Monthly Archives: July 2011
Dammit Dammit Dammit!
Through a comedy of errors ((If you could have been inside my head during the 10 seconds prior to impact, you would agree on the comedy)), I have a casualty. Thankfully, the majority of damage seems to be to the UV filter that was attached to the lens. Unfortunately, the impact (directly onto the end …
New Notebook
I have a new notebook! Meet the Roaring Spring Laboratory Notebook 5×5 quad-ruled hardbound paper product. It is displayed to the right of my last two notebooks, the Whitelines A4 wirebound (middle) and the National Brand 5×5 Eye Ease spiral bound (left). I evaluated the Whitelines, both at the beginning, and in the middle. At …
Paperless Office
I’ve been moving along the path of the paperless office. I use PDFs as much as possible and I try to scan and store anything that I’m not going to be needing immediately. Many people advocate moving to an entirely electronic storage system for papers, books, bills, documents, and whatever else clutters up your home …
Photography as a Job
I enjoyed the Big Picture today, which had a series of photos from the recently completed final shuttle mission. Go and look; I’ll be here when you get back. Several of those images amused the heck out of me. I even tweeted about it. Go back. Have a look and compare image #30 and #40. …
Books/Movies: Some Notes
Wheel of Time For those of you hiding under rocks, you might not be aware that the Epic Fantasy Monstrosity (EFM) Wheel of Time will be coming to a close soon with the publication of the 14th and final novel. The reason for the EFM moniker is because of the 14! novels it took to …
Final Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis
Jennifer and I decided to roll the dice and drive down to see the final launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis. We figured we had a good shot because there were three chances to go, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. So we packed up the car and drove 8 hours to Florida! Or at least, we tried …
Better Titled: “Nationalistic Propaganda Works!”
Jim Galloway of the AJC had a tidbit this morning: Beware: If you go to a Fourth of July celebration on Monday, your kids are statistically more likely to end up Republican. The study, out of Harvard, relates the likelihood of identifying as Republican to the amount of precipitation on the 4th of July. They …
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