Category Archives: Cool Stuff

Another Image from Lake Minnewaska

One of the Nice things about a Nikon D70s is that it starts up in 2 tenths of a second and can fire 3 shots per second. I got 4 shots in before I got this one.

When the flash went off, she ran for it.

Movable Type 3.2

movable_type_logo-01.gifPrior to Movable Type 3.2 I was deluged with Comment and trackback spam. Now, 3.2 is working so well, I didn’t know how well until I looked at the junk Comments and Junk Trackbacks!

Anyone using a previous version should upgrade for this Very reason!

More Trains

Sugar Cane Train in Lahaina Maui.

And here is the train that took us there:

SCode

topictech2.gifOk, After Much Trial and Error, I got Scode Working properly.

Two Problems I had that had NOTHING to do with Scode:

  1. Had issues setting up GD and the Perl Module.
  2. Had an issue figuring out the proper place to Insert the Scode Tag!

Once these were “Defeated” it works like a charm. Scode is a Nice and quick way to help limit Comment Spam. Configuring it was a lot easier with MT 3.2 than prior versions.

Next Work: I need better Trackback Spam help…

Image from Slashdot.org

Another reason to Love NYC.

cat-walk-00.jpgOnly in New York City do you find some walking his Dog *AND* his Cat! The cat, Maya (Hope I spelled that right!) is a Siamese Ocelot mix. Maya would also have boots but her owner can’t keep them on her.

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New Film Scanner

negative-01.jpgRecently I’ve had need to scan photos into web pages.

To this end, we got an Epson Perfection 4180 scanner. It has a film template that allows me to easily scan negatives in. The one above is from 1991. So far so good…

MT 3.2

Just Installed it. Other than my Calendar being screwed up, it seems to work ok.

Plastic Gundam Models

Years ago, prior to being married, I started assembling models based on Japanese Anime. After building a few Planes like the ME-262 I figured I’d do something different.

NOTE: That’s NOT the one I Built! That link is to a Really good website called “Roll Model’s Inc.” Mine was a Revell Kit, much smaller and unfortunately took a fatal shelf dive…

BTW: Being married is a MUCH better thing and ,No, I’m not just saying that due to my Wife reading my web log. Really!

See here for some OLD pictures and here for Old Work in progress pictures.

When I get the time to build another one, I’ll detail it here. (Blogs are a LOT easier to use for that purpose!)


Here is close up of another I’ve built.

Maps at Google.com got More Better!!!

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I was just wondering “What Cool Stuff Can Google Do Next?” when I read this on Slashdot.org! Hybrid Maps overlayed on Satellite images…

Here is 11 Madison Avenue Near Snack Shack on 23rd street…

Image from Slashdot.org

To The Moon!

TN-Moon.JPGRead on Slashdot.org: Google have applied thier Map Making skills to the moon. Nice, but I wonder when you’ll be able to look up crater locations by name?

Image from NASA