The jkovach.net archives

Material from before 2005-ish.

Some old projects:

• The new December 2003 Opteron: benchmarks and shopping list (since upgraded to dual processors, and still feels just as fast as it did when I got it!)
• The NESPC
• My backup power system (also known as the APC Hack-UPS)
  

• Some of the wireless networks in Silver Spring, summer 2003
• What lightning does to your modem
  
• Some observations of the power quality produced by various backup power devices
• The official RDDF waypoint list from the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge Event, and information on the file format.
  No, I did not participate, I'm just an interested third party.

• Carly Fiorina's switch ad
• The old AT&T logo, ZeroWing-ified
• American Pie: the University of Maryland and Blair High School versions
  Note: These contain lots of in-jokes that you probably won't get if you weren't there during the time I was there.
  An annotated version of the University of Maryland song is available, primarily for my own reference 20 years from now, but might also be of benefit to the really, really curious.

• The Shuttle-UM Late Shift Driver's Song
• The real reason that UMCP parking fines are so high
  

• The new 50" Apple PowerBook
  

Random stuff:

• The directory of random things from WAM
• Locator map of Prince George's County, MD fire stations
• A few facts about Wal-Mart. I've never spent any of my money in a Wal-Mart and don't intend to be anytime soon.