http://www.busboom.org/ 2007-08-16T18:39:03+01:00 http://www.busboom.org/ http://www.busboom.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2007-08-16T15:47:51+01:00 Admin (eric@69.237.228.158) http://www.busboom.org/start?do=diff1187304471 Projects I like to build things. Philanthropy Our philanthropic work. ... text/html 2007-04-08T15:22:39+01:00 Admin (eric@69.237.228.158) http://www.busboom.org/projects?do=diff1176070959 Pneumatic Cannon Although I normally run it at 600 psi on C02, this 1” bored pneumatic cannon was designed to run at 3000 psi on nitrogen. C02 Powered sledge hammer A prototype of a weapon system for a BattleBot, this device uses a 1” piloted dia... text/html 2007-04-03T09:06:46+01:00 Admin (eric@69.237.228.158) http://www.busboom.org/bringing_donors_choose_to_san_diego?do=diff1175616406 Donors Choose is a very open organization and may be particularly interesting to the Social Venture Partners because they measure their processes. I was impressed that they include their financial statements on their website – see the last e... text/html 2007-04-03T09:02:29+01:00 Admin (eric@69.237.228.158) http://www.busboom.org/philanthropy?do=diff1175616149 Jenni and I are involved in several philanthropic groups. Our primary causes are literacy, education and the environment. Most of our money and effort goes to the San Diego Social Venture Partners. The SVP is like a venture capital fund for non-pr... text/html 2006-12-30T13:34:20+01:00 Admin (eric@75.85.187.121) http://www.busboom.org/stories?do=diff1167514460 Old College Flames Most of my free time in college was spent in the pursuit of responsible, judicious ways to burn things. Sierra Hike, 1999 Musing on the end of a weeking hike in the Sierras. Losing Weight I regularly drop several pounds in o... text/html 2006-12-28T15:36:18+01:00 Admin (eric@75.85.187.121) http://www.busboom.org/stories:oldflames?do=diff1167348978 My Pickle How a squid conquered Claremont. Chalkboard Leprechauns The little guys love Gary Evans’ lectures Phantom Shopping Cart, part 1 The scorch marks were barely visible the next day. Phantom Shopping Cart, Part 2 Just as dangerous as the f... text/html 2006-12-28T15:30:56+01:00 Admin (eric@75.85.187.121) http://www.busboom.org/essays?do=diff1167348656 The Democratic Topor Why does the Democrats agenda look like the Republicans agenda? No Fear Why I will never trust anyone who professes “No Fear” Life In Business Cards The story of my time at Qualcomm told in business cards What Can Do Can't Do... text/html 2006-09-17T15:39:37+01:00 Admin (eric@75.80.162.47) http://www.busboom.org/topbar?do=diff1158532777 Home ... text/html 2006-07-10T06:39:19+01:00 Admin (eric@70.95.227.150) http://www.busboom.org/stories:sierra1999?do=diff1152538759 I felt that I had cheated myself, that I should never have wanted to leave the Sierras. I should have experienced a deep inner peace, a transcendent tranquility that made the stress of civilized living repugnant. I should have felt a primitive call ... text/html 2006-07-10T06:39:07+01:00 Admin (eric@70.95.227.150) http://www.busboom.org/stories:sidebar?do=diff1152538747 Old College Flames Sierra Hike, 1999 Losing Weight Death Are Girls Still Gross? ... text/html 2006-07-03T19:24:38+01:00 Admin (eric@70.95.227.150) http://www.busboom.org/projects:pneumaticcannon?do=diff1151979878 This cannon is similar to many of the other pneumatic cannons you may have seen on the net: it uses a piloted diaphragm valve to vent the contents of a tank out the barrel. The unusual feature of this cannon is its construction: it is built from a 4... text/html 2006-06-09T11:36:57+01:00 Admin (eric@70.95.227.150) http://www.busboom.org/projects:cdrobot2?do=diff1149878217 Although the first CD Robot worked well enough to run for a week and rip nearly 800 CDs, it lacked style. The robot was slow, temperamental, and had a limited range with halting, jerky movements. I wanted a robot to be proud of. The most trouble so... text/html 2006-06-08T21:35:43+01:00 Admin (eric@192.168.10.31) http://www.busboom.org/avian_flu_faq?do=diff1149827743 FAQ: Stolen from the New Scientist website: http://www.newscientist.com/popuparticle.ns?id=in72 Bird Flu 1. What exactly is this "bird flu", and how does it differ to from typical human flu? Flu is mostly a bird disease and it comes in... text/html 2006-06-08T21:34:43+01:00 Admin (eric@192.168.10.31) http://www.busboom.org/flu_letter?do=diff1149827683 Friends & Family, You may have heard about the Avian flu recently, a version of the flu that has killed tens of millions of birds in east Asia and is mutating to infect humans. The media has turned its attention to the possibility of a pandemic... text/html 2006-05-11T14:12:03+01:00 Admin (eric@192.168.10.31) http://www.busboom.org/stories:death?do=diff1147381923 My father, future brother-in-law and I were mulling around the car, lazily checking for anything we may have missed. It was a moderately warm, but thankfully overcast winter day at a shooting range outside Phoenix. Though nearly ready to begin skeet... text/html 2006-05-11T14:08:24+01:00 Admin (eric@192.168.10.31) http://www.busboom.org/projects:sidebar?do=diff1147381704 Pneumatic Cannon C02 Powered sledge hammer Digital Music Server CD Robot, Version 2 ... text/html 2006-05-11T09:55:23+01:00 Admin (eric@192.168.10.31) http://www.busboom.org/avian_flu?do=diff1147366523 Are you prepared for the next flu pandemic? The Avian flu is a flu virus that has killed 70 million birds in Asia, and is likely to mutate into a form that can infect humans within the next two years. If it does, it could kill hundreds of millions... text/html 2006-05-11T09:52:04+01:00 Admin (eric@192.168.10.31) http://www.busboom.org/essays:spineless?do=diff1147366324 A liberal friend of mine sent mail to one of his lists to encourage readers to read and endorse the Democratic adgenda. I read it, and was appalled; it was a watered down copy of the Republican adgenda, scrubbed of any issue that voters could interp... text/html 2006-05-11T09:51:43+01:00 Admin (eric@192.168.10.31) http://www.busboom.org/essays:sidebar?do=diff1147366303 The Democratic Topor No Fear Life In Business Cards What Can Do Can't Do Losing Weight Rigor and Discipline ... text/html 2006-05-11T09:50:20+01:00 Admin (eric@192.168.10.31) http://www.busboom.org/projects:musicjukebox?do=diff1147366220 Joining two house holds into one when I married my wife was a simple affair; she had all of the dishes, furniture and towels, and I had all of the tools. But, we both had CD’s. Even on the day after our wedding, when our apartment was clogged ...