http://nslog.com The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:52:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Though this list is mostly funny, a few are true and apply to even skilled photographers. Yet others are dead wrong (I'm looking at you, #7). http://nslog.com/2009/07/01/78_photography_rules We got about 7.5 inches of overnight. The power was out most of the day (from 3am until about 5:30pm). Things are SOAKED. I'm not sure I've ever seen so much rain in one day. It's like half of Lake Erie decided to make a quick round trip to the ... http://nslog.com/2009/06/30/75_inches_of_rain Scorecard 2.0 for the iPhone is finally available. The approval process for iPhone apps seems to have been delayed - badly - due to WWDC, so we're glad it's finally approved. After all, we shipped the desktop app some time ago. Don't believe the reviews, either (currently 2 of 5 stars). ... http://nslog.com/2009/06/29/scorecard_20_for_iphone_now_available I'm thinking of submitting my iPhone 3G for AppleCare work. The back case is cracked, and there are three little dots on the screen which almost look like little holes on the inside of the glass. The cracking is the big thing: it's cracked near the bottom port and twice ... http://nslog.com/2009/06/28/iphone_applecare My MacBook Pro has an annoying habit of "half dimming" even though I've turned off the screen saver and most everything else appropriate. Fortunately, others have managed to solve the problem. pmset -g lists the "halfdim" parameter's value, often 1. To set it to 0, use sudo pmset -a halfdim 0. The ... http://nslog.com/2009/06/27/stopping_the_macbook_half-dim Recently, my favorite joke has been a rather simple one. Apologies in advance if you're religious or offended by jokes about stereotypes. A priest and a rabbi walk into a church. They see an altar boy lighting some candles. The priest says "Boy, I'd like to screw that boy." The rabbi ... http://nslog.com/2009/06/26/remembering_jokes And you know what I'd like? A real set of tools. I have a good enough drill. I have a Dremel. I have some other things (like a fairly good level). But most of the rest of my tools are scattered brands and types. I have one set of needlenose pliers (somewhere). ... http://nslog.com/2009/06/25/six_months_until_christmas_and_i_want_tools Sidebar widgets are finally somewhat useful in WordPress 2.8, so I'm thinking of converting my sidebar into, errr, widgetizing my sidebar. Currently the sidebar's a "sidebar.php" file which includes about 20 <? include('sidebar_blah.inc'); ?>. I comment the ones out that I don't want, and the rest show up. It's pretty simple, ... http://nslog.com/2009/06/24/sidebar_widgets I'm a bit late in commenting on it, and I'm not sure how I feel. Something like twice - including 2009 - in the past 20 years the leading scorer in the NHL (Malkin this year) didn't win the Hart trophy. But without Ovechkin, the Washington Capitals are still a joke of ... http://nslog.com/2009/06/23/conn_smythe_better_than_hart How many iPhone apps do you have in iTunes? How many screens on your iPhone (or iPod Touch)? I've got 58 applications, some of which are NOT on my iPhone because I don't like them (but haven't gotten around to deleting them from iTunes). My iPhone has four screens ((The third ... http://nslog.com/2009/06/22/how_many_iphone_apps