Scott Hebert

Everyday, I send interesting links to people via e-mail, instant message, or Twitter. There’s no reason to confine these links just to people I know.

Below you’ll find the interesting tidbits for 2008-09-22 through 2008-10-01:

• Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game
  This seems like a waste of time, but it really exercises the ol' noodle.
• LCD HDTV Input Lag Tests
  TV technology is always interesting, but this is a lot of work!
• LCD TV Suggested Viewing Distance Calculator
  I don't know how reliable this is, but it looks to be a good rule of thumb.

Tags: education, games, lcd, physics, programming, science, television, tools, video, ~scott

The current account represents the sum of balance on goods, services, income yields, and unilateral transfers. It is an indicator of the flow of capital and goods to and from a country. The U.S. currently runs a current account deficit. This means that more goods and services are being imported into the country than exported.

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Tags: deficit, economics, globalization, trade

Late September and October is the worst time of year.

I know what you’re thinking, “How in the hell can early Fall be the worst time of year?” In a way, you’re totally justified. There are a lot of great things about this time of year.

• The weather is just beginning to change in the Texas Hill Country. Cool breezes rustle the leaves and it’s finally OK to come out of the air conditioning.
• Halloween is in October, and it is, by far, my favorite holiday. I love candy, and what’s better than a bunch of kids dressed up and collecting as much as they can?
• New TV shows are on the air. Certain shows are beginning to have new episodes around this time. How fun!

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Tags: baseball, sports

This month’s Game Informer magazine has a preview of Star Trek Online, a new MMORPG from Cryptic Studios. This game looks pretty sweet with tons of character and spaceship customization options.

Apparently, it’s slated for PC and Console, so us Mac users are out of luck.

Tags: mmorpg, star trek

In her infinite wisdom, Autumn decided that we needed to move our fence forward on our house. As I understand it, there are lots of good reasons for doing this. Unfortunately, all I heard was that voice in my head asking how much this was going to cost.

I still don’t know how much this cost, but it looks great! Ignorance is bliss, they say.

By the way, that image on the right is being served directly from our Flickr Fence Update set. I have no idea if that’s supposed to work right or not, but it looks good for now!

Tags: home repair, updates