Blog posts

Time for GUADEC!

I’m off to Deutschland for GUADEC, the GNOME User and Developer European Conference.My flight is today… and tomorrow. Gotta love transatlantic travel.Update: I just found a nice city guide @ stgt.com for those going to GUADEC. It has all sorts of (what seem to be) useful links to everything around...

Photos: Drumlin Farm

Here are a few photos from Drumlin Farm, an organic farm which happens to be part of the Mass Audubon network. Make sure to see all of the photos. Playing on a stump “Hey guys, wait for me!” Goat pose Chickens can’t read Pig portrait Pigging out Piggy playtime Almost...

Gallery of the Absurd

Gallery of the Absurd (abbreviated as GOAT, which is absurdly is a transposition of letters in the acronym), direct from the Boston area. It’s funny, as I’ve seen some of the same things Erik Wegweiser points out.

Photos: Tulsa Zoo

A short while ago, I visited my family in Oklahoma. While there, we took a trip to the zoo. The following pictures are a few of the highlights of the place. Hungry, hungry rhino It’s not a lawn ornament Colorful hornbill Wow! The lion was actually awake!(They usually like to...

New camera bag

Introducing the Crumpler Shrinkle. It’s a wacky name for a camera/laptop combo backpack, but it’s also an unconventional bag. It has some sense of design and style (when it comes to camera bags, at least), and it seems very reliable and feature-packed. Of course, I don’t know any of this...

Pushing “Paint” to the limits…

It’s amazing — someone used Microsoft Paint to recreate a scene of Venice.That has to be the most astounding use of MS Paint, ever. (Previous titleholder: Pokey the Penguin.)

H2G2

The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was entertaining and funny, despite what a few others may say. I thoroughly enjoyed it this evening — and did not have any complaints except Zaphod’s head-in-the-neck thing instead of being a true second head.If you haven’t seen it yet, you should. Be...

Readjusting mirrors: removing the blind spots

I happened to be on cartalk.com, the website associated with the NPR radio show of the similar name (which, by the way, is based out of Cambridge) and found something quite interesting: A Great New Way to Set Your Car’s Side-View MirrorsIt turns out that you don’t need to see...