Month: January 2008

links for 2008-01-20

more lessons learned

Turns out the paper I picked the other week is fogged, most likely due to heat…. So now just to find some paper that hasn’t been abused.

Just made a couple of test prints in the darkroom. Turns out the paper I picked the other week is fogged, most likely due to heat. The package was sealed so that’s all I can figure.

But on the plus side of the ledger, everything else worked. The enlarger worked, the chemicals all did their jobs. So now just to find some paper that hasn’t been abused. Kinda cool to watch the image come up out of the soup . . .

quote of the day

The title is one for the ages as well.

It wasn’t that long ago that America’s 9/11 Mayor was the presumed frontrunner, this can-do, crime-stopping, moonlighting transvestite master-of-mean-streets sheriff threatening even to put Blue States such as Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York into play for Republicans in his role as the one drag queen tough enough to take on Hillary.

The title is one for the ages as well.


It wasn’t that long ago that America’s 9/11 Mayor was the presumed frontrunner, this can-do, crime-stopping, moonlighting transvestite master-of-mean-streets sheriff threatening even to put Blue States such as Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York into play for Republicans in his role as the one drag queen tough enough to take on Hillary. [From Requiem for a Featherweight]

there’s some truth to that

“The lesson is that it’s not a good idea to drink, it’s not a good idea to be high on dope, and it’s not a good idea to taunt a man-eating tiger.”

…drink a coupla shots of vodka (as they did), then taunt a tiger (as it seems they also did), you might just get what you ask for.

“Clearly there’s the lesson to be learned here,” said zoo spokesman Sam Singer. “The lesson is that it’s not a good idea to drink, it’s not a good idea to be high on dope, and it’s not a good idea to taunt a man-eating tiger.”

Authorities were weighing whether to seek criminal charges against the Dhaliwals, but their lawyer, Mark Geragos, said they have presented no evidence of a crime. Geragos, who has repeatedly said the brothers didn’t taunt the tiger, also noted that the affidavit does not specify any possible counts.

“Basically, they’re arguing that if you go to the zoo and wave at the animals, you get the death penalty,” he said. “And that’s just nonsense.”

[From Taunting a factor in tiger attack – Yahoo! News]

Actually, if you a. get stoned and b. drink a coupla shots of vodka (as they did), then taunt a tiger (as it seems they also did), you might just get what you ask for.
Trouble is, the tiger died too, and she didn’t deserve that.

[addendum] Apparently, animal-taunting is quite common, to the point where not seeing any means you’re complacent.

day after Friday cat blogging

This one takes the word aloof to new heights, at least as far as her relationship with me goes.

And this one just dumped the contents of extremely full bladder on one of the beds, thankfully not mine.

The girls.

Cricket, née Bagheera
This one takes the word aloof to new heights, at least as far as her relationship with me goes.

Smudge, née Foxy

And this one just dumped the contents of extremely full bladder on one of the beds, thankfully not mine.

<sigh> and this after a week spent nursing back to health from an upper respiratory infection.

Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees to view Allied tanks and half tracks pass through the Arc du Triomphe, after Paris was liberated on August 25, 1944 (LOC)

Crowds of French patriots line the Champs Elysees to view Allied tanks and half tracks pass through the Arc du Triomphe, after Paris was liberated on August 25, 1944 (LOC) Originally uploaded by The Library of Congress …. Of course, I would be 80 years old now, but you know what I mean.

Oh, to have been there. Of course, I would be 80 years old now, but you know what I mean.
If you take a closer look, the little old man down in the right front makes it for me. Stooped, dressed in a suit in the August heat, had probably wondered if this day would ever come, but there he is clapping. He’s of the right age to remember the last war as well, maybe to have fought in it.


You can see a 141 Mb TIFF (!!) here.

overkill

I have two in service, with three available networks, and another in a box with two networks.

…Every computer in your house can work off a wireless network at blazing speeds.

I don’t need another wireless base station. I have two in service, with three available networks, and another in a box with two networks.

Time Capsule is also a full-featured 802.11n Wi-Fi base station. Every computer in your house can work off a wireless network at blazing speeds. And they can back up wirelessly to the same Time Capsule.

[From Apple – Time Capsule]

What I would like is just a big chunk of networked disk. Does Time Capsule do more than just take whatever Time Machine throws its way?

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