Category Archives: Technology

Stirling Engines, way cool desk toy + more!

Posted on November 13, 2007 by egg

 I was reading Slashdot this afternoon and I stumbled across this gem. Of course, being a gear head, I was curious how an engine might run without fuel. The principle is the known as the Stirling Engine, an external combustion engine that uses any constant … Continue reading →

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Why OpenSocial doesn’t matter – yet.

Posted on November 4, 2007 by egg

OpenSocial, is a new open standard for applications to integrate with some of the largest social networks in the world. On the surface, OpenSocial is a great move forward for application developers. The learning curve for FBML and FQL at … Continue reading →

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So what have we been doing?

Posted on October 15, 2007 by egg

So clearly, a monthly (or even every other month) update on alynfamily isn’t sufficient to keep everyone updated as to our where abouts and what we’ve been doing – so here’s a summary of the last few months. Pictures of … Continue reading →

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Alynfamily Switches to WordPress

Posted on October 13, 2007 by egg

 So, after a few long weeks without any updates, alynfamily.com has finally risen from the dead. I’m implementing a new blogging system using an open source software called WordPress. It’s going to take me some time to import and classify … Continue reading →

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Egg speaking at CommunityNext

Posted on August 17, 2007 by egg

Now available for speaking engagements: http://communitynext.com/speakers/#erikg

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Check out Flickr

Posted on April 12, 2007 by egg

So I’ve been playing with Flickr as of late and specifically the Yahoo! Go integration with my cell phone. It’s fun!

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Mac Has Issue, House Sold

Posted on February 9, 2006 by egg

Well, it took four years for my Mac to start having issues – four years without a rebuild mind you – and I have rebuilt the machine and it’s running considerably faster than before. I guess it will be another … Continue reading →

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News on Alynfamily is Databased!

Posted on November 27, 2000 by egg

PHP DB implemented to track the news! This is going to make my life easier!!!

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Fest and Animation

Posted on November 21, 2000 by egg

The fest pages have been updated, I am trying to get some images soon too! and lastly, here are two more animations, a matchbook opening (135Kb) and as an AVI (1035Kb), and the same one spinning (230Kb) perhaps I can … Continue reading →

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Animation

Posted on November 20, 2000 by egg

Added a couple of items in hindsight… hope nobody minds my altering history! I’m also playing with 3d animation and stuff like that, here is a boring short (450Kb) I made. I’ll try to get it set up to stream … Continue reading →

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