My new blog
I’ve been trying out a new blog system called Tumblr that I’ll be updating instead of this blog for awhile. If you’re one of the 3 people who reads my blog, go to blindteeth.tumblr.com for some actual updates.
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My awesome new tattoo
My awesome new tattoo
Originally uploaded by MattGrommes.
Courtesy of Alex Werder at Star Tattoo in Albuquerque and his magic tattoo gun.
It looks somehow more mind-blowing in person. Even though it’s on my arm and I watched him do it, I don’t understand how he does it.
And yes, I’m a big nerd.
My first Arduino circuit
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My first actual circuit built using my new Arduino board. I built it using a Protoshield and tutorial from LadyAda.com. If you’re interested in Arduino or just want to start building little circuits, I’d recommend Lady Ada’s site. She’s got a bunch of cool projects you can build, Arduino stuff, and the tutorials are 100% awesome.
The New
Obviously I haven’t posted in awhile so I figure this is as good of a place as any to start again. I decided I needed a change so I shaved off my beard. I’ve had the beard for awhile so I’m still getting used to my new face. I’m not excited about taking up shaving again but I think it’ll help me focus on other changes I need to make.
Finally, the ghost of Edison is leaving the building.
Australia To Ban Old-Style Lightbulbs
The Australian government on Tuesday announced plans to phase out incandescent light bulbs and replace them with more energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs across the country.
This is great news. Hopefully this, and Wal-Mart’s new commitment to CF bulbs will lead to similar action here in the US. I converted us to all CF awhile ago and have looked forward to the death of the old bulbs for even longer. There’s no reason to use 100 year old technology. Internal combustion engines, you’re next! :)
[tags]cfl,compact+fluorescent,light+bulbs,Australia,global+warming[/tags]
I wanted the new Aenied translation, but…
40 freaking dollars? It’s not even 400 pages! This is looking like one of those books people buy to say they have it so I guess they’re trying to squeeze as much money out of people as possible. Sheesh. If I get around to wanting to read it before the paperback comes out off to Amazon I’ll go I guess.
I had another similar expensive book experience the other day. I bought Infinite Jest for $10 and along with that Lolita which is probably 1/10th as big for $15. I know the size of a book doesn’t determine how much it’ll cost but man, that stung.
[tags]books,aenied,money,expensive,infinite+jest,lolita[/tags]
Charlie Stross on living as a writer
So, to summarize: it’s badly paid, the hours are weird, the office environment can be claustrophobic, you can’t get the staff, you’re selling your wares to big corporations who can roll over in their sleep and crush you if you don’t make nice, nobody’s going to give you a champagne reception, a stretch limo or a signing tour, there’s lots of business admin stuff to deal with, and you still have to cram in a normal social life or you’ll go mad.
On the other hand: you’re doing exactly what you always wanted to do (or you’d get frustrated and go do something else). And what could be better than that?
This is why there’s the phrase “Everybody wants to be a writer but nobody wants to write”.
[tags]writing,charles+stross,writers[/tags]
300 Posts?
Man, I just noticed that the previous post was my 300th on Matt O’ Rama. I’ve actually done a lot more than that but I used to split my posts up to different blogs. I started the original Matt O’ Rama website is probably 1997 in college at New Mexico Tech. On it I had a proto-blog I called Brain Radiation, which was just part of that website before people just starting having their blog be the whole site. Then I started collecting links on a Blogger blog called Research Can Be Fun. I also had a wedding blog I didn’t post to as much as I should have, and finally I started Matt O’ Rama at some point long ago. The recent switch to using the Wordpress system turned out to happen at just the right time: 300 posts, almost the new year, etc. Here’s to 300 more!
Welcome
This is the new Matt O’ Rama, now built with Wordpress. For all 3 of you who read my blog, this is part of the reason it’s taken me so long to post here. Plus, extreme laziness, a new job, busy-ness, and extreme laziness. I will be posting here more now though.
I don’t know if I’m as in love with this theme for the look of the site as I was a few weeks ago so things might be changing here some more. If you have comments, please let me know.
[tags]wordpress,mattorama,unreads,grommes[/tags]
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Planned books:
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Current books:
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Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series) by Mike Cohn
Recent books:
- The Gum Thief: A Novel by Douglas Coupland
- Underworld: A Novel by Don DeLillo
- The Painter of Battles: A Novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte
- Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
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