I’m not 100% certain whether or not Linda Stone coined the term “Continuous Partial Attention” but she has certainly been shedding light on the cause and probable effects of this growing trend. The Continuous Partial Attention Wiki is an interesting resource if you want to learn more about what is sure to impact any of … Continue reading Continuous Partial Attention Wiki
Just wanted to codify this as the proper way to refer to more than 2 cats. 🙂 A Murder of Crows, a Flock of Geese, if you’ve ever seen more than 2 cats in a group, I think you’ll agree that they are not what you’d call organized in any agreeable fashion. As an homage … Continue reading A Chaos of Cats
So I had a pool installed this year. The pool opened on Memorial day and all was good. Included in the pool was something I’ve been working toward for about 10 years, an Endless Pool system. This particular system is called a “Fastlane” and it’s intended to be installed in a normal pool. i.e. the … Continue reading Endless Pool Fastlane in a Salt Water Pool – Issue
*Note to Facebook folks – there are a lot of pictures that won’t make it into the facebook note. Please click on the link to see them.* It took me a while to organize the pictures that I wanted to post along with this blog entry. Back in November Michelle and I took a cruise … Continue reading Carnival Legend Cruise through Western Carribean 2009
*** Update May 8, 2009 *** Verizon finally did see fit to release the OS 4.5 update and, so far, it appears that it is addressing the issue for us. We set a date of May 15 (approximately 3 weeks after upgrading) as our “OK Date”. This means that folks in our pilot group would … Continue reading Memory leak issue for RIM Blackberry Devices – Especially 8830
I was doing my taxes and realized that, aside from the zillions of sorry, sad causes that I’m forced to support through my tax dollars (bailouts of the irresponsible from Wall Street to Main Street, domestic spying, “wars” on everything from drugs to fatty foods) I am giving my support to more and more causes … Continue reading My Affiliations and Causes to which I contribute materially
Tired with the slow performance of my tablet (such that I actually shy away from using it ’cause it’s just too danged slow), I’ve elected to install Linux on it. I kind of tossed a coin and decided on the Ubuntu flavor of Linux. I was driven mostly by the fact that it seems to … Continue reading Installing Ubuntu 8.10 on my X41 tablet
“It is easier to have a strong opinion when you lack information.” – Michael Crichton I was listening to a 2003 interview with Mr. Crichton on the “Tech Nation” podcast and he was describing a time shortly after he had written the book “Rising Sun”. There were several members on a board on which he … Continue reading Quotes – 01
I’m pretty psyched. I’d done a fair bit of research and I think this Nikon D60 (Wikipedia link) will let me do the kind of photography that I want to do. It’s been a long time since I’ve worked with a camera that allows you to play with pretty much any aspect of the picture … Continue reading New Nikon D60 has arrived
Continuing with my fascination for altered time and space perception (through mechanical means), I had not heard about Schlieren Photography until I saw this video on Slashdot Review over the weekend. The balloon (what is it about balloons?) was one of my favorites, but the towel was cute. The shockwaves emanating from piston shots was … Continue reading Schlieren Photography
