In My Copious Spare Time

Hey look! Yet more things I have to find some cycles to keep up with: Photoshop TV.

So Now I've Got Another Thing To Think About

His hit rate is higher than Bob Cringely's, so he's got that going for him. I wouldn't bet against this, because it sounds to me like an obvious sort of obviousness. Joel Spolsky says Ajax : character-mode :: Gmail : 1-2-3.

Mr. Spolsky is betting on something like gwt, but I'm not sure it isn't Flash.

Teh Fred!

Avast!

Who Knew?

"The Queen's English" means a particular accent, and not just grammatically correct English? I had no idea, but Wikipedia did.

Mark Your Calendar

Tomorrow is Talk Like A Pirate Day. Don't forget your eyepatch!

It's For My Health, Sweetie!

I'll grit my teeth and somehow force myself to endure this horrible, horrible, horrible daily health regimen.

A Whole New Angle

I've read plenty of material about the war, much of which was perfectly predictable. Today, however, I read something along an entirely new angle (well, new to me anyway).
Seth Godin looks at the war as a marketing war, which is, as I said, a completely new tack to me.

Yawn

I set my TiVo to record the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards show. Kathy and I waited a while after the scheduled start, as is our habit, so we could fast-forward through the commercials. About 10-ish, we started watching.

We gave it up as a lost cause very quickly thereafter. Brittney looked like crap; she's a perfectly lovely girl, but she just looked completely embarassed to be out there on the stage. If she'd had even a smidge of self-confidence she might have pulled it off, but if she didn't think I should be wanting to look at her then she's probably right.

There was no energy in the main room there, even after Chris Brown's performance. He looked good, but if that couldn't wake up those people then there's no hope for them. All in all a complete waste of our time.

MTV => boring.

Upgrade Your Router Part 2

Oh! And how about some antenna lurv, while you're at it? I'll trade a little tinfoil for 10dB worth of antenna gain.

Upgrade Your Router

From the guys at Lifehacker comes this pointer at a process for upgrading your router. I'm looking at boosting the signal and saying "yeah, that's worth a bit of my time." At the moment, I'm looking at trying this over the weekend.

High Altitude Photo

Now that's a cool shot.

Maybe I've Been Doing This The Hard Way

How to use the Extract filter in Photoshop. I might have been working too hard.

I Nearly Peed Myself

I have rediscovered my love for the Dissident Frogman, solely because of one hilarious instructional video. I smiled from nearly the first frame, and laughed out loud (disturbing others around me, I'm sure) at several points along the way.

Two thumbs waaaay up, Dissident Frogman!

Note To Self

Don't reinstall Windows more than once. Ever again. Ever.

That Went By Quickly

Dr. Hans Rosling gave a presentation at TED 2006 concerning myths around the third world. Here's the link to his presentation. It runs about 20 minutes, and it was a very quick 20 minutes that I thoroughly enjoyed. Have a look.

Well Of Course She Was

Nicole Richie spends a whopping 82 minutes in jail. For her second DUI. Jebus farking crap, it really pays to be rich if you're otherwise worthless and a danger to those around you.

For the record, I've spent more time in jail awaiting bond hearings than did Nicole for DRIVING UNDER THE F@#@&#^ INFLUENCE. There ain't no justice.

Ooooh! Shiny!

How about a little eye-candy? Check out the demos for Flipping Book, a page-fliping UI element. Click on either products "Try Demo" link, then click-n-drag the pages to turn them in the book. Neat!

Are You Kidding Me?!?

I think I have bought my last Chinese-made item. According to MSNBC, Chinese officials knew about the dangerous toys months ago. I will now be taking my consumer dollars elsewhere, and the Chinese economy can go right back into the tank, for all I care.

It was one thing when they allowed industrial waste into their pet food products, but to endanger our children? If there's one thing that Americans are incredibly sensitive to, it's child endangerment, and the Chinese have certainly stomped over that line with abandon here. I can only hope that it rebounds to their detriment.

Man, I Need More Hours In The Day

Holy crap! I'm going to be busy, it appears. That's a whole lot of drawing turorials, and I definitely need to upgrade from my current "stick people" level of ability.