Congratulations, James. Mom and I are so proud of you and your accomplishments, and we happily acknowledge to all the man of fine character you’ve become. By the way, let’s consider this a virtual Court of Honor; would all Eagles please rise and comment here with the location and date on which they earned their […]
What Is Truth’s Image?
Last spring I was thinking a bit about “photo integrity” (whatever that may be). Now, as I ponder the idea of turning hobby into secondary income as photographer, I come across this in the New York Times’s No Picture Tells the Truth. The Best Do Better Than That. But the untruth – or, at least, […]
Advice to Cingular and ATT Wireless Customers
“Your world just got a lot bigger,” Cingular and AT&T Wireless ‘cell phone’ customers are being told, and the TV advertisements proclaim that they can now talk with all 46,000,000 subscribers “for free.” Well, it’s true that the two companies are now one and have a large combined subscriber base. And it’s also true that […]
Formatting Big FAT32 Volumes
Ok, so I’ve got this nice big 190Gb external firewire drive. Both my Windows XP systems and my Macintosh have firewire, so I should be able to plug it into either system and use it, right? Well, kindof. Formatted NTFS, the XP system could use it just fine. The Mac could read it, but not […]
FTC: How Not to Get Hooked
Internet scammers casting about for people’s financial information have a new way to lure unsuspecting victims: They go “phishing.” Phishing is a high-tech scam that uses spam or pop-up messages to deceive you into disclosing your credit card numbers, bank account information, Social Security number, passwords, or other sensitive information. … The FTC, the nation’s […]
Don’t Code for One, Code for All
Stopdesign: “Developing for IE initially, then trying to retrofit for other browsers will increase time and cost in the long run. But there’s a better way to approach development that’s faster and less costly.” As Phil put it, “Web standards, man. They produce results.”
Find a Place to Slow Down
Curt on Meditation: I don’t mean wrap yourself in a pretzel and contemplate the sound of one hand clapping meditation. I mean a simple slowing down and centering. Slowing down, I realized/remembered last night, can be as simple as removing yourself from all the “normal” stuff. At home, at the office, even camping with the […]
Dinner With John Porcaro
I had dinner last night with John Porcaro. Good time, great conversation. It’s refreshing to talk with someone who “gets” Doc & the Cluetrain, Clayton Christensen, Purple Cows & Re-invent! (unlike anyone in the groups I have to deal with at work, most of who’ve not even heard of ’em) and is struggling with some […]
Stopping Auto.Search.MSN.com
Still using Internet Explorer and tired of being taken off to auto.search.msn.com when you mis-type a URL? That’s easily changed. Start IE. From the View menu, select Explorer Bar > Search. Click the Change Preferences link. (if steps 3 and 4 don’t quite look like your system, look for a [Customize] button at the top […]
Xbox Next
As Rob and others have pointed out, there are rumors that XBox 2 won’t be backwards-compatible – that it won’t play games from the original. If this is true, would be a immensely stupid mistake. If none of my old games will work, and I’ve got to start over when I get a new console, […]