Inconvenienced Electrons

Added Google Widget

FoxCall — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:57:58 +0000

I added a new google voice widget to the webpage. I haven’t tried it out yet, but it should send you straight to my voicemail.

Resistor Game

FoxCall — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:27:40 +0000

I saw a puzzle on this wiki: Resistor Game

A Black box with 4 terminals contains 5 resistors. All we know is the topology of the resistors. R₁, R₂, R₃, R₄, R₅, are all unknown. Is there a way to find out the value of R₁? Hint: You can use any lab equipment in the 2^nd floor.

The solution seems pretty obvious.

Measure using an ohm meter from the corners:
\>\>\{1\}\\ R_1+R_2+R_3=\mbox{NorthEast to SouthWest}\>\>\>\{2\}\\ R_4+R_3=\mbox{NorthWest to SouthWest}\>\>\>\{3\}\\ R_2+R_5=\mbox{NorthEast to SouthEast}\>\>\>\{4\}\\ \frac{(R_1+R_4+R_5)+(R_1+R_2+R_3)-(R_4+R_3)-(R_2+R_5)}{2}=\frac{\{1\}+\{2\}-\{3\}-\{4\}}{2}\\ R_1=\frac{\{1\}+\{2\}-\{3\}-\{4\}}{2}” style=”vertical-align:-20%;” class=”tex” alt=” R_1+R_4+R_5=\mbox{NorthWest to SouthEast}\>\>\>\{1\}\\ R_1+R_2+R_3=\mbox{NorthEast to SouthWest}\>\>\>\{2\}\\ R_4+R_3=\mbox{NorthWest to SouthWest}\>\>\>\{3\}\\ R_2+R_5=\mbox{NorthEast to SouthEast}\>\>\>\{4\}\\ \frac{(R_1+R_4+R_5)+(R_1+R_2+R_3)-(R_4+R_3)-(R_2+R_5)}{2}=\frac{\{1\}+\{2\}-\{3\}-\{4\}}{2}\\ R_1=\frac{\{1\}+\{2\}-\{3\}-\{4\}}{2}” />

Auto-stitch Disney Photos

FoxCall — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:24:25 +0000

I finally got around to applying auto-stitch to some of my Disney trip photos. Next time: tripod and more intermediate images. I also tried using Seadragon (from Microsoft) to share it. Read more to see it.

For the moble or people who don’t like Silverlight look here

Google Voice

FoxCall — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:38:05 +0000

I got into the Google Voice beta. Still trying it out, but it looks neat.
(607)699-1337 <- Yep, I am more l337 then you.

iPhone Social Codes

FoxCall — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:59:58 +0000

Ok, So I think I might be addicted to a few iPhone social games. Feel free to add me:

Undead : Vampire 226971513
Vampire ZQ4NU
Kingdoms TZMQR
Racing NQVQRZ
Rockstar PQM1S
iMobsters 2PZ3Q
Mafia 160307202

Also feel free to comment to this post with your codes. Akismet (anti-spam) may delay posting your comment for a bit.

Funny SNL Short

FoxCall — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:01:28 +0000

SNL had a funny digital short in a music video style. Video embedded after the break. (NSFW)

LaTeX Math

FoxCall — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:48:13 +0000

I am trying to install LaTeX Math into my blog. Can you see it?

PS3 Home 1.0 Beta

FoxCall — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:50:16 +0000

I got into the PS3 Home 1.0 Beta. Finally.

XBox 360 Update

FoxCall — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:52:15 +0000

I like the new XBox 360 OS and GUI. The party system still is a little funny with Gears of War 2 (we lose voice connect.) But I do like that the avatars can get together and do the wave and other gestures. I have linked to a picture of my avatar here:

Parallels 4.0

FoxCall — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:08:29 +0000

Don’t use Parallels 4.0 with Boot Camp. I bought the upgrade from Parallels 3 to 4.0. Unfortunately, Parallels seems to have broken my Windows NTFS volume. I am running chkdks /r from my Windows XP bootdisk, but it seems to be going poorly.