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Urushiol Horror!
I was filling out a form online for a medical appointment and I had to go look up the proper spelling of “Urushiol”, the chemical that causes poison ivy to getcha. To my horror, I learned that the chemical is used to lacquer artwork in Japan, and it can be cured incorrectly! One other interesting …
Put Things in Their Place
Here’s another great example of “always put your stuff away.” The 1/8″ to 1/4″ adapter that came from my headphones was missing. I searched for a week and ended up finding it in the headphones plug of my audio interface, where I had unplugged it “just for a few”. I needed up putting the audio …
Knitting!
I have a lot of friends who are into the fabric arts. Jenn is an accomplished crotchet ninja and she once tried to teach me (at my request) how to utilize the single hook to craft things. I failed. I failed in the sense that I couldn’t get over the initial hump of figuring out …
Two Lessons
The first lesson was in lighting. I consider myself to be an adequate amateur photographer with a good grasp of the fundamentals. However, occasionally I manage to expose my ignorance in a fashion that makes me chuckle. Exhibit one! I took this as a “before” picture. When I captured it, I looked at the view …
Testing Some New Settings
Everything I’m testing should be invisible to you. If something is weird, then either I or the process got SNAFU’d. I find it interesting when I take self portraits that I just can’t manage a very good smile. I’m usually pretty good about smiling for other people’s pictures, but for the ones I take of …
Linear Projections for the Win
I’m going to leave these two things here for everyone to reflect on. The top is today’s google trends search. The bottom is an xkcd comic from April(?) 2012. The crossover point, by the way, is November, 2012
Jenn’s Back Yard
We are in Newry, Maine for a baby shower with Jenn’s family and some friends who’ve come up to join up. I went out for a stroll this afternoon and here are some pictures of the place where Jenn grew up.
Importance of Distrusting your Tools
There are tools to help you produce documents. These tools are varied and a lot of them center around grammar and spell checking. Most text editing programs come with spell check of some sort in order to keep you from sending misspelled words out into the world. Of course, these spell checkers have contributed to …
Congratulations, First Sergeant Darrell Bosco
The husband of my friend Kim Bosco was recently promoted to First Sergeant which is just ever so slightly a big freaking deal. If you don’t know why this is a big deal, spend a bit of time googling around and you’ll understand. Go read it from the horse’s mouth and drop some congrats for …
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