http://purpleflux.com/ Why monkeys like pi en-us 2008-05-11T14:26:44-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/002280.html If you're getting this error and you're sure that you are not hosting your web app on a web farm, then this blog post has most of the information you need. All that because someone decided it would be best... Tech Austin 2008-05-11T14:26:44-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/002209.html It was on my list of things to check out for quite a while now, and now I wish I had tried it out much sooner. Seriously, if you ever want to connect to remote computers, be it your home... Tech Austin 2006-03-03T10:45:41-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/002175.html I was amused when I came across a DebugCast as a new variation on your average screencast. I was going to write my post all about it, but while trying to find other DebugCasts I found a post that already... Tech Austin 2005-12-08T10:14:47-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/002008.html Heard about del.icio.us but just haven't tried it? If I had found this screencast about using del.icio.us before it would have been helpful. Another screencast about del.icio.us is slightly different and I even learned how to replace all instances of... Tech Austin 2005-06-21T14:20:09-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/001962.html Check out this extremely interesting project at Stanford called Dual Photography. Basically they simulate a view from an angle where they have no camera but only a light source. It's more complex than that of course. The pictures are impressive... Musings Austin 2005-05-20T22:28:29-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/001935.html Found a nice CodeProject article on Floating Point numbers in .NET. In case you don't want to read the article, the most important realization for me was that for financial calculations it is probably better to use Decimal numbers instead... Tech Austin 2005-05-06T12:59:01-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/001932.html Check out zipdecode and don't forget to click the zoom button for full effect. Nice interface eh? Another nice one is the NameVoyager for baby names. Just start typing a name and watch it go. To fnish of the list... Musings Austin 2005-05-05T15:50:07-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/001920.html In case you hadn't heard (ha), someone invented a sound system that is inaudable to others. So in review, sound seems to come from inside your head, and you're the only one that can hear it. Oh joy. Reminds me... Tech Austin 2005-04-23T10:29:19-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/001918.html Wow. No really. Look at this picture to see what I mean, and then visit the site. Amazing, especially considering there isn't a google maps/satellite API out yet according to the blurb where I found it at google.... Tech Austin 2005-04-22T09:48:26-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/001917.html When I took a virtual reality course at ISU I had the idea of creating a sphere covered with pinhole cameras. You could then project the data onto curved surfaces to view or process the data for 3D. But what... Tech Austin 2005-04-22T09:07:37-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/001897.html For a while now I've had a problem with a windows XP machine having horrible performance. The culprit was that the main hard drive was using PIO instead of DMA. Problem was, when I went to change that in device... Tech Austin 2005-04-06T09:53:20-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/001889.html Bacteria normally found in the mouth may now have a hand in clogging arteries and causing heart attacks. Go here to read more. Maybe this would help explain why some people who are in great shape can still have heart... Musings Austin 2005-03-31T12:19:20-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/001417.html A McDonald's restaurant has now outsourced its drive-thru ordering to another state to save money. How soon until they go all the way and people from India are taking orders? Personally I think they might skip that step and just... Musings Austin 2005-01-29T19:07:57-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/001372.html One of my favorite shows is definitely MythBusters. Today I happened upon a myth quiz you can take, and the most interesting one I found was the following: Question: If you cover a wart with duct tape, it will go... Austin 2005-01-11T12:21:43-06:00 http://purpleflux.com/archives/001359.html I came acrost a nice description of photic sneezing today and thought I'd share it. I always thought it was odd that I sneezed at the sun, and it was great to find out that it's a bit more common... Musings Austin 2005-01-05T19:47:40-06:00