USB meter

Boy is this DIY USB meter geeky. But I want one...

Porn Breaks Down China's Firewall

Some things defeat the Chinese firewall. Apparently porn is one of those things.

Take that Beijing! (Take note Google!)

Let the Dalai Lama Visit Chinese Quake Damage

The Dalai Lama would like to visit the earthquake damaged areas of China. Please sign this petition in support of His Holiness.

Tor for Android Phones

Tor for my G1. The Onion Router (Tor) for Android. What could be better!

Nike Shoes Meet DJ/Turntablist

Google Search Stories

I just used Google Search Stories to make my own video like the Google Super Bowl ad.

Guided Meditation MP3 Files

Finally, finally, I uploaded 3 new guided meditation MP3 files to JetCityOrange.com/meditation/

Look for Quick Under, Relax, & Long Talk

Clapperboard Video

Sometimes you just need a little hack. Nothing fancy, just something that gets the job done.

I want a clapboard to synchronize sound and video so I made a clapperboard video.

Admittedly a one trick pony but it's just what I want. A little ditty I can put on my phone and wave in front of the camcorder.

Books, ebooks, the iPad, and why everyone gets it wrong

JetCityOrange map of Seattle WA

View JetCityOrange Seattle in a larger map

It goes well with JetCityOrange.com/Seattle/

Happy Pi Day Everyone!

You know I love me some pi[e]

Motorcycle does the table cloth trick!

Why I love my Comcast Business Class pipe

Sh*t man! I thought the 22 down, 5 up service I'm paying for was fast. I'm getting 34 down!!!

This is the FCC's beta speed test site.

Tibet National Uprising Day

What time is it? Tibetan National Uprising Day! A day to remember that not all are free, that some wish harm to others, and that Beijing needs to pull its head outta their ass. That's what time it is!

All power to the people! Long live the Dalai Lama! Free the Panchen Lama!

The Dalai Lama Is Now On Twitter

Now we can all follow His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Twitter: http://twitter.com/DalaiLama/

QR Barcodes for Contacts in Android Phones

Charging an iPhone with orange slices

Losar Tashi Delek

Happy New Year everyone!

Logorama, the movie

I watch a lot of movies. Tons in fact. So it takes a fair amount to impress me.

Logorama knocked my socks off. It's only 16 minutes and if you're reading this, you're obviously wasting time. Do yourself a favor and watch "Logorama". Y'all can thank me later.

Time to Launch That Cyberattack Kiddies!

Pop quiz: when's the best time to launch a cyberattack on the US of A? When the guv'ment runs an attack drill

Sorta like War of the Worlds or better yet Buckaroo Bonzai. Use the planned simulated attack as the cover for your very own real attack.

Of course if some *sshole does this the FBI/NSA swat team will be landing that black helicopter on my roof...

The Key to Sarah Pailin's Popularity

Now I get it. Pailin's popularity is proof that most people don't like those smarter than they are.

Intelligence intimidates.

Apple Pi

When I get stressed I often make an apple pi(e). I get the best results from mixing 3 or more varieties of apples together. Both cornstarch and flour as thickeners.

3.14159265

Giant Squid Caught in California

What's this I hear about giant squid fishing in California? 60 pound squid and bigger??

China Objects To Obama Meeting the Dalai Lama

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be in the US in Feb and May. China has warned Obama about the consequences if he meets the Dalai Lama.

To quote Zhu Weiqun,  "We will take corresponding action to make relevant countries see their mistakes."

Nigga, please. Fuck you. What possible threat do you see in a 74 yr old monk? Probably the most beloved man on the planet. Mr. Love and Compassion himself.

Let me hazard a guess: acknowledging and embracing the Dalai Lama is tantamount to admitting your failures not only in Tibet but to your very core.

Cowards...

Dalai Lama Interview re: China

Oh great. Now Obama's pro nuclear.

We've been had. Barack likes nukes. Wants more. Thinks they're the answer to our energy problems.

Does the term "half life" mean anything to you? How about cancer? Security threat? Wrong solution to the energy problem on every level?

Let me state this again in no uncertain terms: I voted for him but only as my compromise candidate. Oh he's cute, oh he's eloquent but he ain't no progressive. He's nobody's revolutionary leader. That's why it's so funny when the Right calls him "socialist". I wish!

Words of Wisdom

I'll believe it when I can Google it.

