Esotropiart EsoBlogPore over a vast and growing collection of short articles of life. Amidst other topics you will find informative tutorials, thoughtful reviews and the occasional glimpse into the importance and meaning of life. EsoBlog portrays the , the underlying theme of Esotropiart as a whole.MexiGoodies- (Found August 15, 2008 ) By the way, my wife is back from Mexico. My sadness has turned to gladness. In the words of Don Francisco, "It's not good for a man to be alone." Also, trains go fast and are hard to stop because of their excessive mass - unless you have superpowers or magic (not quoting anyone as far as I know). I was adorned with gifts from my wife when she returned. Their official title is MexiGoodies, because they are well, good. I have no explanation for the prefix, so figure it out on your...http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=218&fetch=1 Silver Creek State Park- (Found August 15, 2008 ) We went to Silver Creek State Park last Saturday afternoon. It was fun! See the EsoShow here.http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=225&fetch=1 EsoBlog Comments Format- (Found August 15, 2008 ) Say good bye to the ole pop-up window for blog comments. I created what I consider to be a more intelligent design. Now, if you click on "Read Comments" near the top of a blog entry, only that blog entry will show, the comments will show underneath, and the window will scroll to where they start. Similarly, if "Post Comment" is clicked, that entry will show alone, and the window will scroll to the form to post a comment. Anytime only one blog entry is showing (by way of...http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=224&fetch=1 Backpacking Stove Obtained- (Found August 15, 2008 ) My Primus Omni-fuel 3289 in its nylon case. Yes, it's true. I found a backpacking stove, and at a bargain price to boot! My wife asked me to accompany her to a church rummage sale in our neighborhood (we make an unplanned visit every year), and that's where I saw the small nylon bag. It was near other backpacking and camping gear, so I simply had to look inside. I was thrilled at the stove staring up at me with its hazel eyes and Ripley's Believe it or Not yellow eyebrows. He said, "Buy...http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=223&fetch=1 Arbitrary Appellation and Assortments I: Planets- (Found August 15, 2008 ) Supposedly this is the highest resolution image we have of pluto. If this is our sharpest eye into our universe, how on earth are we making assumptions about anything in our solar system, much less outside it The Hubble telescope must have the original GameBoy graphics engine installed. Methinks this is misinformation because take a look at some of the images retrieved from Hubble of places much farther away. Meu nome &233; Disco Planet. Tragedy of all tragedies. I just learned through a friend.http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=222&fetch=1 Visitor Poll: Subscribe to Comments- (Found August 15, 2008 ) I'm thinking to write a script that would allow visitors (namely you) to check a box "Email me all responses" when posting a comment. If an email address is provided, all future comments on that particular blog entry only will be sent to this email address. Throughout the process, no emails will be given out. Email addresses appear nowhere on my site, and no email addresses would be sent out with these comment subscriptions. There would be two subscription options. The first would...http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=221&fetch=1 Are You Kidding Me, Bryce 5 For Free- (Found August 15, 2008 ) For a long time I have had Bryce 4, a very cool environmental 3D rendering program. Bryce was formerly made by MetaCreations, for a short time Corel, and has perhaps changed hands numerous times since I followed it. Now it is made by a company called DAZ. I also have an earlier version of Poser, another former MetaCreations program for making realistic characters and animations that has also changed hands numerous times (currently owned by e frontier). I have been on DAZ's mailing list for...http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=220&fetch=1 New Zoo Exhibits Open and Worlds Collide- (Found August 15, 2008 ) Yesterday was rather nice, so my wife and I went to the zoo, taking advantage of the membership my parents gave us last Christmas. Despite the nice weather and advertisements about newly opened exhibits, the crowds were not as bad as we had previously seen. Perhaps it was a little bit too hot for some peoples' taste. I didn't mind the heat much, and the zoo campus was riddled with mist spraying stations. Perhaps my favorite part of visiting the zoo, besides seeing the animals, is to attempt to..http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=219&fetch=1 Free Stuff - Freeware and Open Source Software- August 15, 2008 Down through the ages of using computers, I have always looked for cheap or free alternatives for programs that normally cost hundreds of dollars. This pursuit used to be a pain because no one wanted to invest time in developing software for free (perfectly understandable - I wouldn't either - don't have the time). Even during the golden age of shareware, it was annoying to find good, cheap alternatives. I always pretty much hated shareware, especially the nagging sort. If it is not totally...http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=226&fetch=1 Evangel Family Camp 2006- (Found August 15, 2008 ) Family Camp is essentially the social highlight of the year at my church. New relationships are formed and old ones renewed. Something special about this church is the feeling of family and togetherness. I guess that's why they call it "Family Camp" instead of "church camp-out", and we often refer to ourselves as the Evangel Family. Age is almost not an issue, and I love that. Some of my best friends at church are my parents' age or my grandparents' age, and I think nothing..http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=227&fetch=1 |