Very cool… Scoble points to a tutorial on creating a photo studio on the cheap. They use foam core (piece of black material… I love the product shot on the office depot page!) as a backdrop for macro photography. The “foam core addicts” produce some startlingly (IMHO) good photographs as well. The added bonus of […]
Photo Studio on the Cheap Read Post »
Had one of those mornings this morning. You know, you slip in the shower, things are always three inches closer or farther from your fingers than you expect…..
One of Those Fridays Read Post »
I have been thinking about getting a joystick lately, and as I had the Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 I kinda figured I’d get that. On a whim I decided to see what people had to say about it online, and prices for different stores, and what other options I have for a good USB
Interesting Reviews on Epinions Read Post »
Brad threw me a link to this Johnny Cash video, “Hurt”, which I have to say, rocks. As Brad said, 70 years old and still awsome. The music isn’t his as I understand it, but I’ve never heard the original. I’ve got a few mp3s of covers he’s done of various other artists, and songs
Johnny Cash Kicks Ass Read Post »
Luckily coming to work today I did not have to watch some asshat get his dumb self killed. I’m happy about that. I was coming along up the #1, clipping along at about 120 (I was a bit late) in the fast lane, and figured that’d be good enough. In the slow lane were a
Almost a Car Crash Read Post »
Well, after the accountant left I had to run up and fix the aformentioned (far too many times to bother linking to what I mentioned… erhm… “afor”) ex-coworkers system. Install a virus scanner, nuke the system restore information (as the final virus was hiding in C:\system volume information….), re-run virus scanner, wait for it to
The Joy of Accounting Read Post »
I’ve got to say, I’m becoming more and more impressed with Mason. Today I wrote the frontend for a survey or polling system and got it done in relatively short time. Not only that, but with only minor tweaking, I can simply stick those components (ie: a component to display a poll) into pretty much
Impressed with Mason Read Post »
First day of school. I work at a a company that does work with schools. We do webstuff that students can view. The development server died not long ago, so the development has been on the main server for the last week or so. The load is jumping between 10 and 70 (read: really high
This is the day I planned for my Labor Day holiday: Sometime after 10:00am – Wake up 10:30am – Eggs and Bacon or something similarly nummy for breakfast 11:00am – Do random household work, garbage, dishes, whatever is required to keep the health inspectors away from the door 12:00pm – Do random computer stuff… fix