I sometimes really hate the initiative process. So many things to do, yet voting is also important and this is a big one given the big regional transportation bill (we have to get out of gridlock). It is amazingly hard to find endorsements or any definitives. I used to have the Seattle Weekly but since […]

With the Canadian dollar actually above the US dollar, going to Whistler has gone from being really cheap to going to London. The fate of those with lots of American dollars I fear. One way to save is the “EDGE”:http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/winter/index.htm?crmcontact=4875060&crmevar=EM_CRM_WB_PFC_05_E3_071031 card which gives you some discount. The 1 day ski rate is a whopping $70 […]

Well, I’ve had three really powerful bike lights over the last couple of years. First the Light & Motion Cabeza which was lightweight but too dim really. Then after getting hit by a car, I went whole hog and got two HID (high intensity discharge) systems one for the handle bars and the other for […]

“Engadget”:http://engadget.com points out that “Ars Technica”:http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/ has a great review of Leopard. I’m inclined to agree. Great analysis of the user interface and the move to gratuitous but highly demoable features like “transparency in Aero”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Aero and I hadn’t realized that Apple’s user interface guidelines were so out of date, there is actually a “wiki”:http://indieHIG.com which […]

Finally got around to going through clippings, here are some from Macworld: * “Imagewell”:http://xtralean.com is a nice photo resizer. A little faster than the 30 seconds it takes to boot up Photoshop CS2 🙂 Powered by ScribeFire.

It is rebate time in the camera world, so if you want to get something now is a great time: * “Canon”:http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=PromotionsAct has rebates and most shops like “Canoga”:http://www.canogacamera.com/ and “B&H”:http://bhphotovideo.com are including instant rebates. These work better than mailing something into Canon and praying. Actually I’ve had great luck with Canon rebates and terrible […]

For some reason my home directory just went completely invisible. You can’t see it in /Users. The Mac OS X has no way to change this from the user interface, so you have to use a third party utility to turn it on. The cheapest and easiest solutions are: * “X Code”:http://apple.com. Use the command […]

Calvin says they are studying the first Americans that crossed the land bridge in about 11,000 BC according to “Sangres.com”:http://www.sangres.com/history/firstamericans.htm. They used a spear and a sprear throwing stick called “atlatl”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlatl. The bow and arrow didn’t show up until 1,200 years ago. They hunted probably “mammoths” (and not mastodons which are older relatives apparently but […]

“Modmyiphone”:http://modmyiphone.com has figured out how to downgrade to 1.0.2 and then upgrade it. There are four steps, but the documentation is at least clear: # “Downgrade 1.0.2 Baseband”:http://www.modmyiphone.com/wiki/index.php/Downgrade_1.0.2_baseband_OS_X_iPhone by loading a package of software called Virginize. You then use sftp to copy to your phone over wifi with a freeware utility called Cyberduck # “Upgrade […]

Arrgh. Why is color management so complicated. Finally figured it out for the Canon i9900, now it has changed for the later Canon Pro9000. It is complicated and there is no documentation. Fortunately, the bright souls at “Photography-on-the.net”:http://photography-on-the.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-29530.html have figure it out. The key thing is that there is actually a guide that they don’t […]