like rats off of a sinking ship
The New York Times is reporting that Kevin Eubanks is going to leave the Tonight Show soon after Jay Leno returns as the host. It really doesn’t matter that much to me, since I stopped watching the...
View ArticleFriday Squid Blogging
Has anyone else wondered if Bruce Schneier’s “Friday Squid Blogging” is some sort of Steganographic message delivery? Me neither.
View Articletwo videos about filmaking
There were two videos that I came across recently that showed two aspects to current filmaking techniques. The first was Stargate Studios Virtual Backlot Reel 2009 and the second as The making of Old...
View ArticleThoughts on “Thoughts on Flash”
When I was reading the Steve Jobs piece named Thoughts On Flash I was a bit uncomfortable about it. Although Jobs may have some valid points there, there were flagrant factual inaccuracies, false...
View ArticleIf coffee didn’t exist, someone would have to invent it
I sent an email to an ex-co-worker a few days back, but I figured I might as well post the same info here: while back I had a conversation on how I found it amusing that all over the world ancient...
View ArticleNew Phone Friday
Verizon delivered new mobile phones to the house on Friday. (more or less, details below.) We wound up with one Android (a reconditioned HTC Thunderbolt), and iPhone, and and Kin TwoM. So I guess we...
View ArticleAmazon Instant Video on OpenSuse 12.2 – FlashPlayer and DRM issues.
Last week (at synagogue of all places) someone reminded me about Torchwood: Miracle Day. I was interested in viewing it when it came out, but not enough to subscribe to Starz to see it. Later I looked...
View ArticleAdventure Suites
My family just got back from a vacation at Adventure Suites in North Conway, NH. This is the type of place where each room is done up as a different theme, and I used to think these were mostly...
View ArticleWait, Wait! … actually, maybe you should tell me after all
Often, when people would ask where my family (ancestors) came from, I’d say “I don’t know, and I don’t really care to know. I’m probably shaped more by having a father who was a salesman and a...
View ArticleChromebook repair
Fixing this Chromebook was easier than I thought. I had a feeling this was going to happen, but I resigned myself to see it through the process. A couple of months ago, the trackpad on my Chromebook...
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