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Friday, January 16, 2004
I apologize for not getting my New York pictures up on the site yet. I've been busy with other stuff and just haven't had a chance to get to it. To tide you over, here's a little project I did over the holidays. I got one of those camera cell phones and made a little collage using the pictures I took with it in the month of December. (Credit where credit is due: some of these were actually taken by N—.)
Click here to download the full-size version.
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In space news, ignorance reigns:
Hubble casualty of Bush space plan
I'm all for going to Mars, but why cancel a (relatively) cheap program of incalculable scientific value in favor of an (overwhelmingly) expensive one with almost zero scientific value? It makes absolutely no sense.
Click here to download the full-size version.
In space news, ignorance reigns:
Hubble casualty of Bush space plan
I'm all for going to Mars, but why cancel a (relatively) cheap program of incalculable scientific value in favor of an (overwhelmingly) expensive one with almost zero scientific value? It makes absolutely no sense.
Thursday, January 15, 2004
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Just when you think you have a handle on the new economy, you read something like this:
Cell phone ring tone sales hit $3.5B
Could any one have predicted that adding a computer to a radio would create a $3.5 billion market for the music industry?
Cell phone ring tone sales hit $3.5B
Could any one have predicted that adding a computer to a radio would create a $3.5 billion market for the music industry?
Sunday, January 11, 2004
Hello again! Sorry for the long absence; I've been trying to catch up after the holidays. If you're wondering how I'm doing, consider that I still have Christmas shopping to do. That pretty much sums it up.
The holidays weren't too bad. There wasn't any airline misery to speak of, so that's a Merry Christmas right there. I was somewhat shocked to see that the Standing Buck was extremely popular in Indiana. Squeaky's relatives were everywhere. My sister and I took to counting the reindeer whenever we were driving around the neighborhood - we counted over 60 of them.
New York was fun. I'd never been there before, so it was an eye-opening experience. I knew it was big, but I didn't really understand how big until I got there. It was remarkable how short everything in Seattle looked when I got back. I took a bunch of pictures while I was there; I'll say more about the trip when I get them posted.
My second column ran in the Baltimore Sun today. You can read it here. Some of you have noticed that my previous article is no longer on the site. Apparently the Sun leaves articles up for two weeks; after that, they're available in the archive for purchase. I think the going rate is $2.95 per article, so read it now if you don't want to pay. (If you do pay, you will be my new best friend.)
Speaking of which, I was extremely amused with what I found when I Googled myself the other day. When I wrote my first article for the Sun, I figured it would run in the paper, get read by a few people and then be forgotten. I was surprised to find it turn up in some unexpected places.
First of all, it appears that the Baltimore Sun (or the syndicate that represents them) re-sells content to other papers. Google turned up copies of the article in the Condord (NH) Monitor and the Dodge City (KS) Globe. What I found most amusing is that both of those papers changed the title of the article. I guess it's not surprising, since the one the Sun picked ("Digital Drudgery") was farily dreadful. I didn't submit a title with the piece, though, so I guess it's my own fault.
The article also got a mention on The Mac Observer, a Macintosh-related site. Ironically, I actually read this site from time to time; I don't know how I missed it. Most of the comments on that site seem to assume that I'm solely a PC user; I kind of want to leave a comment and mention that I own two Macs, but it doesn't seem worth it at this point. It also showed up in a few blogs. The best one is at indivizual.com, the owner of which took the time to actually translate the article into Korean. (!)
I don't really know why I'm telling you all this, except to say that it's very gratifying to see so many people reading and enjoying my writing. That includes you, blog readers. Thanks so much! I really do appreciate it.
The holidays weren't too bad. There wasn't any airline misery to speak of, so that's a Merry Christmas right there. I was somewhat shocked to see that the Standing Buck was extremely popular in Indiana. Squeaky's relatives were everywhere. My sister and I took to counting the reindeer whenever we were driving around the neighborhood - we counted over 60 of them.
New York was fun. I'd never been there before, so it was an eye-opening experience. I knew it was big, but I didn't really understand how big until I got there. It was remarkable how short everything in Seattle looked when I got back. I took a bunch of pictures while I was there; I'll say more about the trip when I get them posted.
My second column ran in the Baltimore Sun today. You can read it here. Some of you have noticed that my previous article is no longer on the site. Apparently the Sun leaves articles up for two weeks; after that, they're available in the archive for purchase. I think the going rate is $2.95 per article, so read it now if you don't want to pay. (If you do pay, you will be my new best friend.)
Speaking of which, I was extremely amused with what I found when I Googled myself the other day. When I wrote my first article for the Sun, I figured it would run in the paper, get read by a few people and then be forgotten. I was surprised to find it turn up in some unexpected places.
First of all, it appears that the Baltimore Sun (or the syndicate that represents them) re-sells content to other papers. Google turned up copies of the article in the Condord (NH) Monitor and the Dodge City (KS) Globe. What I found most amusing is that both of those papers changed the title of the article. I guess it's not surprising, since the one the Sun picked ("Digital Drudgery") was farily dreadful. I didn't submit a title with the piece, though, so I guess it's my own fault.
The article also got a mention on The Mac Observer, a Macintosh-related site. Ironically, I actually read this site from time to time; I don't know how I missed it. Most of the comments on that site seem to assume that I'm solely a PC user; I kind of want to leave a comment and mention that I own two Macs, but it doesn't seem worth it at this point. It also showed up in a few blogs. The best one is at indivizual.com, the owner of which took the time to actually translate the article into Korean. (!)
I don't really know why I'm telling you all this, except to say that it's very gratifying to see so many people reading and enjoying my writing. That includes you, blog readers. Thanks so much! I really do appreciate it.