Archive For September 9th, 2005

Borders Chicago: Kirstie Alley

Way back in May Kirstie Alley appeared at Borders to sign her new book. Apparently the week before Sylvestor Stallone was in signing his book and the place was thick with people. Local media were there and Jacinta and I may have appeared on TV. Hey, I kept shooting with my 300mm zoom while the [...]

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Ubuntu: back on the scene

I installed Ubuntu ages ago but never got around to configuring it: Firefox didn’t like my .mozilla or .firefox directories. It complained that my default profile was already in use. Thunderbird didn’t work either but I can’t remember why. Could have been the same reason. Mplayer had to be installed from source. I didn’t want [...]

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Make middle mouse button load URL in Firefox

Why can’t this be a default? Middle mouse clicking a url to open a url in the copy buffer is one of those “must-have” features of Mozilla that I always miss when I use IE. Why isn’t it turned on by default? These instructions tell you how to enable it. Set middlemouse.contentLoadURL to true in [...]

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The definitive collection of idea generation methods

The definitive collection of idea generation methods – I have no idea what to say about this

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There’s a Hole in My Blog? – Holistic Blogging: Blog Tips

There’s a Hole in My Blog? – fill the hole in your blog and make it better!

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Photography Links

“This is not a normal assignment.” Pebbles From Paradise – lots of great stuff here. Beginner’s guide to composition Beauty Retouching Photoshop tutorials Start Your Own Photography Business from Home How I Recovered My Lost Digital Photos Macro photography with your digital camera – macro photography with a compact digital camera is so much easier [...]

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TIME.com: The Day After Katrina Photo Essay

TIME.com: The Day After Katrina Photo Essay – 13 photos from Time.com. It continues in the Hurricane Crisis photo essay.

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All About B&W

The New York Institute of Photography has great tips about B&W photography. It’s part 28 of the series and there’s plenty more!

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2 Minute Photoshop Tricks

2 Minute Photoshop Tricks – nice idea! It’s an attractive format for presenting small tips. “2 minutes and I’ll know how to do this! Wow!”

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The Irish Holocaust

The Irish Famine of 1847-48 resulted in a population decrease of millions. Before the Famine, there were some 10m people living here, afterwards only 6m. The Irish Holocaust site has more. Of the 100,000 who fled to Canada in 1847, only 60,000 were still alive one month after landing. Among the 40,000 dead was Henry [...]

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