Nice article about organizing a photowalk
Monthly Archive for July, 2007
PopPhoto’s Christopher Badzioch has a wealth of tips for getting incredible macro-focus photos of the insects in your yard — from dramatic outdoor lighting to “studio shoots” with captured critters.
Some nice tips on ways to possibly predict the weather
At times it can be somewhat enjoyable giving someone the short end and letting them know how little you think of them. However, this is never productive or beneficial. You might just cause more trouble than it’s worth.
The newest version of ColdFusion has been released.
Today I had a nasty issue with the Yahoo Messenger client on Windows XP. Due to some internal upgrades the network gateway configuration had change and requires all the traffic to go through a web proxy (squid). I knew about it and updated the YM settings (use proxy). But no connection was possible, the only result was the sign-in problem dialog. I’ve change the connection settings but I got the same dialog no matter which alternatives I’ve tried.
After a few minutes of tests and frustration I’ve found the source of the issue and the solution.
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The current blog theme (K2 with Spain sunset style) seems to have a problem with Internet Explorer 6 (the side bar appears below the articles not to the right, as intended). In Firefox and Opera it works fine. Until I’ll have some time to track the issue (css related, most likely) please use a non-microsoft browser with proper support for css. The tests on Firefox, SeaMonkey and Opera are ok. It could be possible to work on IE 7 as well but I don’t have it.
I have a list here of 17 games that I think every Linux user should give a shot to prove that it is quite a very adept gaming platform. I restricted my self to games that do not run on WINE, can be open or closed source, and of course, run on Linux.
The performance and the money are on the first place; the show and fair play are forgotten. Last year, more than a dozen riders were tossed out before the event even started. With so much scrutiny and so many people getting caught, why are these guys still cheating?
With Kameraflage, now you’ll be able to plant subliminal messages on T-shirts, movies and billboards that can only be seen with digital cameras. This context-sensitive display technology, developed by Sarah Logie and Connor Dickie, works by using colors that are invisible to us but easily picked up by the silicon chips in digital cameras.