Author: Mike Garrity

August 30, 2013

Google define

Google has been rolling out a lot of new search features recently. My favorite is that if you put the word define in front of something, and then expand the card (click the big...

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August 22, 2013

Brush Up Your Shakespeare

We went down to the Hatch Shell tonight to see Commonwealth Shakespeare and Boston Landmarks Orchestra do Kiss Me Kate. It was a beautiful summer night in Boston, and the music was wonderful. In...

programming

August 11, 2013

Pi Hacking

Our nephew Ben is visiting us this week. He brought his Raspberry Pi with him. The boys have got it setup in the TV room and have started hacking around with it. Ben created...

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July 26, 2013

Fallingwater

While we were visiting Peter last weekend, we made a quick drive out to Mill Run to visit Fallingwater. We’ve certainly seen thousands of pictures of the house over the years, but seeing it...

cars

July 25, 2013

PVGP

While we were in Pittsburgh visiting Peter, the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix was going on. A lot of the racing at the PVGP happens at Pitt-Race outside town, but there’s lots to see in...

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July 25, 2013

Peter is spending the summer at the National High School Game Academy (NHSGA). That’s a summer program at the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC). We went to visit him last weekend. It’s a really cool...

cars

July 18, 2013

NA vs. NC

I’ve had the new Miata for almost two months now, but I’ve been too busy to write up a comparison of the two. Luckily, Danny Cruz has done it for me! Go check out...

cars

July 2, 2013

Hoist

I’ve always wanted an engine hoist for around the shop. I’ve been tempted several times by the basic folding one at Harbor Freight when they have it on sale for $190, but I’ve never...

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June 26, 2013

Nothing but Blue Skies

I worked in the graphics hardware group at Stellar back when Tom Van Sant created his wonderful image of the entire earth with no clouds. He created it using one of our GS1000 systems....

cars

June 24, 2013

British Car Day

We went to British Car day at the Larz Anderson museum today. We saw some wonderful cars, like this Morgan trike. In the back, it has a couple of beer taps and a portrait...