Ever since I came back from New Mexico, I’ve had a running battle with the squirrels that live around here, but it’s their fault. They started it by deciding to set up housekeeping inside the walls between me and my neighbor. They just tunneled in and started reproducing.
Category Archives: Flickr
Mike’s HDR set
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Mike has come a long way since I gave him his first digital camera soon after Connor was born on May 1, 2005. Here is an example of some of his experiments with HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography. I find them both artistic and pleasing, worthy to me of being made into a coffee table [...]
Connor Sings his ABCs
Monday, September 28, 2009
Mike posted this milestone moment on his Flickr photostream, and as a proud grandpa, I almost felt entitled to snap it up and post it here too without asking, but I did the right thing and called Mike and got his permission to post it. I’m sure you’ll find it one of those “Awwww, moments.” [...]
The amazing future
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Watch this seven plus minute video and prepare to be amazed at what an application called Photosynth can do. It’s architect, Blaise Aguera y Arcas, demonstrates and describes the technology and what lies ahead. (Link courtesy of Michael K. Bergman of AI3.) It’s so amazing, I almost want to begin exercising just to ensure I [...]
Flock’s news reader
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Flock's news reader, originally uploaded by CaptQuirk. This screenshot illustrates Flock's new implementation of its RSS news reader, called "My Newspaper." The icon to call up the sidebar is designated by the red arrow pointing to the iconbar. In the list of RSS feeds, the bold font indicates unread items on that particular feed. The [...]
Glitches and upgrades
Monday, April 17, 2006
Sometimes I’ll go for days on end with no entries on this blog, but on Sunday when WordPress.com was down most of the day, its unavailability because of some server glitches created an almost uncontrollable urge in me to post something. Strange, isn’t it? However, now that it is back up, it appears the powers [...]