http://thenobot.org Online soapbox, museum, and asylum for Zack Steinkamp and friends. en-us Zack Steinkamp and Friends Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0700 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0700 thenobot http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157606014401826/ http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157606014401826/ We had a fun day in Golden Gate Park with a mission of seeing some butterflies at the Conservatory of Flowers. (flickr) Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157605632178126/ http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157605632178126/ Garage fun. (flickr) Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=162 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=162 We just released a new kind of photo viewer. It will search Flickr for whatever you're interested in, wherever you're interested in it and give you a fun way to flip through photos with an interactive map alongside. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157605132748831/ http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157605132748831/ Formula Atlantic, Formula BMW, Historic IMSA (flickr) Sun, 18 May 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080504-laguna-smt_zack_steinkamp.mov http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080504-laguna-smt_zack_steinkamp.mov Super fun race! Lots of clean action and passing. I held off the yellow car until the 2nd to last lap, then I blew T3 and he got by me in T5. Great times though! Sun, 04 May 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080504-laguna-smt_future_champs_zack_steinkamp.mov http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080504-laguna-smt_future_champs_zack_steinkamp.mov The bottom-40 finishers from the SMT race got to compete in this race. I placed 15th and took home $100! During this race I hounded a former driving instructor from a BMWCCA track day, George Day Sun, 04 May 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080504-laguna-g7r2-t9-incident.mov http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080504-laguna-g7r2-t9-incident.mov Scary looking coming together during the Future Champions race. Drivers were OK as far as I know. Sun, 04 May 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157604765839584/ http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157604765839584/ (flickr) Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157603289280374/ http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157603289280374/ Photos from my phone. Updated often. (flickr) Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157604529892043/ http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157604529892043/ SCCA Vintage, BMW Club Racing, and Spec Miata Challenge (flickr) Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080330-scca_infineon_g7_turn10.mov http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080330-scca_infineon_g7_turn10.mov Short clip of the spin that dropped me 9 places in my first race. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080330-scca_infineon_g7_race.mov http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080330-scca_infineon_g7_race.mov My first real race ever! I was doing pretty well until I messed up in the second to last lap and spun in Turn 10 at around 90MPH. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080330-scca_infineon_g5_race.mov http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080330-scca_infineon_g5_race.mov We got the Miata back on track for its second race. I held my starting position through the race, which for me is what I hoped to do. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=160 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=160 A cheap, simple, and flexible way of mounting a video camera to a rollbar inside of a car. This works better for my bullet camera than the expensive IO Port mount. Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0700 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=159 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=159 Pictures - Video from the school. I'm now ruined for lapping days. This past weekend, Derek Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0800 http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157604038853668/ http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157604038853668/ Pop's photos from the SCCA race licensing school. (flickr) Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800 http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080229-scca_school_highlights.mov http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080229-scca_school_highlights.mov Three days of very intense driving and learning! This was by far the best time I've had on the track. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800 http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080229-scca_school_clear_lap.mov http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080229-scca_school_clear_lap.mov A view of Thunderhill's short course from the SCCA Race Licensing School. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800 http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157603922085102/ http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157603922085102/ We took a little walk around Alviso to enjoy the nice weather. Photos taken with my cameraphone. (flickr) Sat, 16 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=158 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=158 I didn't see any mention of this in the news stories about the new Apple TV software or on Apple's site, but I noticed it today. iTunes now lists Apple TV as a remote audio device, ala AirTunes. This is rea Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=156 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=156 Here is a timeline from Dipity! var dipity_options = { width:'800', height:'500' }; Embed away! Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800 http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080121-laguna-s3-zs.mov http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080121-laguna-s3-zs.mov The track started drying at lunchtime. This is from the session right after lunch. For some reason the last session of the day (the fastest) didn't make it to video. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0800 http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080121-laguna-s2-catch.mov http://thenobot.org/video/watch.php?20080121-laguna-s2-catch.mov It was a wet morning, a good chance to practice slide recovery! Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0800 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=155 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=155 After checking out what OpenDNS provides, I was excited to give it a try on my network. I use a Linksys WRT-54GS with the excellent DD-WRT firmware. Since the original WRT-54 firmware was Linux based, Linksys had to rel Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0800 http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157603666119471/ http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157603666119471/ Four months in the making, it's finally done. (flickr) Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0800 http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157603635059423/ http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157603635059423/ Sustained rain + hurricane-force winds = (flickr) Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0800 http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157603560555816/ http://flickr.com/photos/thenobot/sets/72157603560555816/ Ryan and I set up monitors and whiteboards in our new office in San Francisco. (flickr) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:00:00 -0800 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=153 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=153 We have finally come out with our big release on Facebook's Application platform. This update allows for the creation of Dipity events and will hopefully kick off viral growth! Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:00:00 -0800 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=151 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=151 "Waaah! Waaaaaaaaaaah!""BZZZZZZAP!" Found this morning in our backyard underneath where the shed used to be. The people we bought our house from lived here f Thu, 17 May 2007 12:00:00 -0700 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=150 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=150 Springtime brings all kinds of new things. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:00:00 -0700 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=148 http://thenobot.org/stories/?i=148 I start my new job this coming Monday! Pinger was started by Joe Sipher and Greg Woock, who were instrumental in the success of Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:00:00 -0800