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Sun, 29 Apr 2007

mucho badassery

Tonight I saw Chris Cornell at Stubb's.

Holy shit.

He played songs from Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Audioslave, and his solo album, as well as covers of Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, and—I shit you not—"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson as a bluesy rock song.

Cornell is a great performer and a seemingly nice guy. He interacted well with the audience and drove the emotional state of the crowd perfectly. In addition, umm, holy shit does he have some pipes. He didn't even get really warmed up until "Hunger Strike" or so, and by the time he hit his stride and belted out "What You Are," I knew we were in for a treat. "Rusty Cage" and "Pretty Noose" later, we were basically going nuts, and they finished off the show with 5 or 6 encores, including "Black Hole Sun" and "Jesus Christ Pose."

His new stuff sounds really cool; can't wait for the album!


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Thu, 26 Apr 2007

this is the ultimate showdown

Actually, it's the Ultimate Power Converter Showdown of Ultimate Destiny. Unfortunately, you have to be a SiLabs employee to attend.

The accompanying paper is called "The Si3226 dc/dc Converter, or, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Telephony Power Conversion."

Beamer is hot.


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Mon, 09 Apr 2007

getting it is easy. filling it with illegal substances and sending it across the border is not.

Gentle(wo)men... behold!

Bear witness to the first stuffed Ignignokt board in all its insanely bright glory. The lit picture does not do it justice—in person, it just hurts.

Now for the Andy Warhol-style panel of differently colored ones...


Edit: have a look at the writeup for a bit more info.


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Tue, 03 Apr 2007

a sneak peak at the silent rage

Pictures and a proper writeup are forthcoming, but for now, feast your eyes upon the pocket Ignignokt and a writeup of the cheapest dc/dc converter I could design.


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