On Giving Advice
“Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Year: 2004
What is Mac OS X?
The answer to that question may be found in a very detailed article at kernelthread.com. Written by a recent Mac convert who was asked to give an overview of OS X to a local Linux users group, the article is very technical in nature and has exposed me to aspects of the system that I … Read more
Macworld Expo 2004
The Macworld Expo is being held this week in San Francisco. Being a relatively new Mac owner, I thought I would check out the event in person (having seen it on the local TV news many of the past 20 years!). After watching a streaming media webcast of Steve Jobs’ keynote (convinced more than ever … Read more
Lake George, New York
The other day I followed Dave’s link to Susan Kitchen’s detailed and very interesting Mars update site. Being naturally curious, I went exploring and stumbled across a very nicely done multimedia story located in the hand-crafted index section. Written about 4 years ago, and supported by some great photos, it describes SK’s visit to Lake … Read more
Giant Land Barnacles
Apparently seeking a brief respite from dealing with a variety of sysadmin issues, Ken accurately observes that the Charcoal Kilns south of Lone Pine very much resemble Giant Land Barnacles. I took another look, and quite agree. … They might even be of martian oceanic origin.
The Mysterious Red Planet
Just why is it that so many attempts to study Mars up close and personal result in apparent failure? Everyone has their own pet theories, many of them involving martians of some sort. Well, maybe not. In any case, “they” don’t always win (Viking, 1975; Pathfinder, 1997) and now we’ve completed the initial phase of … Read more
Barlow Blogs
Worth noting: former Dead lyricist, co-founder of the EFF (join today!) and respected author, (he wrote a Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace), John Perry Barlow has started a blog. Having long enjoyed his writing (and don’t forget he wrote most of the songs that Brent Mydland performed with the dead, as well as Black … Read more
Merry Mac Holidays
Happy New Year! Random observations after a week of mac-hacking: Dreamweaver mostly sucks, but I don’t know of anything better for small web site management (for managing my non-Movabletype content). Iview Media Pro 2 is a very fine solution for managing a medium sized collection of images. It’s a very full featured program, easy to … Read more