http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/ A place for Kevin to chat about the latest adventures in his life. en Copyright 2011 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:54:41 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.21 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A Kiloquad in Star Trek is a unit of memory like Gigabyte today. The Star Trek writers never defined exactly how big it is in relation to today's memory. That was intentional, to keep all the geeks like me off their back. However, they did say that one "Isolinear Chip" (a memory card roughly the size of today's USB memory keys) contained 2.15 Kiloquads of data. Moore's Law is an observation that computer capacity doubles roughly every two years. In January 2011 the largest commonly available USB memory keys hold 256Gb of data. I used Moore's Law to extend this into Star Trek time (2365) and found that a USB key (or isolinear chip) would hold 2215 bytes of data. I found that an amazing coincidence because 215 is exactly 100 times the number of kiloquads the show says an isolinear chip holds. So my assumption is that a Kiloquad is a logarithmic scale. 1 Kiloquad is 2100 bytes, 2 kiloquads is 2200 bytes, etc. For my full detailed explanation see http://homepage.usask.ca/~lowey/kiloquad.html. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2011/02/how_big_is_a_star_trek_kiloqua.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2011/02/how_big_is_a_star_trek_kiloqua.html Technology Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:54:41 -0600 Kevin describes his top ten tips for using the iPod Touch G2 operating system. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2008/11/top_ten_ipod_touch_g2_operatin.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2008/11/top_ten_ipod_touch_g2_operatin.html iPod Touch G2 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:26:21 -0600 Kevin tells his top ten list of things that bug him about the iPod Touch G2. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2008/11/top_ten_things_i_dislike_about.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2008/11/top_ten_things_i_dislike_about.html iPod Touch G2 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:06:22 -0600 Kevin's top ten list of things he likes about the new iPod Touch G2. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2008/11/top_ten_things_i_like_about_my.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2008/11/top_ten_things_i_like_about_my.html iPod Touch G2 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:41:38 -0600 Trevor sent me 6Gb of movies and pictures from the trip. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/mexico_vacation_movies.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/mexico_vacation_movies.html Mexico 2007 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:48:03 -0600 Today I finished loading the pictures from my vacation into the blog. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/finished_loading_pictures.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/finished_loading_pictures.html Mexico 2007 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:31:36 -0600 Kevin builds some 3d images from his Mexican vacation. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/3d_pictures_from_my_mexican_va.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/3d_pictures_from_my_mexican_va.html Mexico 2007 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:39:15 -0600 Kevin travels back home after a great vacation. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/mexico_holiday_day_15_the_voya.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/mexico_holiday_day_15_the_voya.html Mexico 2007 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:19:13 -0600 Kevin does some snorkeling, then watches a shadow pass over the moon. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/mexico_holiday_day_14_a_crimso.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/mexico_holiday_day_14_a_crimso.html Mexico 2007 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:14:48 -0600 Kevin does another day of nothing at the beach. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/mexican_holiday_day_13_lazy_ag.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/mexican_holiday_day_13_lazy_ag.html Mexico 2007 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:05:58 -0600 Kevin braves public transportation to visit Tulum. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/mexican_holiday_day_12_tulum.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/03/mexican_holiday_day_12_tulum.html Mexico 2007 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:39:31 -0600 Check out the webcam from Playa del Carmen, just north of my hotel. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/02/mexico_holiday_playa_del_carme.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/02/mexico_holiday_playa_del_carme.html Mexico 2007 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:51:35 -0600 Kevin spends another day doing nothing at the beach. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/02/mexican_holiday_day_11_heavenl.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/02/mexican_holiday_day_11_heavenl.html Mexico 2007 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:27:16 -0600 Kevin spends an all day tour at Chichen Itza. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/02/mexican_holiday_day_10_chichen.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/02/mexican_holiday_day_10_chichen.html Mexico 2007 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:32:35 -0600 Some information about the Gran Bahia Principe hotel, my home these two weeks. http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/02/about_the_gran_bahia_principe.html http://blogs.usask.ca/kevin/2007/02/about_the_gran_bahia_principe.html Mexico 2007 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:52:17 -0600