Flipping channels, I ran across Deep Impact during a speech given by the president (played by Morgan Freeman). The black president didn’t amaze me. Hollywood figured out how to portray them a decade before the US figured out how to elect one. What amazed me is that with all the really cool forward looking technology… Continue reading Little Changes
Month: May 2009
Broken Images
Disappointed the pictures I posted through Ping are all broken.
Comment Spam Resumes
Have spammers figured out how to pick reCAPTCHA‘s lock? All of a sudden I am getting hundreds of comment spam blocked by Akismet. When I added reCAPTCHA, it dropped to a few a month. Now 409 in a week. Guess this is why layers of security are good. UPDATE: Scanned through for false positives. The… Continue reading Comment Spam Resumes
Torchwood Returns
This is a test of the George blog watching system. If George in facts reads my blog, then he will see this trailer for a show he likes. If George actually had read my blog, then he would have made comments on previous posts. Thank you.
Microsoft Outlook 2007 Wishlist
From 2001 to 2006, Microsoft Outlook was the email client I used for work (and on my home computer to access work stuff). Back then, Exchange was not available, so a number of the features were more hacks than reality. However, it worked pretty well. When I changed jobs, Netscape and Thunderbird were the pre-installed… Continue reading Microsoft Outlook 2007 Wishlist
Blackborg Teeshirt
Blackborg Teeshirt Originally uploaded by Ezra F Mike LeSombre posted the Blackborg picture and teeshirt. I got one! tag: photography
Teeshirt Action Shot
Blackborg Teeshirt Mike LeSombre posted the Blackborg picture and teeshirt. I got one!
TED Talk: Brewster Kahle builds a free digital library
I’ve heard the Library of Congress analogy previously. The question I had then was, “What about the diagrams and pictures which make the books useful. Books are not just letters, numbers, and symbols.”
Wild Carrot Maybe
Wild Carrot aka Queen Anne’s Lace aka aka aka… I’m tired of trying to identify this one. Obviously if I’m going to photograph flowers I need to either take an identification class or acquire some better resources for determining what they are. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Wild Carrot Maybe
Wild Carrot aka Queen Anne’s Lace aka aka aka… I’m tired of trying to identify this one. Obviously if I’m going to photograph flowers I need to either take an identification class or acquire some better resources for determining what they are.