All the Pages Are My Days - the first 12 years
the (archived) online world of Mike Rodriquez 2002-2012
I just discovered the works of William Gedney. He was a photographer and writer who was active from the 1950s through the early 1980s and in locales ranging from both coasts of the US to India and Europe. Gedney photograhed a wide variety of people in a wide variety of settings, and was able to … Read more
MoveOn.org recently ran an ad contest looking for entries that displayed a different perspective than most political ads. Tired of the same old ads, MoveOn went in search of “new talent and new messages”. In their own words: We’re looking for the ad that best explains what this President and his policies are really about … Read more
Here’s a link to a fun quicktime movie; I don’t think I appreciated how wildly they danced before! And the music is thoroughly 21st century.
I don’t usually post links to Flash sites, but a colleague shared this, and as I was also born in the Year of the Monkey, it seemed appropriate to pass along. It’s a bit more subtle than a lot of Flash shows … 3 Monkeys
I spent a pleasant afternoon in the hills above Stanford on Tuesday. It was a nice day, warm and (mostly) sunny and spent with colleagues and friends of long standing. A group of us from work volunteered to spend the afternoon performing “habitat stewardship”, also known as weeding and clearing away unwanted vegetation. The activity … Read more
I have another tip published at macosxhints. The tip discusses iPhoto and iView usage scenarios. What’s kind of exciting is that the tip generated a few comments and they caused me to rethink my approach to managing photos and creating slideshows. Find out how you can use both iPhoto and iView without duplicating any of … Read more
Update: 21Jan04 The dog has been returned to its rightful owner. This story was frontpage news 2 days in a row and the local media was flooded with letters and emails on the subject. A recent case in San Jose, CA, has me shaking my head. Seems that Niki Karanastasis’ dog Bella got away and … Read more
Update: read the comments for a useful tip that makes my rant moot; thanks to Robert for sharing! First in an occasional series examining the few areas where Windows XP is arguably better than Mac OS X. I think that due to the generally superior Mac experience it’s all the more frustrating when one encounters … Read more
If you’re in the market for a new keyboard, you can’t go wrong with the Logitech Elite model. The keyboard has a very good feel, one of the best I’ve ever used, and reminiscent of the old Omnikey I used years ago. In addition it’s got more special purpose buttons than any other keyboard I’ve … Read more
At first I was very disappointed that the new version of iPhoto still imports all the photos it is to manage. To iTunes, import means copy all the images to be managed to a folder you cannot specify. At first I thought “that’s completely unacceptable”. Like iTunes, I thought iPhoto should have an option that … Read more