Postrel's Rule and the 2008 Elections- July 14, 2008 Postrel's Rule says that "The party that hates America always loses." How's that playing out in this election The Obama campaign has had some severe Postrel's Rule violations. There was Reverend Wright's "God damn America" quote (along with others). Then Michelle Obama said that she was proud of her country for the first time in her life, causing some people to ask why she hadn't been proud of it before. McCain's campaign got a taste of Postrel's Rule when McCain campaign adviser and...http://www.lesjones.com/posts/005445.shtml Ricochets at Night- July 12, 2008 Neat long exposure photo of tracers ricocheting at night. Photo by M60 from a High Road discussion of ricochets. (Note the spiffy new Guns and Cameras category.)http://www.lesjones.com/posts/005444.shtml Photoshop Educational Pricing for UT Non-credit Photo. Students- July 11, 2008 Just got this in an email: Hey Friends, I've been working with the certificate program leader Jennifer Bennett and the computer book store at UT to arrange for our certificate students to be allowed purchase photoshop at educational prices. Well it finally happened this week. I just received a note from Jennifer, (program coordinator) saying that the students in the certificate program have been approved to purchase Adobe products at student prices....this is REALLY BIG! All you need to do is.http://www.lesjones.com/posts/005442.shtml Pixel Density on Digital Cameras- July 11, 2008 Bill Creech compiled that chart and posted it over at Digital Photography Review forums. Camera makers have been pushing more and more megapixels onto their cameras. That's because camera buyers - confused by cameras in general and even more confused by digital cameras - have been conditioned to use megapixels as a measure of camera quality. All things being equal, more megapixels don't hurt. What the chart makes clear is that more and more pixels have been crammed onto the same size...http://www.lesjones.com/posts/005431.shtml Word of the Day: Windcatcher (Architecture)- July 11, 2008 Wikipedia: A windcatcher (Persian: Bdgir, Arabic: Baarjiil) is a traditional Persian architectural device used for many centuries to create natural ventilation in buildings. It is not known who first invented the windcatcher, but it still can be seen in many countries today. Windcatchers come in various designs, such as the uni-directional, bi-directional, and multi-directional. The windcatcher functions on several principles: First, a windcatcher is capped and has several directional...http://www.lesjones.com/posts/005441.shtml Goofy Trip Preview- July 10, 2008 That's a preview of the goofy trip report from our 4th of July weekend. It's a big one. Look for it next week.http://www.lesjones.com/posts/005438.shtml Word of the Day: Userbar- July 10, 2008 From Userbarz.com: Userbars are small rectangular images that are designed to be put in an Internet forum signature block. Userbars may be animated if the artist wishes. They are often used to show the user's interests, hobbies, or graphical skills. Userbar standards are often strictly defined and enforced by communities to ensure that they all have a neat appearance when animated or when stacked vertically. Although there is some variation, most are not wider than 350 pixels and not higher...http://www.lesjones.com/posts/005437.shtml Free Photo and Design Tools- July 10, 2008 Here. I use Picasa and Paint.net and think a lot of them. I also use the GIMP and think it's pretty good for some things, but the interface is terrible.http://www.lesjones.com/posts/005422.shtml Have You a Big-Bellied Buddha- July 9, 2008 From Rachel's Labyrinth at Buckhorn Inn in Gatlinburg.http://www.lesjones.com/posts/005436.shtml Speaking of Appliance Heck- July 9, 2008 Busy Mom's bragging about the fact she hasn't had any appliance problems lately. (While confessing to being a serial digital camera killer). I haven't lost any digital cameras lately or ever, but appliance problems - I've had those. A little while ago our dishwasher stopped draining. Everything worked, but the water wouldn't drain. I figured I could find all of the information I needed to fix it online. I tried removing the basket to see if it was stopped up. Nothing. I took out a dozen hex...http://www.lesjones.com/posts/005432.shtml |