A year without a curse
I gotta tell ya, I really enjoyed this past year of watching the Red Sox and not hearing anything about Babe Ruth, 1918, Bucky Dent, Bill Buckner, or “86 years.” Very nice…
Bush always has weapons on the brain
Bush Tours Katrina Damage Amid Criticism “I’m not looking forward to this trip,” Bush said as he toured Alabama and Mississippi and headed for Louisiana. “It’s as if the entire Gulf Coast were obliterated by the worst kind of weapon you can imagine,” he said. Why does everything have to be weapon-related with this guy?
Sweet Caroline
After witnessing Boston’s four-game sweep, Tampa Bay manager Lou Piniella said, “Thank God we don’t come in here anymore. I’ve heard enough ‘Sweet Caroline.’” Gotta agree with Lou on that one: I don’t know how “Sweet Caroline” became a Fenway staple, but I could really do without it…
Why the box office slowdown?
In the news: Movie studios worry about box office slowdown And on a completely unrelated note, “Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo” opens in theaters today.
BK’s BMX photos
Bill Keaggy, the guy behind my favorite riding `zine from the old days (it had such an amazing design, done before computer-generated layouts were common), has posted some old-school BMX photos of himself and others on Flickr.
Block Flash popups in Firefox
You already know that the Firefox web browser will block pop-up ads. But if you use it, you might notice that there are still occasional pop-ups. This is because some “genius” is opening the pop-up ads via a Flash control on the page. Luckily, there’s a way to block the Flash pop-ups, too. Here’s how…
SBA quote
“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do to their fellows, because it always coincides with their own desires.” – Susan B. Anthony
“Noooooooooo!”
“Noooooooooo!”
Enhancing photos with High Pass
Enhance your photos by using the High Pass Filter (Veerle’s blog)This is a good tip for sharpening photos in Photoshop: rather than use the Unsharp Mask filter (my filter of choice), use High Pass on a duplicate layer of the photo, changing the Layer Mode of the duplicated layer to Overlay, Soft Light or Hard …
Apple switches to Intel
Announced earlier this week, Apple is switching from IBM PowerPC chips to Intel chips. Todd Dominey points out: The best part about the Intel deal is that the whole silly megahertz war will finally be over. For all intents and purposes, Apple and the whole PC hardware industry will share nearly identical components. Even if …