Asleep at the Wheel 40 Miles Left to Go
Madeleine L’Engle, children’s writer, passed away yesterday at the age of 88. She introduced me to the ideas of science fiction in grade one, long before I had any concept of what it was, through “A Wrinkle In Time”. I liked the book so much I “borrowed” it permanently from the school library, and it […]
steer skull – Lockwasher Paul Loughridge is one of those people who does amazing things with other people’s junk, turning it into drool-inducing sculpture. From pieces of scrap and parts from all kinds of every day items he creates robots, animals, vehicles, bugs, and all sorts of other cool stuff. If you’ve never head of […]
so… how many of these internet people do you recognize? I was kind of appalled at how many I did.
Ugh. No matter how much I try and cover all the bases, some little thing always turns what should be a 2-3 hour transition period into a 12 hour ordeal. Everything went pretty smoothly until final testing on re-training false positives with dspam. I had tested it with the existing quarantine, which was created under […]
Here’s a great idea for e-bay and other lightbox photography: use that cooler sitting in the basement or garage as your light box/tent. Of course, said cooler should be dirt/mold free, or the results won’t be as good as they could be. The link goes to Strobist, which is one of the coolest photography blogs […]
I seem to be getting out and actually taking the odd picture again; it’s been sorely needed. I’m frustrated with the long time it’s taken to get where I am with the knee (which is at a point where I can _finally_ consider treatments that may actually help things), and getting out and snapping is […]
See that video window? It is supposed to be covered by the links page. Obviously, it’s not. Apparently this is a fairly common problem with IE. Embedded flash applets that like to peek through CSS divs that should be resting nicely over top of the flash app, obscuring the content in the overlay (the links […]
Free Beer?! – jessrawk From jessrawk’s photostream. Awesome… although I’m not sure I’d want to have to paint oilfields for a living… they’re pretty damn big!
Ooh… fire. – Walt Trotta The Trottas – Jake, Zoe, Walt, and Lee – made their way to Ottawa for what’s become an annual weekend of fun. They made the journey in their suburban cruiser for the first time, which gave Lee the opportunity to pack everything they needed for the weekend. Everything included a […]
Brewer Pavillion #5Ian David Blüm Ian David Blüm is definitely one of my flickr faves. His picture of the Brewer Beach Pavillion brought back some long-forgotten memories. Brewer Park is across the street from Carleton University here in Ottawa. It is on the banks of the Rideau River and, at one time, had a sandy […]