Bruce Schneier on Gmail's back door & China hacking

Noted cryptographer Bruce Schneier talks about the backdoor Google built into Gmail that Chinese hackers recently exploited. If this is true, it means Google did a deal with the devil in order to enter the Chinese market.

No wonder Sergy was never comfortable with the deal. It's about fundamental principals of freedom and liberty not profits or stock price.

So GOOG is this true?

Hillary Clinton Speaking on Internet Freedom (& more!)

She speaks for an hour. Eloquently and forcefully at times. She doesn't talk down to us and proves once again, she's on our side.

Watch and listen to Hillary's speech today.

Japanese Hip Hop Monk

L.E.A.D. Uganda & AIDS Orphans

Swedish Proverb as in "Your sorrows"

Are you ready to abandon Internet Explorer yet?

First Germany and now France. Why is it that Europeans are blowing the whistle on Internet Explorer's inherent insecurity and the rest of the world is asleep at the wheel? Let me repeat what's been said before: IE isn't secure. Microsoft has little incentive to make it so. There are better alternatives. You need to be using them.

China hacked Google piggybacking on IE's flaws. Don't get caught in the same trap.

You've been warned...

An Open Letter to Google re: Chinese Net Censorship

Google, China, and Net Freedom

Google talks about China's cyberattacks

"Don't be evil." Beijing are you listening? Google is standing up to you. And now Yahoo! too. Hillary's even checked in.

We're tired of your net censorship. We're tired of watching you oppress your own citizens. We're tired of waiting for you to grow up and act like the global citizen you claim to be. And we're definitely tired of you messing with Tibet. Simply put, we're tired of your sh*t.

Hats off to Google for standing up to the Chinese government. If it means Google leaves China, so be it.

Let's help open the net by providing tools and resources like Tor and FreeGate.

All power to the people!

Lhasa Beer in da house!

Seattle Dharma Punx

I (finally) sat with the Seattle Dharma Punx for the first time tonight. I attended their annual intention setting ceremony. Me? I vowed to love my enemies so that they might teach me.

Fitting, given that I spent today tweaking both of my Tor boxes *and* sent a video to friends in Dharamsala outlining my plans to take over the world with Tor among other things.

I've to two relays running now. I want to play with both bridge relays and hidden services. Squid proxies (for Iran) and OpenVPN too.

"PC" as in political computing!

Netflix: who's watching what where

The venerable NY Times has an interactive map/article Netflix rentals across the country.

So, what are your neighbors watching? How does it map to your viewing habits? Are you surprised by theirs, would they burn you at the stake for yours??

Train Surfing, the ultimate extreme sport?

Try this on *your* bike. I double dare ya!

Garmin Voice Studio

Now, using Garmin Voice Studio, you can hear my voice in your Garmin GPS!

I recorded all the words and phrases which you can download off of JetCityOrange

Get lost to the soothing sound of my voice...

Headlines Motivate My Meditation

If one adheres to Mahayana, then reading the news only serves to motivate me and strenghten my resolve.

French Toast, pancakes, & Waffles

When else do you get to eat molasses? I mean really; how often do you make cookies from scratch?

"The Story of Stuff", The Story of Cap & Trade

Now think about your life(style) and what you can change.

Suicide Bombers in the Middle East

My prayers go out to all in the Middle East. The headlines would have you believe it rains meat in public. Body parts falling from above.

Stop hating & killing. Just stop.

Apple Censors iPhone Apps in China That Mention the Dalai Lama

So Apple appears to be bowing to China's will and censoring iPhone apps that mention the Dalai Lama.

Why? Because he's a military threat? A counter-revolutionary force (odd coming from such unabashed capitalists as the PRC)? Or perhaps because they're afraid of the truth...

My new Favorite Video. Too cool for words!

They need to make a longer version. I don't get to watch long enough.

New Year's, a funeral dirge

2009, good riddance. Go, be gone with you. Away!

Augmented Reality

Somebody, anyody, tell me why I need augmented reality. I have my hands full with the default plain vanilla kind.

Iranian Protesters & Their Cell Phones Show Us Their Revolution

God bless the protesters in the streets of Iran. Talk about "fight the power". Despite the Iranian government's best efforts at net censorship news from citizens in the streets continues to make its way out. Cell phones and especially photos taken with cell phones are everywhere.

Gizmodo has a good piece on this phenomena.

Gotta love it.

phones with keyboards = better language

As more and more cell phones have keyboards, texting and email has evolved from "CU L8R" et al. to real English with punctuation no less. Thank you, thank you.

RC plane w/video camera + fireworks!

