http://electrons.psychogenic.com/modules/wordpress/index.php babblings! Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:37:05 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 electronsadmin@psychogenic.com electronsadmin@psychogenic.com en Having trouble locating SiEd? Fret no more! SiEd is my favorite general purpose editor for Palm pilot. It’s great, open-sourced GPLed software, that has a bunch of neat features like writing directly to the SD card, split screens, macros. I also love the fact that it writes plain ... http://electrons.psychogenic.com/modules/wordpress/rants/2007/10/08/33/sied-return-of-the-files.html I just performed a little surgery on my guitar and wanted to share the results which might eventually be useful to someone else. The problem with my electric guitar: it’s old and cheap, the 5 position switch (used to select combinations of the three pickups) was acting up, as ... http://electrons.psychogenic.com/modules/wordpress/rants/2007/08/23/32/elective-surgery-for-electric-guitars.html One site I like to visit regularly is LiveScience to which many of our News entries here link to. A feature that comes up often is their “Top 10″ lists, which are often less informative than they are entertaining, but normally with that geeky science twist. Examples include Top 10 ... http://electrons.psychogenic.com/modules/wordpress/rants/2007/07/24/31/editor-please-stick-to-the-science-in-livescience.html Today, as I took my customary walk to the coffee shop, I passed by at least four teams of two green-shirted youths stopping people on the street to solicit funds. I think I like Greenpeace, I just hate how they generate cash. My problem with this approach is ... http://electrons.psychogenic.com/modules/wordpress/rants/2007/07/20/30/fundraising-the-smart-way.html No. I don’t have any change for you, sorry. I know a lot about panhandling, and it’s not just because I live in the city core. I think I understand it, and I spend a lot of time talking with folks who spend most of their day ... http://electrons.psychogenic.com/modules/wordpress/rants/2007/07/12/29/hey-man-have-you-got-a-quarter.html Finally… After a few months with my new Palm OS 5 device, I’ve been itching to get some real work done on the road. Graffiti is great and all, but I need keyboard input. However, my insistence in using the Dvorak layout has been causing issues, especially ... http://electrons.psychogenic.com/modules/wordpress/rants/2007/07/12/28/dvorak-on-palm-os-5.html Having decided to give the local "Environment Meetup Group" (at meetup.com) a spin, I came upon the message board which included a post: "You Call Yourself a Progressive, But You Still Eat Meat?". I’m always a bit irked at the recurring link between environmentalism (which I’m into) and vegetarianism ... http://electrons.psychogenic.com/modules/wordpress/rants/2007/04/14/27/should-any-meat-eater-be-called-progressive.html I’ve never had a profound love of taxis, whose drivers seem to think their special permit comes with a host of privileges not accorded to the mundane little people the rest of us are. Optional use of flashers, reckless driving, using horns as a form of speech, urinating on ... http://electrons.psychogenic.com/modules/wordpress/rants/2007/04/14/26/why-cabs-suck.html Here is my confession: newly single, I decided to give online dating a try. Oh my! To be clear, I’ll admit I haven’t given it a fair chance (haven’t tried much and since I refuse to actually give pimps any cash, I only went to various free sites) but I ... http://electrons.psychogenic.com/modules/wordpress/rants/2006/10/31/25/one-guys-guide-to-and-review-of-online-dating.html A friend recently introduced me to Couch Surfing and it is an amazing concept. The idea is to reunite people interested in learning about other cultures, meeting diverse and interesting folks and travelling dirt cheap. Though some people can’t resist the urge to try and use the site ... http://electrons.psychogenic.com/modules/wordpress/rants/2006/10/30/24/surf-your-way-around-the-world.html