I can’t remember my slashdot login so I wanted them to email me my password. You know those images you have to look at then type in the letters that are in the image (and the letters are all squiggly or colors/patterns go through them)? They are called captchas. Take a look at these from slashdot:
Is that dkiiymi?
WTF is that first letter?
I am a HUMAN and I have a hard time telling what letters those are!
Sweet! My last post about ebooks on the Juicebox made Make Magazine and Hackaday!
I picked up a couple Juiceboxes and MP3/picture kits a few months ago when they were on clearance at WalMart. A few days ago I noticed they were on clearance now at Target (you can get both the unit and the MP3/picture kit for a total of $24 plus tax) and I posted to the linux-hacker forums that Target had them on clearance now. Today, there is a slashdot post about them. Hopefully now someone will figure out how to make it play our own videos.
Poking around online, I found this post talking about using it as an e-book reader. I hadn’t thought of that! So, since I had some lying around, I tried it. In about 10 minutes I was reading text on my Juicebox. Here’s how I did it:
Here is the JPG that I put on the Juicebox:
Here is a picture of the Juicebox displaying the text image (click to enlarge – it’s readable!). It looks much better in person – the screenshot looks a bit blue and washed out:
UPDATE: Here is a Flickr photo showing the button functions (point at the buttons):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianpipa/17335231/
Technorati: juicebox, ebooks, ebook reader, hack, slashdot
Is there anything that that Tabasco Chipotle isn’t good on? For those that haven’t tried it, this is a new sauce from Tabasco that is freakin’ fantastic. It’s hot but not too hot and it has a wonderful smoky flavor. I’ve been eating it for probably 3 or 4 months and have gone through numerous bottles. It’s great stuff. It’s really good on pizza! Also great on homemade fajitas and chili. I haven’t found anything it’s NOT good on. I have a bottle at home and one at work. Today at work, I tried it on leftover fried rice – gave it a good spicy kick. If you like spicy foods, give Tabasco Chipotle a try! (no, I am not paid to say this, and yes, I would gladly take money to sing the praises of Tabasco Chipotle – Tabasco – are you reading this? Contact me!)
Some more good music. This time found thanks to the De-Fi Radio Podcast. Check out http://www.paulwarnermusic.com – he sounds a bit like John Mayer. Paul has his entire album available in MP3 format for free download.