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Supply and demand in the Middle East
In the continuing interest of figuring out what in God’s name is going on with the price increases in oil, I did a little research on the US Government’s Energy Information Administration website, which apparently exists. (I suppose it may be an inexorable fact that governments continue expanding until beaurocracies are created to represent all […]
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LaTeX equations in WordPress
There is a very nice plugin for WordPress done by Automattic that allows one to include LaTeX mathematics in a post. However, their version handled everything as inline math, so that operators like integrals and sums were too small, as if they were trying to be fit within the space of a line, and not […]
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WordPress upgrade
Just upgraded to WordPress 2.3.1. So far so good. However, it would be nice if they would keep all user-added files in a single folder. As it is now, any added plugins and themes must be remerged in. There’s no reason that the included distribution themes and plugins have to be in the same directory as […]
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Review: Harmon Kardon AVR 247 Receiver
The sound quality is quite good, especially for an amp of this price point. However, this unit (and probably others in HK’s line, I imagine) has a flaw that will especially affect those users that rely on over-the-air TV (either digital or analog). Somehow, despite (and to the detriment of) their reputation, HK failed to effectively shield […]
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Review: SanDisk Sansa e250 media player
Forget about the video functionality. It crashes often, and even when it works it’s so small as to be pointless. But the sound is fantastic. Sound quality is a variable that’s often forgotten when shopping for MP3 players, but quite a variable it is from experience. This player has better sound than my ipod, and […]
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Review: Etymotic ER6i in-ear headphones
The company claims that if the bass seems weak, it’s because you don’t have them in right. However, I’ve used these for a long time and I’m pretty convinced these really are missing a lot of low end. They seal quite well in my ears, and do a fantastic job of noise isolation, but the bass […]
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Review: Capresso Infinity burr grinder
At first, I was very happy with this grinder. It does a great job of producing a uniform grind. But then I started to notice that the fineness of grind would slowly change as I went through several cups of coffee. With use, the accumulated coffee dust must either misalign the burrs or clog the […]