Firefox, the excellent browser from the Mozilla project, has been upgraded to version 1.0.7. If you’re using IE or an IE-based browser, it’s long since time to have switched. This release is billed as a security and stability release, that’s normally a good reason to upgrade your system if you’re already a Firefox user. Bueried […]
iPod Joy
1. Read through John Gruber’s latest, Rhymes With Ditty 2. Laugh out loud, snorting milk out your nose. Meanwhile… the Dogcow lives, though only in the archives of the web. Why would Apple remove the original from their knowledgebase? I’ll have to ask Joe to see if he can discover the rationale.
Write To Be Understood Quickly
From 43 Folders, a post well worth reading: Writing sensible email messages. As we’ve seen before, getting your inbound email under control will give you a huge productivity boost, but what about all the emails you send? If you want to be a good email citizen and ensure the kind of results you’re looking for, […]
The Dark Tower and Beyond
A few weeks back I read a Stephen King’s The Gunslinger, based on the recommendation of a friend and commented that it was a “fascinating story.” Big understatement. When Bryant recommended The Dark Tower series, I joked that he’d be to blame if I couldn’t sleep for a week. I meant that I’d be too […]
A Front Page Photo
Another week, another newspaper sale (the 9/8 issue, I’m just late in ‘blogging). This time, they used this shot of “the Braveheart Boys” on the front cover. These guys paint themselves up to look like they’ve got football jerseys on and augment the cheerleaders. click for larger image. A black & white version of this […]
Friday Night Football
High School football games here are on Friday nights, but the local paper doesn’t come out until the following Thursday. You’d think that gives me plenty of time to get my pictures ready, but not really. They want to put the paper to bed by Monday afternoon in order to send it to the printers, […]
First Sale
Last Friday I wrote “Today also marks my first day as a ‘real’ freelance photographer.” Page 24 of today’s Alpharetta Revue and News is the first evidence of that. click on the image for a larger version The image they printed is a crop of this shot. There’s no photo credit in the version of […]
Reflections In The Rain
Last night’s practice was a rainy one; here’s an attempt at getting a little more creative than usual. click on the image for a larger version This is a shot of Paul, or more accurately his reflection in a fellow sousaphone player’s instrument. I’d been trying to get this shot during the past few rehearsals, […]
Refreshing Spray on a Hot Day
Today’s picture comes from this past weekend’s car wash, financial benefits of which went to the MHS Band’s drumline for equipment, uniforms and such. click on the image for a larger version The thermometers said 100f, and with the humidity added in the ‘heat index’ was somewhere just shy of 110, so the kids were […]
One
This week’s Photo Friday Challenge (thank you, Geren, for the pointer) is “One.” click on the image for a larger version This image breaks the “rule of thirds” and probably other conventions as well, but as a first entry I think it’ll do. Standing alone, this picture of a high school football player gives the […]