Haven’t blogged much lately. Been busy. I’ll be back. Meanwhile here’ s a cool picture I took of some lightning. I discovered, after taking a few dozen long exposure images on my Canon 40D, that there are two spots on the sensor that return solid red data. Lightroom seems to sense and remove the errors, […]
I ran into a problem installing some software updates on a Mac and thought I’d post the solution here in case anyone else runs into the same problem. I was logged in as one user, and ran Software Update, but didn’t install the updates. I then created a new user account and logged in as […]
Ars Technica is posting a series on Cocoa (the Mac UI framework) and part of it is a comparative look at the .NET Framework. And in my opinion, it’s not very fair. Here’s a quote: The .NET library does work. It more or less has all the main pieces you need, but it’s full of […]
Jeff Atwood has a post insanely recommending the Nuvi 200W, but I wonder if he’s ever tried a Mio. I bought a Garmin GPS and found the startup time just too frustratingly long. I’m still very happy with my Mio C520 GPS.
That the Xbox 360 will be gaining Blu-Ray support is the rumour that just won’t die. But how likely is it? I’d say about 50/50. The hardware part is easy – and the that’s the part that the rumours always focus on: The website … states that MS has contracted Korean firm Pegatron Technology to […]
This can’t be good: “This backup is too large for the backup volume. The backup requires 100.0 MB but only 172.3 GB are available.”
Programming can be a great hobby. Anyone can do it, there are lots of good, free tools, and you can “scratch an itch” – write something that you need yourself. Hacking for fun is a great way to learn more about the computer you’re using, and is just an interesting mental exercise. Let’s say you […]
Now that I’ve been posting things on Twitter, I notice I have a few followers. And the followers I have are mostly .NET developers. I was a bug .NET proponent a few years ago, but I haven’t actually written any C# code in a long time now, and I thought I’d talk about why. There […]
We were out and about yesterday when a photo opportunity presented itself that actually managed to saturate the image buffer in the 40D. I had to stop and wait while some of the images were flushed out to the CF card. High speed shooting is the only way to capture a toddler jumping in a […]
Almost a year ago, I wrote about Twitter: The only reason it’s interesting is that it’s reached a critical mass – but it’s so obviously *not* got staying power that I’m amazed so many people are so interested in it. It’s fun to play with for a little while, but I seriously doubt people are […]