It is after lunch time, and I have not eaten yet. I should have grabbed some food a while back, but another of those phone calls happened… The type that distract and cause me not to get any work done. The main reason though is that I have been waiting for a phone call back from someone about a parcel I need to post… And I have finally got the call. Now I can get the parcel that I need to send together and get them out the door. I think Australia Post will be wondering what has happened since i am normally there every day it seems. <\/p>\n
I have just tried my VoIP phone, and it dials OK, but it is not ringing after I call. Not sure what is going on there. Might be issues with call waiting, or it might be waiting for a trunk at the far end to become available. Since I am calling a small part of southern queensland, I would not be surprised if they only have a few dialouts in the general area. Then again this would be a bit surprising since the service provider is based on the Gold Coast which is only about 90km away. <\/p>\n
[P.S. Works Now]<\/p>\n
BoingBoing have some nice wooden volume controls for an amplifier detailed on the blog. These sell for $485, on the basis that “the micro vibrations created by the volume pots and knobs find their way into the delicate signal path and cause degradation (Bad vibrations equal bad sound).” Presumably, wood dampens the vibrations. <\/p>\n
And the coolest. According to CNN, the MIT Museum has a display of a demo of the Maruders Map<\/a> except that this one is based on where real people are. It uses WiFi position technology. I would love to build something like that…<\/p>\n