2007/12/28/the-christmas-gifts/ http://nomadicoder.com/2007/12/28/the-christmas-gifts/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:08:36 +0000 Steven http://nomadicoder.com/2007/12/28/the-christmas-gifts/ In our extended family, we get lots of baked goods for gifts - biscotti and cookies from my aunt and cousins. I also get a few groceries. The ramen noodles are nice. These are classier, in nicer packaging. Funny, because i like receiving this for Christmas.

I’m grateful. It’s a shame I’ll have to eat them.

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