Keith Lorentzen Memorial Slideshow

Hello Everyone,

Many people wanted a copy of this, so here it is. Please head on over to http://lorentzen.x10hosting.com site no longer operational to get a copy of it, either the Powerpoint Slideshow or Powerpoint both are the same size(5.6 MB).

Update for the regular listeners

If you know me personally you may have already heard about my brother's death. Keith Wendell Lorentzen died on Sunday (11/4/07). The remaining Lorentzen Family is in Connecticut now preparing for the funeral...etc.


You can get more information at worldkarting.com (http://www.worldkarting.com/pg/news/2007-11/KeithLorentzen.html)

I thank everyone for their outpouring of support.

Good Morning

Well, didn't get up until 0720 this morning...was deep in contemplative sleep or just being lazy, take your pick :). Just wanted to welcome the day with a nice sunrise, and remember "You've got to make your own type of music, play your own special song" Mama Cass - Make Your Own Kind Of Music :). Have a good day everyone.

The Rensselaer Magizine recognizes Stickymap.com

The recent issue of the Rensselaer Magazine (Spring 2007) speaks of my activities with the website http://www.stickymap.com.

And I quote:
"Craig Lorentzen has been part of a team of three that developed Stickymap.com, an interactive Web site that lets users annotate maps of neighborhoods throughout the country."

This has been an interesting project which I worked with Max Sklar and Daniel Wiznia (Yale Grads 2006) to get it off the ground. At this point I play a far reduced part in the project. Max has become a budding Website developer he has spent tons of time learning AJAX, CSS, HTML...etc. And Dan is providing direction and business like activities.

Please check out the site and the development blog http://blog.stickymap.com/.

Tiumphant Return

I hope to be updating you, my readers, more often.

Anyways as those who know me outside the web should know. I am working at Cisco Systems in RTP North Carolina. Stickmaps Marker

I have an apartment but I spend far more time at work than in the apartment, I know "welcome to the real world." Anyways, I am having fun with friends at work and outside of work. Been doing a good amount of Mountain Biking. http://www.trianglemtb.com/

I need to get a new bike unfortunately, I taco-ed the rear tire recently.
The look of a taco-ed tire.

Arguably the best weekend ever

This weekend was great. I spent Friday night in Woodstock NY at the Woodstock Lodge just hanging at a Joey Eppard jam session. I was completely and utterly at peace with myself. It is wonderful just to forget all your worries and hang.

Got home around 4AM and hit the sack to sleep like a log until 2PM Saturday. Got down to work started and completed my final paper for Philosophy of Law class. Then went and enjoyed a night of musical expression performed by my roommate’s band…Tryptich. I think everyone enjoyed the show.

Finally a relaxing Sunday to top of the best weekend I have ever had here at RPI.

How to fold a Shirt

The Japanese Way.

Pretty cool, seems to be easier than normal folding after a couple tries.

Rant

Why would you open a new product when the same exact thing is already open, and perfectly good?!?!?!?!??

Trusted Computing

This is a great little animation on what Trusted Computing was supposed to be, and what it has become.

http://www.lafkon.net/tc/

Nintendo Old-School Revolution

They killed his brother. Now Nintendos Old School characters must teach the Next-Gen crowd a lesson. "Open War Is Upon Us."

Worst Clips 2002 - 2004 (2006)

"Bad" TV

From the people who take it upon themselves to "clean" up TV. Compiled by the Parents Television Council, here is the worst of TV that you shouldn't watch. But here it is for your enjoyment.

Anyone find it moronic to compile what people shouldn't watch when you are the ones telling them they shouldn't watch it?

BTW: First post of the New Year, YAY!!

Ice on the window

Well I came back from my Computer Graphics Final today, enjoyed and episode of Babylon 5, then went to the kitchen to prepare a meal. Found the kitchen sink nonfunctional, boo have to call RPIRentals on that grr. Anyways I went to the bathroom to check if any water was working, sure enough the bathroom faucet gave me both hot and cold water.

Out of the corner of my eye I glimpse Ice on the inside of the bathroom window. I wonder, "what the f#@*?," well I decided to investigate.

