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Archive for January, 2007
Too much sun
In: Photos
31 Jan 2007Technorati tags: flickr, gimp, outside, garden shed, the gimp, photo manipulation, burn, sunscream
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Dwell: The long wait is over…
In: Architecture / Design| Life| Photos
31 Jan 2007I truly have become addicted to Dwell, reading issues over and over again, trying to extract something new from them.
Yesterday, after a seemingly endless wait, March 2007 arrived.
Ahhhhhhhhh….mmmmmm….
Call me in a month.
Technorati tags: Dwell, Dwell magazine, architecture, design, lust
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Kathy Sierra and the Serendipity Factor
30 Jan 2007I try and avoid the “me-too” factor that has dominated the land of blogs for most of the time I have been involved in it. Simply aping one persons comments with a slight variation, or personal interpretation doesn’t add much to the initial thrill of finding the original germ of an idea.
Kathy Sierra, someone who [...]
She likes this one…
In: Photos
30 Jan 2007Samantha says this one is the best one so far.
What do you think?
Technorati tags: GIMP, Flickr, photo manipulation, colocasia, lace, window
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Flickr and GIMP: Some mornings…
30 Jan 2007Some mornings, the world looks like this.
I love my medications.
Technorati tags: GIMP, Flickr, photo manipulation, radiators, bipolar, trileptal
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GrabPERF Outage: 05:00 – 11:00 GMT, 30 January 2007
In: GrabPERF
29 Jan 2007Our colocation facility will be undergoing a power outage tonight/tomorrow morning. I apologize for this, but I’m not the only one it’s affecting, and no one is happy about it.
UPDATE: Power Outage has been re-scheduled. I will post another notice/banner when this date has been passed on to me.
Technorati tags: GrabPERF
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Is Latin finally a dead language?
In: Life
28 Jan 2007Just read a story on the BBC site where the chief Latinist (new word to me) bemoans the death of Latin. [here]
Although I would be the first to admit that the teaching of Latin has little relevance in today’s world, I found my lack of Latin a serious hindrance when I was considering the study of Medieval English [...]
Flickr: My Alien Turtle
In: Photos
27 Jan 2007A picture I took last night…
Technorati tags: flickr, kodak Z612, z612, turtle light, amber, alien, reflection, obscured, learning
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Photography: Need some help
In: Photos
25 Jan 2007I am starting to play with a variety of effects to manipulate some of the photographs I am taking with my new camera. I have created four modified versions of the original below. The modified pictures can be found here.
I would love to get comments from folks, either here, or on flickr, telling me which one they [...]
Mythbusters: Buster’s Replacement?
In: Life
21 Jan 2007For those of you who are addicted to the mayhem and destruction of Mythbusters, Buster is a beloved, if unfortunate, member of the cast.
Well, Buster may be out of a job.
Apparently, a guy in Minneapolis managed to prove not one, but two myths in a single 10-12 second period [here]. Namely:
A person can break through [...]