Whoops, I forgot to rename that previous post, since I didn’t actually post the round up. So, this post will be the real round up… Sort of. I had some other links I wanted to post, but I lost them. Confirmed: Water on Mars! (that image is my new desktop background) Space Shuttle Discovery returns safely Google News offers feeds IE 7 really will fix lots of CSS bugs (I’m curious to see what’s going … Continue reading
I was going to post several small items yesterday, to make up for the lull in activity, but my server was down for the better part of the day. When the other admin finally got it rebooted, some of the database tables had some minor corruption, so if you visited late yesterday you might have seen some warning messages. I was able to run some repairs, and everything seems to be happy again, now. I … Continue reading
0.2 A so-so product in a nifty can Aug 3, 2005 by Dougal Campbell product Wolfgang Puck’s Gourmet French Vanilla Latte ????? This morning, I tried out one of those self-heating coffee drinks, in particular the French Vanilla Latte from Wolfgang Puck. Many geeks have been interested in discussing the can technology, which is simple, yet interesting. But what about the beverage itself? Okay, before I discuss how the “latte” tastes, let me say this: … Continue reading
Don’t forget: Talk Like a Pirate Day is only about six weeks away. I’m going to get a customized golf shirt made for the occassion. It’s pretty convenient to have in-laws who own an embroidery business. <plug> Visit Hometown Threads, Your Embroidery Headquarters! Located inside the Wal-Mart on Highway 92 in Woodstock, Georgia 770-591-9264 </plug> I’ve picked out the main pirate design that I want on the shirt. I just need to decide what text … Continue reading
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Has anyone else noticed that blo.gs seems to be reporting erroneous site updates? Over the last day or so, it keeps reporting site updates, and yet, when I visit the sites, most of them have not updated. I know that some of these update reports are bogus, because I’ve even seen my own site show bogus updates (I was still in bed at 7:08 a.m. today, and I’m pretty sure that I didn’t update my … Continue reading
Last night, I had a dream where I was visiting somebody else’s house (I don’t know who, and apparently it wasn’t important). On a small table were some leather-bound books. As I examined them, one stood out, partly because it was slightly larger than the rest, and also because the binding was a little different. I realized that the owner of the house had created the book cover by hand (a hobby of his, I … Continue reading
I’m looking for advice on two seperate but related projects. First of all, I want a good way to manage images for right here on my blog. Obviously, I want something that integrates into WordPress. Ideally, it should allow me to organize pictures in some sort of hierarchical directory structure, annotate pictures with metadata (title, date, place, categories/tags, etc), browse pictures in various ways, generate multiple sizes, and so forth. The second one will be … Continue reading
I’m interested in coming up with a good metadata system for describing various sorts of media. Obviously, this ties in to my recent work on my “now playing” feature, and also into my interest in microformats. And I plan to expand this with links to books, DVDs, and perhaps other media or products. I asked about it on the microformats-discuss mailing list, and they pointed me to a page on the wiki about media-metadata. This … Continue reading
Oh, dear Lord. Somebody please kill this weed before it grows: Lawmakers move to extend daylight-saving time House and Senate negotiators on an energy bill agreed to begin daylight-saving time three weeks earlier, on the second Sunday in March, and extend it by one week to the first Sunday in November. I. Hate. Daylight. Savings. Time. First of all, it’s an outmoded idea. Second of all, am I the only one that’s annoyed by the … Continue reading