Monthly Archives: September 2008

McCain: “Been there, done that,” before going there, doing that

These things usually come in threes: John McCain declared victory in debate before the debate takes place. This campaign is demonstrating so many misinformation techniques. Earlier in the week, Political Lunch (my favorite political podcast) described the “150 strategy” whereupon … Continue reading

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China: “Been there, done that,” before going there, doing that

This is rich. China announced success of their manned space mission before it actually happened. This tells me one of two things: China was fibbing China has invented time travel That second one (albeit far-fetched) would explain everything China bragged … Continue reading

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DIY Google Maps

Okay, I’ve got to stop looking at these Photoshop CS4 demonstration videos … each one makes me drool. This video shows one how Photoshop CS4 (is that regular or “Extended” Photoshop) can turn a panorama shot into a 3-D image … Continue reading

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Holy Crap Photoshop Does What?

Photoshop CS4 has been announced and they implement something that I saw as a SIGGGRAPH demo just last year, content-aware scaling. This means that you can resize an image without losing the important bits, such as people. Here’s the video … Continue reading

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The Issue with the HTML 5 shi[m|v]

I’ve been really interested in HTML 5 lately. I especially enjoy working with bridging existing HTML controls to the HTML 5 equivalents (e.g. making a script that will pick up on the video element and translate it to a HTML … Continue reading

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Obama’s Ambition

Here’s Barack Obama speaking in Green Bay, WI. I’m impressed at how old-school Republican he sounds (lowering taxes, cutting waste, etc.).

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TBA: Henry Paulson announced as dictator for life

You may or may not be listening to the news regarding the coming depression, the U.S. taxpayers $700 billion bailout, and the scramble to pass something to make feel safer about investing in America. Just like September 11, 2001, the … Continue reading

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Rice: Georgia shot first, and more

Although the damage has been done, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice admitted that Georgia attacked Russia. While the US hasn’t (to my knowledge) explicitly stated that Russia attacked first, we’ve been all too happy to let people think so, in … Continue reading

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South Beach Diet: Day 1

Well, my wife and I decided to start up the South Beach Diet again.  I suspect it’s worth doing for a few months of every year for the heart benefits.  Weighed in today at 204 (though folks swear I look … Continue reading

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Coming Soon: Google Navy?

Google is apparently readying off-shore data centers. Wisely, they are not moving to international waters, where they would have to provide their own naval protection. I think this is just an excuse to take a helicopter to work every morning.

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