OK. Let me get this straight. We've got a video camera on an RC plane with jokers on the ground shooting fireworks at it.


I have only two questions: was the pilot try to avoid the fireworks or fly into them and was beer involved?

Christmas

Any day when people around the world stop, share, and love those around them is a day to be celebrated. A true holiday.

Found While Holiday Shopping

Xmas '09

I'm only partly through gift opening but so far the pocket breathalyzer has a slim lead followed closely by clever tea making setup + mug sporting caffeine molecule etching. If I could only put the breathalyzer online like a webcam...

I hope Santa was as good to you. Now on to the rest of the prezzies...

Christmas Spirit, the t-shirt

Measuring Spoons 1, Jerry 0

Jokes on me: I just read the markings on the measuring spoons I've been using for YEARS. It's a TEAspoon, not a TABLEspoon. Explains some of my cooking results...

HP computers are racist?

Give yourself a holiday present. For free!

When I sat on The Big Guy's lap this year I asked for a SSL/TLS certificate. here's how to get one for free.

Dovetails nicely with my New Year's resolution: OpenVPN

Chrome & Broken Web Sites

Webmasters, fix your shit. If your site doesn't work with Chrome I'm surfing elsewhere. I'm tired of reaching for IE cuz your shit don't work.

My first tattoo

My present to myself. Michael accompanied me.

Dedicated to Mr. Wolf, my elementary school French teacher. When I made a boneheaded comment he took me aside, pulled up his sleeve, showed me his tattoo from the concentration camp, and told me he could never hate someone for who or what they are. This man survived the Nazis, facing some of the worst humans can do to each other, and he transmuted that hatred into love and compassion towards an ignorant kid years later. God bless him.

Take a listen: Thanksgiving Lime Jello Marshmellow With Gravy

I made this a couple of years ago. It's now a family tradition.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Peg Ogle Design 2010 Calendar (free download!)

Peg Ogle Design just released a free 2010 calendar.

We're so excited about it we even did a press release.

Barcode Fun

Barcode and fun, in the same sentence no less. Don't believe me, read this.

BarcodeBeasties reminds me of the old Skannerz game.

Download A Free 2010 Calendar

The Azalea Software 2010 Calendar features photos of industrial textures and can be downloaded and printed for free: www.azalea.com/calendar/

Fur handcuff (sic)

Something I found in the *toy* department of a store in downtown Seattle today. Fur handcuff featuring an anime character.

But hey, they're only three bucks and like the package says "Age limit 6 years old and above." and "For parties or accessaries (sic) for fun".

A tour of Oakland CA

I shot several videos of Elbert "Big Man" Howard discussing historic locations in the history of Oakland CA focusing on the Black Panthers.

Best of YouTube Video (sic)

Charter for Compassion, Nov 12th

I love signs like this

Aurora Ave north of the cemetery

Big Man, Lisa & I at Panther reunion

43rd Black Panther Party reunion
Laney College, Oakland CA, 24oct09

Bobby Seale's Birthday Cakes

Bobby Seale's birthday celebration. Laney College, Oakland CA, 24oct09

Online database of U.S. political prisoners

I finally put together a database of U.S. political prisoners using Google Spreadsheets.

Only a first cut. It needs proofing, but it's a start.

Tattoo in Time Lapse

Jimi Hendirx Funeral, Seattle 1970

Grateful Dead & James Brown???

Proof the Grateful Dead listened to (and were inspired by James Brown):
  Dancin' in the Streets (live), Terrapin Station, Grateful Dead
  12:45 into it

I smell a mashup yet to be done...

Ken Kesey's bus Further

Further, the bus from Electric Kool-aid Acid Test. Full of Merry Prankster ghosts and memories on display at Hempfest Seattle 2009. More photos are online on JetCityOrange.

Help fight malaria with malariacontrol.net

Install the malariacontrol.net screensaver and your computer's spare cycles will help researchers learn more about malaria transmission vectors. After you install the screensaver please join the JetCityOrange team. OK?

Ghoulardi & Shaker Heights

Ahhh, Ghoulardi... Memories of my youth growing up in Cleveland.

Obama Doesn't Deserve the Nobel Prize

Hey. I used to respect the Nobel Prize. Heck, His Holiness the Dalai Lama snagged on.

But Barack Obama? Nice guy and all but he ain't done shit yet. There are no accomplishments to recount. No trophies on his mantle. And I voted for the guy. He's too conservative for me, but I voted for him.

