Wired’s Raw File photography blog recently published a list of 10 Photography Pet Peeves they’d throw down a black hole.
I think it’s a great list, and since I’m in a bit of a creative rut while searching for a new job, here’s 10 Music Peeves I’d Throw Down a Black Hole.
Finally had some time to upgrade to WordPress 2.8.4. While most of the changes are below the hood, it seems pages have been loading faster.
Anyway, updates are finished for the time being- sorry if you were unable to load the site.
I like Star Wars. As I often do, today I was staring out of my window at the mountains behind my office building and got to thinking about things that don’t add up.
Everyone knows that a homing beacon was planted on the Millenium Falcon that allowed the Death Star to find the hidden Rebel Base on Yavin 4. What I can’t find (anywhere on the internet, so it must not exist…) is anything saying that the homing beacon was removed.
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This isn’t mine, but I’ve seen it a couple times now and still think it’s funny. If anyone knows where it originates from let me know so I can give credit.
I was registering for something yesterday and came upon this captcha to confirm that I was a real person.
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Yes, I know about them and am working to fix it. Something went awry with a plugin update.
Update: Specifically, the auto-update for Contact Form 7 and the All-in-one SEO Pack caused several include_once… warnings to appear at the top of every page (including the admin panel). Attempts to solve the issue so far haven’t been successful (or answered on the plugin’s forums), but you’ll notice a new contact form on the About page. And you don’t have to worry about SEO, I’ll take care of that
So for now everything is more or less normal. If anyone has any suggestions on how to get the old plugins working again, I’d be eternally grateful for a fix.
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This will solve somewhere between 99.8 and 99.9 of all computer problems. Can we please start using JGI (just google it) as a more general version of RTFM?
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Sometimes it’s the little things that can really ruin a meal, your morning commute, or even managing your finances. I tried to come up with a somewhat unique list of small things that seem to conspire against me on a daily basis that aren’t as obvious as the all-too-common things that nobody likes such as stubbing your toe or being attacked by a rabid platypus.
1. Apple bruises- I’m a pretty big fan of apples. Gala, Pink Lady, even the venerable Granny Smith… all delicious. Refreshingly sweet and healthy, I almost always have a couple in the refrigerator awaiting consumption. However, apple bruises take all of the joy out of eating one. These soft spots not only taste like something is amiss, but they have a spongy, unsatisfying texture coupled with a sickly brown pall. A surprising (to me, anyway) amount of research has gone into the cause and characterization of apple bruises. For example, according to a study done in the Tree Fruit Postharvest Journal, the average number of bruises per fruit were caused by:
Picking (2.6)
Bin hauling (2.2)
Packing line (5.4)
Bagging (2.7)
Distribution (.34-1.45)
Apple bruises have also been characterized by their electrical impedance in a study by the University of Budapest, although sadly I am not able to access the paper without paying. I’m sure it sent shockwaves through the industry when it was first published. No matter how you want to study or classify these defects of nature, the bottom line is that apple bruises suck, big time. (more…)
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