I begin to investigate, first to remove our ghetto paper curtain. Still need to get on RPIRentals for those, anyways. I remove it and find parts of curtain stuck to the bottom of the window sill, they are frozen to the sill. There got it removed, I can now see the lower window, and the light sheen of ice coating the majority of it, as well I notice the external storm window is up with the screen down...ARGG I've got to get that storm window down and stop the ice formations, however pretty they might be.

Let's see tools? Hammer and Flat Head Screw drivers...perfect. (Chip, Chip, Chip, Bang, Bang, Bang) How the heck is Robare still sleeping through this? Oh well, an hour passes, well got most of the ice. Pull, strain, ahh the metal clips are stuck. (Chip, Chip, Chip, Bang, Bang, Bang), there they seem free now. Pull, strain, ahh the metal still stuck. (Pry, Pry, Pry, Bang, Pry) One sides up. Now the other, Yes got it.

After an hour and a half the window acquiesces and opens. Brr it's cold outside, put up the screen no trouble, put down the storm window yes both work. Now to put down the inner window. Good, looking down, my feet are covering in melting ice and paint chips, grr. Whisper that I hate RPIRentals, replace the curtain...well that's done, now what?
I know post it to the blog.
Done.

Zelda: a Link to the Past?

Be Warned: Scary. EDIT: Fixed

SNES FX chip OCing

Digg Comments
Original Digg (Someone forgot to search)Links dead

Well some people, like me, will remember there old SNES system and those games with that FX label on the front.


Quick Selection of most of the games created with the SuperFX chip.

The SuperFX chip was actually an offloading 3d renderer for the Super Nintendo, kindof a cool thing. However today we are talking about overclocking this bad boy. :)

As the link in the digg post states the speed of the clock for the SuperFX chip was 21.4 MHz, the plan is to remove it and replace it with a slightly faster 24MHz ossilator. The funny thing about this is that the FX chip is an addon internal to the cartridges which are labeled , so each game can be clocked differently and will require it's own new ossilator.

You may be thinking this won't work, how can you be sure the other components have data in the pipe wating to be worked on when the clock changes. You don't this is just trial and error fun. However the poster did manage his feet and the game performed "better" whether this is a placebo affect or not it is still cool that the game functioned with the even minimal overclocking.

Probability BS

http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/homepages/abouzeid/ECSE4500Fall05/hw10.pdf

Take a look at that homework.
Links dead

Here is the abridged version.


1. Stick a fork in your eye.
2-4. Twist the fork.
5. Stick a fork in your other eye
6-7. Twist that second fork.
8. Twist both forks.
9. Cut off one hand.
10. Now the other.


This has been the abridged works of PEA HW10.

Numa Numa

Can't get enough of that Numa Dance?

Now you can Numa in Hebrew.

If you find anymore Numa Dances please leave a link in my comments. I must be insane.

Hogwarts Dance Team

This ifilm video really caught my eye.

They've probably got the main students redone in this. At least I was able to notice Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Malfoy.

check it out, enjoy the 80s music. Laugh a little, it is a pretty good dance.

Excersize

I went out to the Mueller Center tonight and did a good hour of cardio work.

1 mile of rowing, 10 minutes of running on an elipticle and 20 minutes of biking.

I also lifted a little. I feel pretty good.

Best Wings in Albany

Well on Friday 10/28/05 a couple friends and myself went out to find the best wings, buffalo wings that is, in Albany. We went down to I loves where we had seen a sign listing the top wings place.

From this sign we found the address of Wingz, 1704 Western Avenue, Albany, NY, 12203.

The three of us ate 3 pounds of wings. In half pound increments we had cool ranch, honey bbq, Cajun teriyaki, Garlic Parmesan, the second hottest buffalo, and the hottest buffalo with extra atomic powder on the side. All of these were wonderfully flavorful. While the spicy ones are very spicy they are tasty. Unlike some places where it is just hot but no flavor.

I definitely suggest if you want wings goto this place/order from it and just enjoy.

And now for a joke that is inappropriate. -Do not read if squeamish.





With the extra atomic powder we suggested using it for practical jokes and got the idea of using it on a females genitalia. This could certainly "heat" up sex :-D. On to the emergency room where the on call gynecologist exclaims he has seen hot wax, clip marks, but never atomic powder.

HEHE.




Well that was the extravaganza to find the best wings in Albany.