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An interesting and fun to read article in Vanity Fair about the security check procedures established by the TSA: > “Taking off your shoes is next to useless. “It’s like saying, Last time the terrorists wore red shirts, so n...
Read more →It felt like a war zone without the danger! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofUdhro7G2o&w=420&h=315]
Recently I wanted to get feedback on one of several ideas for the design of the new BlogBridge web site. I had selected 6 product web sites that had a nice look and wanted to somehow visually compare them. Here are two free tools I used: - [Papparazzi](http://derailer....
Read more →Due to an unusual set of coincidences I have 3 different Macintosh computers in my office today so I could run performance comparisons. After a brief bit of research I came across XBench, a free, open source benchmarking suite. I am not positive that it is the state of the art,...
Read more →I saw this movie, Altered States, again last night. It’s even better than I remembered and it’s my third or fourth time seeing it! It’s weird and scary (still) but really compelling. An antropo-horror movie! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbYT3UclhNY]
I saw this quote from Dickens’ Great Expectations. I had to read it several times to get the meaning. It’s appropriate for this season. > “Pause you,” Pip says, “and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.” (from Dickens, as quoted by Maureen Dowd in the New York Times)
I just finished reading a great book, “Everything Is Obvious: *Once You Know the Answer
Ned Batchelder, my pal, points out that: > “Like the Super Bowl, Christmas is one concentrated day. For celebrants, it is the only thing happening that day, and it’s preceded by weeks of anticipation and preparation. Another similarity is the zeal with which businesses try to piggy-back on the exc...
Read more →[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzh-TKzXN2k&w=560&h=315]
You may have noticed that this Blog is now hosted on SquareSpace. I’ve been pretty happy with it so far. While it is kind of a closed system, there are extensive customization features that allow me to get pretty much what I want. And their support is 24×7 and **very ...
Read more →I noticed yesterday that sunset is now occurring at 4:12pm. The day before it was 4:11pm. So sunset is getting later! Summer is almost here, right? p.s. Before some smart-alec points it out, yes I know that sunrise is still getting later so the number of daylight hours are still shrinking. ** **It is left as an exercise to the reader to explain why the two events do not occur on the same day – in other words, sunset starts getting later several weeks before sunrise starts getting earlier. Note: the explanation is very complicated.
I’ve been playing around with each of the major tablets while considering ‘my next move’ 🙂 Oddly I have not been able to find a side by side comparison of their weights. After googling for 3 minutes. So as a public service let me transcribe my notes on this vital topic. - Apple iPad 2: 21.1 oz - Barnes and Nobel Nook Color: 15.8 oz - Amazon Kindle Fire: 14.6 oz - Barnes and Nobel Nook Tablet: 14.1 oz - Amazon Kindle Touch: 7.8 oz - Amazon Kindle 4: 5.9 oz
A remarkable article in Popular Mechanics (remember them?) about the crash of Air France 447. It was apparent clear case of human error and resulted in the death of 228 people. It is a c...
Read more →I continue to spend spare time on developing my Android tablet game. As you may remember from my last post, it involves a top view of a city. I’ve taken the time to learn a lot of Adobe Illustrator so I am used slightly more advanced techniques than last time. I have to admit that when I walk around town I am constantly noticing the width of sidewalks, the color of streets, whether there is grass right up to the side of the building and other silly details. Anyway, here is what I have so far. How do you like it? 
Interesting article by famous Guy Kawasaki about what he learned from Steve Jobs: > “But few, if any, of these people have been inside the tent and experienced first hand what it was like to work with him. I donât want any lessons to be lost or forgotten, so here is my list of the top twelve lessons that I learned from Steve Jobs.” (from What I learned from Steve Jobs)
Kashi is the new hot breakfast cereal. Wait, let me rephrase that: Kashi is a breakfast cereal that is getting very popular. It portrays an image of healthfulness and kind of a crunchy scrappy small company attitude. Turns out that they are just part of Kellogs Company.Oh Well!