This post is a bit of a rant, but it’s something that’s bothered me for some time. Now that I’m married, I’ve found that Ligia has the same problem as me. We have a really hard time finding clothes that can fit us. It seems that clothing manufacturers out there have geared all of their [...]
» Go to this postI found myself needing to clean our iMac’s keyboard a few days ago. I remembered watching a video recently that suggested we should simply stick the keyboard in the dishwasher. I wasn’t about to do that. I doubted the circuitry would have worked afterwards, particularly the Bluetooth link between the keyboard and the computer.
The safer [...]
Have you ever woken up to the perfect morning fog? I have.
As I got out of the house, morning was just starting to break. The soft, diffuse light just barely illuminated the sleepy silhouettes of the trees.
A little while later, the sun started breaking through the fog. The empty country road lay out before me, [...]
» Go to this post“Flushed Away” is an entertaining tale of a house rat named Roddy enjoying the good life as the spoiled pet of a rich girl. Just as the girl’s family goes on vacation and he can really let loose, an intruding rat comes in, gets a taste of the good life, and flushes Roddy down the [...]
» Go to this postBacau is one of the bigger cities in Romania. I had a chance to visit its downtown area this September. I’d never been there before, so I stopped to take a few photos. It was early on a Sunday morning, so there weren’t many people on the streets.
I love the northern Italian architectural elements used [...]
Around noon today, I saw Scoble’s Twitter about Google’s purchase of Jaiku, and left two comments on his blog post. Basically, I said that Jaiku’s purchase made sense, but that Google probably considered Twitter and found Jaiku to be less expensive. I use both Twitter and Jaiku myself. I tried using Jaiku as my primary [...]
» Go to this postI continued to work on replacing photos hosted with third party services. The list of modified posts is provided below. This has proven to be a huge effort. I had to locate the photos in my digital library — not all of which is keyworded yet, though I’ve got location information for all my photos [...]
» Go to this postOver this weekend and the last several days, I’ve gone through posts that contain photographs, and replaced all of the images with ones hosted directly at ComeAcross. In the past, I’ve used photos hosted with third party photo sharing services, and I realize now that’s a folly.
If a third party service goes down, which is [...]
Have a look at this post, entitled “Amazing talent, amazing Grace“, at Dignoscentia. Ligia and I attended a concert at our church today, given by a young lady called Mary Grace, and left truly inspired. Born with a stump instead of her right arm, Mary Grace plays the piano better than people with two hands. [...]
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Have you ever wondered how the EF 24-70mm f/2.8L and EF 24-105mm f/4L zoom lenses would do if compared side by side? Which one would come out as the winner in real-world use? Here’s my answer to [...]
This movie is a modern, animated retelling of the story of Moses. The animation style is typical of the late 90s, and there’s nothing bad about that if you know what to expect: sharp lines, less details, fine gradients, emphasized shadows, simple backgrounds.
The story deviates from the Bible quite a lot, and that’s stated right [...]
I’m giving away “SUSE Linux” by Chris Brown, a book I reviewed here at ComeAcross. It’s the first edition of the book, published in July, 2006, and it’s about 430 pages. It covers pretty much everything you’d like to know about SUSE Linux. I encourage you to read my review to see if you’re [...]
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