Beautiful Evidence
June 29th, 2006 | 0 Comments | Books, Tech Stuff |
A Review of the New Volume by Edward Tufte
Hot off the presses for 2006, the guru of intelligent presentation has issued his fourth full-size volume.
Joomla, Son of Mambo
June 27th, 2006 | 0 Comments | Tech Stuff |
Has anyone here used this package? (sounds of crickets chirping.)
The “interesting” thing (interesting used here in the sense your doctor might use it. “Hm, this is interesting”) about this is that there’s virtually no documentation. Sure there are discussion forums, FAQ pages, tutorials… but getting down to the nitty gritty of “what is this, what [...]
A New Book Arrives…
June 23rd, 2006 | 0 Comments | Books, Tech Stuff |
…and the house is buzzing with excitement. Brandy, meet Max; Max, Brandy.
It Doesn’t Get Much Stranger Than This
June 22nd, 2006 | 0 Comments | Uncategorized |
Flash can be used for good or for … really weird stuff.
Do not open this link at work with the sound on. Your boss looking over your shoulder at the dancing pink french-fry will be the least of your problems.
You’re welcome!
Hacking A Newsfeed
June 21st, 2006 | 0 Comments | Tech Stuff |
Debug like it’s 1999. In which the author takes a vintage javascript newsfeed (vintage but still published) and converts most of it over into a document object model version. Not like you’d want to do this when there’s an XML version available…
Delenda Est Junky Hardware
June 19th, 2006 | 5 Comments | Tech Stuff |
Was this wrong? I pulled this wireless/ethernet bridge out of the closet after a few months, and after struggling with it on three different computers, I still couldn’t get it to do anything. The configuration screen wouldn’t come up on at default IP address, it didn’t show up on the network, and the reset button [...]
Summer Rolls In…
June 16th, 2006 | 0 Comments | Home |
…in a big way, with a couple of days in the upper 80s on tap. One good thing about the heat, my roses are in their peak.
Battle of the Bands
June 13th, 2006 | 0 Comments | Music |
One of M/SO’s leading musicians has posted video, and lots of it, from a number of recent performances. Don’t miss the exciting 2006 show, with Emotional Rex’s, well, emotional return.
Gyorgy Ligeti
June 12th, 2006 | 0 Comments | Music |
One of the great 20th century composers, dead today in Vienna at age 83. When I was first getting interested in serious music back in high school, I was drawn to the avant garde. Ligeti was an immediate interest because of his contributions to 2001, A Space Odyssey. Frequently I had this LP out of [...]
Blog Security
June 12th, 2006 | 1 Comment | Tech Stuff |
I’ve got this page set up so that any first posts from users have to be approved before they go live. This may or may not be a good idea, and may or may not be even necessary…but once you’ve been approved by me you’re set for life.
Dear Diary…
June 11th, 2006 | 1 Comment | Uncategorized |
Welcome to the new blog. As my friend Anthony Cartouche over at Waffle Ass says, there’s a shortage of them today; I’m glad to be doing my part. Also, I’ve posted a new page, a capsule mini-review of Bad Twin, a spinoff of the TV series Lost.
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