Drew Perttula

Obviously some of my posts are meant to help people who don't read my blog, so it's interesting to see what search terms are actually bringing people to my articles.

My search results for these queries may have helped:

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My search results for these queries probably did not help anyone:

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And to those who came to this page while looking for something in the top list, I'm sorry.

This ordinary bookshelf

now contains an audio input to the room's speakers:

The Pixxo USB WebCam, model A-MW2130, has a separate infrared filter that is very easy to remove. You just unscrew the outer case, unscrew the lens, and pop out the square filter piece. It looks kind of like the one in this demo.

The AW-M2130 works fine under linux with v4l2. Here are the controls:

% v4lctl -c /dev/video1 list
attribute  | type   | current | default | comment
-----------+--------+---------+---------+-------------------------------------
norm       | choice | (null)  | (null)  |
input      | choice | zc3xx   | zc3xx   | zc3xx
contrast   | int    |     128 |     128 | range is 0 => 256
Gamma      | int    |       4 |       4 | range is 1 => 6
Auto Gain  | bool   | on      | on      |
Light freq | choice | 50 Hz   | 50 Hz   | NoFliker 50 Hz 60 Hz
Sharpness  | int    |       2 |       2 | range is 0 => 3

The camera was $10 at Frys.

I have a headless box that isn't talking out its ethernet port. I wondered if it would network over usb. My Pre is on a NAT wifi network so I couldn't reach it directly.

1. Connect to pre with novaterm

root@palm-webos-device:/# ssh -f -N -n -R 9999:localhost:222 drewp@bigasterisk.com

2. On bigasterisk.com, ssh -p 9999 localhost

3. Unplug pre usb, take it to the computer for testing

4. On the new ssh connection, watch dmesg and ifconfig for action.

It might have been a bit easier to turn off pre wifi and ssh to it over the sprint network, although my connection would have been slower.

The heater duct cleaners found this newspaper somewhere in our heater. It's a local paper from Sept. 20, 1956.

The paper is The ADVANCE-STAR, Burlingame, California.

Tech: the typesetting has some screwy justifications, like "r a n g e d, refrigs.,  disposals,". Eleanor Davis is the first woman employee to complete 15 years of service at an electronic tube manufacturing firm. Employee is actually spelled "employe" regularly. Phone numbers are written like "DI 4-6033". 

Comics: The cars look different. The 3 single-frame comics are especially hard to understand. In one, a woman on a couch leans in to stare at a man: "Oh, boy, am I glad I got these glasses! I once thought I was in LOVE with you!" That's not still funny, right? Was there something new about glasses?

Dates: In one of the comics, a big sister uses 1989 in the punchline, apparently as a very far off year. The publish date happens to be the birthday of Gary Cole (Bill Lumbergh in Office Space). Also born this week and the next: Mikey Rourke, David Copperfield, Jamie Hyneman (MythBusters), and Linda Hamilton (Terminator).

Prices: Newspaper subscription is $1.25/month or $15.00/year. A (used) dining room table sells for $10, chairs are $3 each. A burglar steals $206 from medical offices. Daly City parking meters bring in $18,500 a year. San Mateo firemen are being hired at $396 to $455 a month. 

One want ad is in section "5-situations wanted":

REL. Christian white lady wishes hswk., $1.50 hr. according to work, or P/T kitchen helper, inspector lge. facty. wk. JU 7-6664 Tues., Wed., Fri., Sun. and eves.

In the Coast Guard story, 2 of the 3 people are mentioned with their full street addresses for no clear reason.

Thanks, guys from Advanced Cleaning Services!