But his on my shit list. The latest insult was snubbing the Dalai Lama this week for fear of pissing off the Chinese before his visit next month. Pissing off the Chinese? When was that a concern of ours?

Let's get this straight: our new Nobel Prize winner favors bald faced, unbriddled capitalism over human rights and genocide. I'm sure the Uighers and Burmese as well as the Tibetans appreciate this cold-hearted decision.

Close Guantanamo? No. Get out of Iraq? No. Bitch slap Wall and reform Street and Detroit? No. Gay rights? Healthcare reform? Change I can believe in? Nope.

What's he done? What can I tick off my list? How is my life better and what about my kids' future? My only satisfaction is that we're not living under the McCain/Palin regime.

Liberals, they always break your heart. We need our own party...

Google's Icon is a Barcode Today!!!

Ya gotta love Google. Today they gave me another reason why: the Google icon is a Code 128 barcode today!

Don't cha jus love it.I know I do. Bar codes have bin berry, berry good to me.

BPP Black History Month events

For information about the Black Panther Reunion and Black History Month events, go to BigManBPP.com/BlackHistoryMonth/for details.

See you there!

JetCityOrange flyby

Seattle Critical Mass on the West Seattle Bridge

Swiss Train Video

Sea-Monkey YouTube Video

Bike Photos

I love my bike. (Yes, I'm down to only 1.)

I've just put a gallery of bike photos online.

Civil Rights Photographs

I've been scanning vintage photos of the Civil Rights Movement. I own tons of stuff and if you're not in my living room, you don't get a chance to see them.

Not any more. I'm scanning select images: the Black Panthers, Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, etc. I have items like FBI wanted posters as well as photographs.

Now that I've started, I'm finding it hard to stop.

Black Panther Party photos

I've started to digitize my collection of civil rights photographs beginning with vintage photos of the Black Panther Party. They're available online at JetCityOrange.com/Black-Panther-Party/.

There's plenty more yet to come...

Pogoplug Web Server Video

A quick video tour of our Pogoplug web server:

Website Hosted on PogoPlug

AzaleaRSS.com is one of the first websites hosted on a Pogoplug. AzaleaRSS is a free RSS editor written in Microsoft Excel and creates feeds, podcasts, and webcasts.

The Pogoplug is a very small Linux appliance from CloudEngines originally designed as a way to mount USB drives online. The nerds at AzaleaRSS see Pogoplugs as cheap Linux computers and something kewl to play with. Using an 8GB USB flash drive for storage, a web server was born. Total cost: less than 100 dollars.

The AzaleaRSS server runs Nginx and PHP, and was configured by Cory King in Seattle.

Support the Iranian Protesters

Our sisters and brothers in Iran need our help. Their government is not their friend or ally. The first thing we can do is change our Twitter location and time zone to Tehran so the authorities have a harder time tracking them. Do it now!

Consider setting up a proxy server and/or a TOR server too.

All power to the people!,

Cell phone wallpaper & computer wallpaper photos

I've just uploaded a gallery of photos of metal designed to be used for wallpaper on your phone or computer, or to feed Google Photos Screensaver. Your choice.

Photos of metallic textures from Sodo, Seattle.

New free wallpaper & desktop background images.

Everyone loves fresh cell phone wallpaper images and backgrounds for your computer desktop. Now everyone else will be jealous of the wallpaper and backgrounds you have after you install the free photos from Azalea Software.

No, you won't find these anywhere else. Yes, they're cool, hip, and almost too much so.

IOS

Meditation MP3's Get Some Respect. Finally...

Nothing like getting a little link love from someone: http://www.bestfreetraining.net/?p=1165

I especially like the list of links to save folks from digging around themselves.

I'm flattered.

Mickey Mouse Toaster

Mickey toaster!

Danger Mouse's 'Dark Night of the Soul' download & burn

Danger Mouse can't release his new CD "Dark Night of the Soul" due to ongoing legal disputes with EMI. Again.

So he's selling a blank disk complete with the artwork encouraging folks to download and burn their own copy. All one needs is a link to the music online.

Enjoy!

AzaleaRSS v1.1 Press Release

AzaleaRSS: a free RSS editor in Excel press release

The release is online, the press release has just gone out. I guess it's time to get busy on the next release...

Sidekick LX 2009

It's been years since I carried a Sidekick around. Had 3 of 'em though. I've had a Dash, an iPhone, and now a G1. Doesn't stop me from being a bit jealous of the new Sidekick LX 2009.

Just a little...