Buying a Kindle 2?
Posted March 4th, 2009 @ 02:24pm by Erik J. Barzeski
A simple question this time:
Posted March 4th, 2009 @ 02:24pm by Erik J. Barzeski
A simple question this time:
Posted March 3rd, 2009 @ 01:56pm by Erik J. Barzeski
I know Blu-Ray is currently a big ol' world of hurt. But you know, if the new Mac Mini had a Blu-Ray drive, I'd have bought one instantly ((My friend Josh makes the point that Apple wants you to buy HD movies from them, not on disc - the OS doesn't even support Blu-Ray drives.)).
Posted March 2nd, 2009 @ 01:54pm by Erik J. Barzeski
How much do you pay for Internet service per month? What kind (cable, DSL, FIOS, etc.) do you have and what speeds do you get?
I pay about $60. I see real-world speeds of 4-8 Mbps from faster sites and my upload is about 700 kbps via Time-Warner/Roadrunner Cable.
Posted March 1st, 2009 @ 11:13pm by Erik J. Barzeski
March is colorectal cancer awareness month, and you can help.
Posted February 28th, 2009 @ 10:33pm by Erik J. Barzeski
I'm jumping the gun by about an hour, but I've posted new Desktops for March, 2009.
Get them while you can. Just three this month.
Posted February 27th, 2009 @ 10:31am by Erik J. Barzeski
Just realized something… I've taken no artistic photographs (i.e. non-family/scrapbooking type photos) in the month of February.
Then again, how many pictures of snow can you really take in a year? 😛 Busy month. I could have taken shots in the "studio" but never found the time.
Posted February 26th, 2009 @ 09:21am by Erik J. Barzeski
Lot of stuff here for an x.x.x release, but here goes:
No big new features, which is why it's a x.x.x only.
The update is free to anyone who has ever bought Rivet, and can be obtained from http://cynicalpeak.com/rivet/.
Posted February 25th, 2009 @ 12:33am by Erik J. Barzeski
I wrote about how I'm ISTP (based on a VERY short test) back in 2003, and when I run nslog.com through Typealizer, it comes back ISTP as well:
The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generally prefer to think things out for themselves and often avoid inter-personal conflicts.
The Mechanics enjoy working together with other independent and highly skilled people and often like seek fun and action both in their work and personal life. They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters.
Posted February 24th, 2009 @ 10:41am by Erik J. Barzeski
The Safari 4 Beta shipped today, and frankly, I think it stinks.
Among the many things that I think are wrong with it:
Posted February 23rd, 2009 @ 10:48am by Erik J. Barzeski
You know what would be handy? A website that let you enter in package sizes, weights, and destination and shipping zip codes, and then gave you the rates for FedEx, UPS, and USPS.
Does such a site exist? The rates are available - my Pelouze scale (if I had a Windows machine) can calculate the rates, so they must be publicly available in some form or another.
Posted February 22nd, 2009 @ 11:43pm by Erik J. Barzeski
The record for the 2008-2009 Tungsten Blades. Not too shabby, and a great group of guys. Now, onward to the playoffs.
Posted February 21st, 2009 @ 08:07pm by Erik J. Barzeski
I didn't even know that "simple.wikipedia.com" existed until xkcd told me.
What the heck? Is it Wikipedia for morons?
The Simple English Wikipedia is for everyone! That includes children and adults who are learning English.
So it's for children, adults learning English, and morons. Got it. 😉
In all seriousness, that's kind of cool, particularly for kids doing a little research. When I was little I'd read things in my encyclopedias, and my first set was a kid's set that was really quite well done - lots of images, smaller words, and shorter entries.
Posted February 20th, 2009 @ 01:01pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Most of the time, that's only a small problem.
It becomes a big problem when (false) assumptions horrendously color the perception.
Posted February 19th, 2009 @ 04:47pm by Erik J. Barzeski
For some reason, every time I launch Aperture (latest version), it selects an image from last spring. I dutifully collapse that folder back down, work on other images in other folders (and even other projects), sync to my vault, and yet when I launch Aperture next, it selects and displays that same image, un-collapsing the folders again in the process.
Anyone else seeing such a behavior? Next time I have the chance I'll check out the .plist to see if there's something in there…
Posted February 18th, 2009 @ 12:36pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Photographers are Now Terrorists in the U.K.:
The laws introduced today allow for the arrest and imprisonment of anyone who takes pictures of police officers that are likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
What is wrong with the people in the U.K. that they'd even let this law be passed?
And though I'd like to think that U.S. citizens wouldn't stand for this type of stupidity, I'm probably - and incredibly unfortunately - wrong about that.
WTF, UK? (Seriously - anyone in the U.K. care to shed some light on this for me?)