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Grinding
The combination of spring break and tax time has made the past few days excruciatingly dull. Most of the people I work with are out out of town, the rest are doing taxes (like me) and that’s thrown all organization out of whack, which is bad. I’m in the odd position of not having anything pressing going on, and no work related stuff to talk about, which happens very rarely. The combination has made me moody the past three days.
In other news, I did get the Garmin Street Pilot in today, I’m about to take it on it’s first test ride. We’ll see how it goes.
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An unusually quiet day
Definitely one of the most quiet on record, I guess everyone really is on spring break.
On another note, I just visited this blog’s Technorati profile and I find that I’m linked under “a loner’s temperament” and experpted on a Malaysian blog.
Most surprising of all though is being linked from the Columbia Journalism review. They picked up on my Cheney – Abu Ghraib theory. It’s quite flattering.
Now, back to taxes.
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New gallery
I just finished with the photos that the lovely and talented Debra and I took last night. We would up taking all of them in the daytime (it was too cold after dinner) and I’m quite happy with some of them. I was careless with some of the angles and I left way too much stuff in the backgrounds (how many times can you see my shadow!?) but the bright sunlight and blue sky provided for many interesting opportunities in Photoshop.
While the last round of photos turned out to be quite dark and noirish, this one turned out to be more gothic and apocalyptic, nonetheless, some of them turned out quite interesting. I left some of the originals in so everyone can see the changes I made.
The goal for this photo series it to have fiddler silhouettes, which this round is not. I do like it though. In case anyone is interested, the Auto Exposure Lock made no appreciable difference. The location was on Howell Mill Road.
Thus I give you, Debra on the edge of forever.
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GPS acquired
I got the Garmin StreetPilot I3 for a good deal on E-bay. A detailed product review will be here shortly after I get it.
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Quote of the moment
“There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.” – Ansel Adams
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Quick round up
- Virtual Earth and Local.Live.com are very cool, with very good arial photography.
- I am undecided about Geek Entertainment TV
- Charles seems like a cool program.
- Acronis seems to be a cool backup program.
- A free book about information markets.
- N-Unit ASP seems like a good tool.
- The Russian birth rate is up.
- Libertarian views on the Iraq war, from Reason Magazine.
- A budget photography lighting system.
- A wired article on arial photgraphy.
- An interesting post from David Friedman about immigration and the welfare state.
- European Demography.
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The techno lust is strong for this one
Specifically, the Garmin Street Pilot I3. I think I’ll have use for it on a project later this year. Amazon has it for $299 as well.
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New and cool (Bruce version)
Amazon has a new Springsteen video on their site. It’s from his new Pete Seeger tribute album, which I still think is an odd thing for him to do. He does not seem to be using Seeger’s style, which would not be a good fit for him.
Also
‘We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions’ will be released in DualDisc format, with the full album on one side of the disc and DVD content on the other side. The 30 minute video side of the DualDisc contains extensive behind the scenes footage of the recording of the album. In addition, the DualDisc package will contain two bonus tracks and a special booklet including a note from Springsteen.
which is a nice touch. A very good way to get people to actually buy the disc instead of downloading it from somewhere.
And Pete Seeger’s only worthwhile quote is “Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple.”
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Yet another good one from Jane Galt
It’s about conflict between working and stay at home moms. It goes into it in ways I’ve never thought of before.
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Amazing
Cynthia McKinney actually manages to top her “Negro Tolerance Level” quote with her most recent escapade.
Although nothing is as strange as:
Three Men Charged in ‘Dungeon’ Castration
Three men have been arrested on charges of performing castrations on apparently willing participants in a sadomasochistic “dungeon” in a rural house, authorities said Friday.“It’s extremely bizarre,” District Attorney Michael Bonfoey said in a telephone interview. “It’s incredible the amount of ways that people can find to run afoul of the law.”
Sheriff’s investigators said Richard Sciara, 61, Danny Reeves, 49, and Michael Mendez, 60, admitted performing at least eight surgeries, including castrations and testicle replacements, on six consenting clients over the past year. None of the three is licensed to practice medicine, officials said.
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Each man faces 10 felony counts — five each of castration without malice and conspiracy to commit castration without malice — as well as eight misdemeanor counts of performing medical acts without a license. Each felony carries a maximum three years and three months in prison, Bonfoey said.
Stranger still is that there was already a law against this sort of thing. How often does this sort of thing happen?