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23 May 2008Consider the following two statements: It is raining outside right now. It is very sunny outside right now. One might assume the two were mutually exclusive. Those of us from New England, however, know better. Indeed, it’s a bright, sunny day here, but I’m watching rain fall on the roof outside my window.
From NY1: Illinois Senator Barack Obama is campaigning in Florida today. He’ll be in Connecticut Sunday to deliver the commencement address at Wesleyan University, in place of Senator Ted Kennedy. Our speaker was alright, but he was no Barack Obama. And why did Wesleyan get Ted Kennedy, when he’s our Senator?!
I brought my brother to organ lessons today, which are held in an old (18th century, I believe) church in Amherst. So I brought the camera along in anticipation of some more HDR fun. This is a so-so interior shot. Note that it’s kind of noisy (grainy), I’ll touch on that in a bit. Also [...]
I see two things done a lot that really bother me, because people get very into their arguments, not realizing that they’re entirely wrong. Both happen to concern the First Amendment and freedom of speech. It might be best to begin by quoting it (emphasis mine): Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of [...]
News sites keep adding comment sections, but for some reason draw users who post comments more absurd than those on Youtube. Take this article as an example, about how a decorated military nurse was discharged after commanding officers found out she was a lesbian. The court ruled that they couldn’t dismiss her solely for her [...]
I’ve posted before about High-Dynamic Range photography, with, err, lackluster photos to demonstrate the concept. I’ve been trying my hand with Photomatix, which has given be slightly better results: It’s worth noting that those were dark, ominous clouds. I shot this with auto bracketing on in my camera, meaning it took one “normal” shot, one [...]
I don’t really remember precisely when I started using Linux, but I do distinctly remember December 31, 1999, around 11:55pm, sitting in front of my computer and seeing what would happen. (Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary.) I was in KDE at the time, back when they had a HUGE digital clock that looked like [...]
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17 May 2008I frankly don’t use AIM that much these days, but will often sign on and think, “Wow, lots of people are on tonight!” or, “Wow, almost no one is on tonight!” So I just wanted to list my thought process after noticing this: I’d be interested in seeing a graph of my “buddies” online over [...]
I’m now (essentially) graduated, with a Bachelor’s of Science. As I was walking across the stage, there were five different people who shook my hand. A few congratulated me; the President beamed with joy as she shook my hand (given that I’m a W-name, her facial muscles must have been aching?). But the last guy’s [...]
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12 May 2008I’ve always been a little creeped out by some of the stuff on Craigslist. There’s pretty obvious prostitution and drugs going on, in addition to people seeking affairs. And if you read through the “personals” section (which is pretty entertaining), watch out for ones with pictures… Something they’re, uhh, graphic. So I went through about [...]