http://blog.fredricksen.net The title says it all. (That is to say, nothing.) Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:57:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wanted to see something translated into everything, for some reason; the code below does it okay. You need a UTF-8-capable console like Terminal on OS X, or redirect to a file and view it in a browser. Example: $ CLASSPATH=.:google-api-translate-java-0.8.jar java Panslate "unbelievably interesting" sq: unbelievably interesante ar: المثيرة للاهتمام bg: невероятно интересно ca: ... http://blog.fredricksen.net/?p=80 Mildly unsatisfied with my earlier, more obvious solution for using an electronic drum kit to play Guitar Hero World Tour (that is, just changing a few MIDI note settings), I've put together a solution I like better - a microcontroller which filters the MIDI signal between the drum kit sound ... http://blog.fredricksen.net/?p=47 I've got this blog right here. No one reads it. No one writes it. But I do get bots posting spam, which turns into notification spam, and which I must moderate away. So I installed wp-spamfree! Here's hoping it works. http://blog.fredricksen.net/?p=43 I jumped through a lot of hoops to try to use my Roland V-Drums in place of the Rock Band drum controller, with unsatisfying results. Guitar Hero World Tour makes it awfully easy though - the controller has a MIDI IN port. If you plug it, it will play, but ... http://blog.fredricksen.net/?p=37 I don't really get Twitter, or rather I only sort of do. I never got MySpace. I feel like I almost do now, but not quite. (Is it even still around?) I halfway get Facebook. I think email is great. Given all these facts you could probably calculate my exact ... http://blog.fredricksen.net/?p=36 I've been playing with making alcohol-burning volcano-kettle-style cooksets out of aluminum drink cans. > http://blog.fredricksen.net/?p=35 I made a solo backpacking cookset that weighs in at just over an ounce. Its the lightest one that I know of. http://blog.fredricksen.net/?p=34 I've been playing with different alcohol stoves (lightweight backpacking ones, that is). Building them, researching them, etc. My main goal is minimal fuel to boil one pint of water (using some lightweight cooking set). Boil time isn't much of a concern for me. The real competitor to alcohol stoves in terms ... http://blog.fredricksen.net/?p=33 I'm off to the Olympics tomorrow for a 3-day (2 night) trip, my first solo. My goal is for an ultralight pack ( http://blog.fredricksen.net/?p=32 The drum part for Tomorrow Never Knows (the Beatles' song - not the imaginary James Bond movie of the same name) runs thus: Rd |x---x---x---x---| Sn |----o-----------| Tm |----------oo----| Bd |o-----o-o-------| |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | http://blog.fredricksen.net/?p=31