What does P Av Tv M (or P A S M) mean? Understanding your digital camera's modes
It can be daunting and confusing to depart from your camera’s ‘Auto’ mode and explore the capabilities of your digital camera. There is, however, a lot of power and flexibility hidden just behind these...
View ArticleInteresting Times: Things my kids will never know
My kids won’t know what life was like without the Internet, before computers were in every home. They’ll never know what a modem is or the wonderful (yet grating) sounds it would make when you dialed a...
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My favorite photos... (not taken by me)
Fiddler on the ferry by maessive on Flickr.\;Stacked by Waseem Sayegh from Flickr.wall of banks by Dystopos from Flickr.Diane Varner - Bloomfrom her excellent photoblog Daily Walks.
View ArticleWhen you absolutely have to know...
now, check a news wiki (Wikinews or Wikipedia)within a couple minutes, check a news website (Drudge Report or CNN or Fox News)within a couple hours, listen to radio news (1440 WLWI-AM)within a half...
View ArticleMen on the moon
Only 12 humans have walked on the Moon between 1969-1972.We’re coming up on 40 years since a human has walked on the Moon.We’re just now talking about putting another person on the moon in 2022.That’s...
View Article"Art is the most beautiful of all lies."
““Art is the most beautiful of all lies.”” - Claude Debussy
View ArticleMigrating Movable Type blog content to tumblr with mt2tumblr
This process was quite easy using mt2tumblr script. It took about 5 minutes total to migrate several hundred blog posts from Movable Type. It was not perfect, but a good solution for getting all the...
View ArticleRemember, if you aren’t paying for a service, you aren’t the...
Remember, if you aren’t paying for a service, you aren’t the customer, you’re the product.
View ArticleKarateka
Who knew? A Karateka is a practicioner of Karate. Also, the creator of Karateka (Jordan Mechner) was also the creator of Prince of Persia.
View ArticleCost of living: March 14, 2012
Dow 13,194.10 S&P 500 1,394.28 Nasdaq 3,040.73Hard drive storage: $0.055/GB (Samsung EcoGreen F4 HD204UI 2TB 32MB Cache SATA Hard Drive for $109.99 via NewEgg on March 14, 2012) - Hard drive prices...
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Arrow in Fedex Logo
Like fellow Montgomery blogger, Charles Presley (Eating Montgomery, insert witty title here), I was amazed (after it was pointed it out to me) that there is an arrow in the Federal Express (FedEx)...
View ArticleUnix tips: Display filename when using find/grep in Solaris
When performing a find and execing a grep on the results (scenario: searching for a string in all files in a directory and all subdirectories recursively) on Solaris, it has always frustrated me that...
View ArticleBest Optical Illusion Ever
I’m not sure what is happening exactly, but this is the most effective illusion I’ve ever seen. Stare at the green dot in the center and watch as the yellow dots sequentially disappear and reappear....
View Article8 Unix Tricks You Probably Didn't Know
I’ve been working with variations of Unix for a long time now and thought I’d jot down some of my favorite tips and tricks. They are mostly OS/distribution/shell/language independent (unless I indicate...
View ArticleMy computer history
This is an on-going compilation of the computers I’ve owned over the years. I’m keeping this for nostalgia and to share one day with my kids. It will be updated as things...
View ArticleLocking up your valuables
The cost of a lock should indicate to the buyer the approximate value of goods it should be used to protect. Don’t use a $5 combination lock to lock a shed holding your $50k muscle car. Master Locks...
View ArticleInteresting Times: Things my kids will never know
vitriolichumor:My kids won’t know what life was like without the Internet, before computers were in every home. They’ll never know what a modem is or the wonderful (yet grating) sounds it would make...
View ArticleThe Boys Are Back In Town: Plot
I love Internet Pop-up Humor, like this recently posted (then removed) Plot summary for Thin Lizzy’s The Boys Are Back In Town, on wikipedia:==Plot==The lyrics follow a group of wild-eyed boys who have...
View ArticleEvery Liberty Mutual commercial...
If you pay us more up-front, we’ll give you insurance features that seem great. Not because we are good guys (like the commercials emotionally pitch) but because you paid more for the insurance in the...
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