Archive for July, 2005

  • Autopodcasting? - July 30th, 2005

    • This looks cool, if you’re wanting to create podcasts, but don’t have the equipment or time to do it the old-fashioned way. Talkr will produce podcasts from your blog’s RSS feed, using an automated text-to-speech process. Cool.
    [UPDATE: I've tried adding "Listen to this article" links for the Talkr service, however, the files that result from [...]

  • The Good and the Bad - July 30th, 2005

    • I ran a roll of film though the Nikon FM10 I picked up on eBay for Donna. The camera was a bargain — body and a Nikkor 35-70mm zoom for $49.99 plus shipping. For the purposes of the test, I used only the 35-70 that came with the camera. Anyway, I ran an old roll [...]

  • Hooray for Donna! - July 30th, 2005

    • For some of you, this will be a rebroadcast of an earlier e-mail…
    Hey, everyone. I just wanted to let you all know that Donna has accepted
    a new job, and will be leaving the crazy train house in two weeks. The
    best part is that she had several options to choose from.

    Effective August 10, Donna will be [...]

  • Is It A Word? - July 28th, 2005

    • So, Donna mentioned to me this morning that she had told a friend last night that she and I were doing something “dedicatedly.” She then began to doubt if it was actually a word. Well, hon, according to Webster, it’s the adverb form of dedicated:
    Main Entry: ded·i·cat·ed
    Function: adjective
    1 : devoted to a cause, ideal, or [...]

  • A Bazillion Dollars on What? - July 28th, 2005

    • Well, after two-and-one-half years, and a bazillion dollars, NASA’s no closer to solving its launch problems. Once again, bits of foam insulation fell off the Space Shuttle’s external fuel tank during the initial phases of launch. Subsequently, the shuttle program is again grounded indefinately.
    Quite frankly, even though the thing is as impressive as hell, it’s [...]

  • Picasa — Free Image Organization from Google - July 28th, 2005

    • I’d heard of Picasa before, but never played with it. I’d even downloaded it when Google announced it, but never installed it. Last night, after an e-mail conversation with Rob about how poor some of the other solutions I’d tried are, I decided to give Picasa a try. I downloaded the newest version, and ran [...]

  • Domain Renewed - July 27th, 2005

    • We decided that keeping the site up is worthwhile. It seems that there are at least a couple of folks who hang our every word. And, it seems that part of the reason I’m not seeing a lot of actual visits to the site is that some folks are picking up the RSS feed. So, [...]

  • A Little Technique - July 27th, 2005

    • As promised, here are a few images from this past Sunday…
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    I think I finally figured out the whole moving water thing. Now, this is not a stellar photograph, by any stretch of the imagination. But, I did figure out a recipe for making those silky-water waterfall pictures. Of course, this is from the A2. (There [...]

  • Exploring Options - July 26th, 2005

    • The point of all this is that I’ve got plenty of options, and the experimentation phase will be interesting and educational.

  • It Flies! - July 26th, 2005

    • Photo: BILL SIKES/ORLANDO SENTINEL
    Discovery’s launch was on time and picture perfect! Go NASA!
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