January 2009
6 posts
Bad Mix
I was trying to keep in mind that New Years Eve is one of the drunk drivingest nights of the year and at the same time trying to see through the fog.
It was only 6PM and I didn’t see any strange driving or anything but this came out of my mouth in a sing-songy way: “Drunk driving and fog don’t mix”
I could have said “drinking and driving don’t mix”
or...
December 2008
39 posts
Why do browsers still not have file upload... →
Happy?
My son is almost 18 months old and today I paid for a happy meal for the first time. 4 nuggets, apple slices, and apple juice.
“He may have been a pathological liar— although he did lend me some equipment...”
– me
Amazon.com: Funny Customer Image →
Post a file with Curl
This is just a note to myself because I need to do this every few months and I forget.
$ curl —data @request.xml http://service.url.com/
“someone should make a musical around the songs of Ace of Base”
– Jamis Buck
“The biggest problem is not to let people accept new ideas, but to let them...”
– John Maynard Keynes
What happens when you drop a macbook pro on... →
To Movie Disc Makers:
We don’t want to read a bunch of information, bios, histories, and stories on our movies. We want to watch the movie and see a blooper reel. Reading on a television screen is the ocular equivalent to fingernails on a chalkboard.
“Originality is the art of concealing your source.”
– Franklin P. Jones
Can someone help me find this song? →
Apparently the song is named “Apple” by Melanie Horsnell produced by Nylon Studios. I can’t find it at Amazon or iTunes. Where else could I look?
Taking iPhone screenshots →
“In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence.”
– Peter Principle - Wikipedia
Hiccups
I just got the hiccups. I did what I always do when I realize I have them. I closed my eyes, and relaxed and they stopped. Easy.
Megapixels Schmegapixels II
I thought of another reason for fewer megapixels: more noise. See part one for the rest.
“There are two types of people in the world: those who can’t tell the difference...”
– Daring Fireball
Sick Leave
I have seemed to be pretty sickly in my life. Not with serious illnesses, I just get colds often. When I was younger I got strep throat often enough to know what it tasted like (it tastes like old LEGO bricks).
But currently I am working on a healthy streak. I haven’t taken a sick day since last Thanksgiving. The deal I struck with myself is that I have to go to work everyday but if...
Megapixels Schmegapixels
Why more is better: you can crop your pictures more.
Why more is worse: camera takes and stores pictures slower, you need bigger memory cards, it takes longer to move the bigger files onto your computer, the images take up more room on your hard drive, editing the images is slower because the files are bigger.
Unless you are shooting professionally AND have resolution requirements then...
SLR?
Want to try SLR photography? Get the Nikon D40. You can get it (with lens) from Amazon for about $400. What $400 gives you 1. A bigger sensor. This is the key element is getting a “narrow depth of field” (out of focus background (and foreground if you want). It also decreases the noise (grain). 2. Ability to change lenses. The lens that comes with the camera will give you a 3. Six...
“Everyone knows that any food object that gets within twelve feet of a urinal is...”
– Amishrobot: Busiest Man Alive Part II
"type, type, type"
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This post was typed by Asher on my iphone. He taught me how to add accents to vöwêls.
Asher's New Game
Dan: What's up dude?
Asher: Duuuuuude!
to tumblr?
I was looking at wordpress and blogger today, but didn’t sign up. I think I might like this better. Minimal.
