Sleep Cycle alarm clock data

So I recently started using Sleep Cycle alarm clock for my iPhone. Basically the premise is that it monitors how much you move in your sleep and then it recognizes your sleep pattern. Then it uses that pattern to figure out when best to wake you up within 30 or so minutes of your alarm. It doesn’t work with the iPod Touch because of some stupid API inconsistency. It seems to work pretty well, I’ve felt pretty rested lately.

So I was perusing the Statistics tab and comparing the sleep graphs:

And then I got frustrated with the crappy load time between each graph and triple clicked on the graph which brought up this:

So naturally I emailed it to myself. Turns out it’s a 7zip archive with a sqllite db file within. So if you’re interested in grabbing your sleep cycle data and generating you’re own graphs or comparing sets, that’s how you could do it. Pretty neat.

I used: 7zip the extract the file and SQLite Database Browser to view the data.

Building a CNC machine table top

So I was inspired by Brian Oltrogge over at Grünblau Design Studio to make my own 3-axis CNC machine. I’m taking a page out of Brian’s book and attempting a 8′x4′ cutting surface in order to be able to machine pieces of wood large enough to build furniture.

I’ve been working with Rhino3D to design the machine. I started using it because it has a nice CAM plugin and I wanted to get familiar with the interface, but it’s just too expensive for my hobbyist needs. So I think I’m going to move to SketchUp for the CNC modelling/machining.

Jolly Pumpkin starts making traditional Lambics

And is blending them in a Gueuze-like fashion (mixing a 2.5 and 3.5 year-old lambic instead of a 1 and 2 year). Makes me think like we have lazy wild yeast in the States. Maybe they can cut the fermentation time down in the coming years.

Circular Progress Bars

I noticed Sasha Barber created a circular progress bar control, so I decided to take a shot at a few by using Clip masks.

Source code: ProgressBarTest