Threatening pig traps woman
Wild Pig, Florida – ricksege Finally some real news! A 63-year old woman learns a lesson that many learn by feeding a stray cat; never feed a wild animal. However, Caroline Hayes…
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A winery barn
Date taken: August 30, 2005 A winery that offers tastings, gifts, and snacks in a very large barn. I believe this was on Cayuga Lake in New York. I'll check my records…
190 Bowery: The 72-Room Bohemian Dream House
Wow. Jay Maisel, a photographer, bought this building 42 years ago for $102,000. It is now estimated to be worth nearly $30 million. Talk about a return on investment. Real estate experts, interviewed…
Falls
Date taken: June 2003 Left: American Falls. Right: Canadian Falls (Horseshoe Falls). An amazing amount of water falling over an ever-eroding cliff.
Feeding an egret in Tampa, Florida in August 2001
Just about one year ago I posted a photo of this bird without too much explanation besides that I had taken the photo in the Tampa Bay in Florida in August of…
On top of Currituck
In March 2002 Eliza and I went for a drive to North Carolina to help my parents move into their new home there. Of course at the time, I wrote about it…
Clarifi, the iPhone case with built-in macro-lens
Remember my iPhone macro lens? If not, here is how I made it and here is a video demonstration of it in action. My solution to the iPhone's lacking built-in lens did…
Interview with David Winton, Director of \”Code Rush\”
Andy Baio, who runs one of my favorite weblogs Waxy.org, had released Code Rush, a documentary about the early days of Mozilla, on his site in its entirety (using Viddler, of course)….
BBQ Chicken and Salmon
And of course, a little wine.
Fixer upper
A building in Carbondale, PA that has been in disrepair for a few years. Sad.
Hey Mr. Genius DJ!
Writing on my personal site feels so much different than writing on TUG.n, a site I've all but abandoned due to other priorities. But every now and then I get the opportunity…
Chips
So, today is Talk Like A Pirate Day?
I figured I might as well look the part. Have you talked like a pirate today? This post is made possible by Skitch… one of my most favorite Macintosh applications.
Lone
Redneck breakfast
This photo, by my wife Eliza, was simply too good not to post.
X RR
Bigfoot. Stabilized.
Just a few nights ago I was watching a History Channel show dedicated to the pursuit of Bigfoot. Today I find something that I find completely fascinating; someone stabilized the infamous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film. Source: Stabilized…
Brightkite launches search
Today Brightkite, the location-based social network, has updated their page layout to, once again, bring search back to the top of the page. This time, however, they've added two new types of…
Cemetery sign
Cemetery
Junction; Business
Web applications that I use on my iPhone
"Use on mobile phones and sites you use to keep up to date and others in the loop." And I thought the llama suggestion was going to be tough to write? What…
Mac OS X 10.5.5 and Mail.app’s speed
On Sunday I asked on Twitter; "Anyone else use Gmail IMAP in Mail.app with over 25,000 items? Does Mail.app seem to crawl for you too?". The responses were a mixed bag. Some told…
Up a tree
Ten thousand plus
I joined Twitter in November 2006. Since then I've had a number of experiences using this service. Good days and bad days. On my diet, off my diet. Work and recreation. Entertainment…
Photographing a Cross Orbweaver spider
My love of insects on this blog continues. But we're going to take a break from moths today. One of my friends needed some help moving a refrigerator and while doing so we…
How to build a video podcast in 24 hours
On the very last day of the New Media Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada this year I had decided that I wanted to produce a podcast. The idea was simple. Interview as…
Fire lane
I suppose that parking on the grass may not be the best idea anyway.
Sideupways Brick
One of the things that struck me about this photograph is how you can manipulate the iPhone while you're taking a photo. I shot this photo in landscape mode, by tilting it…
Taking another look at my writing procedure
Or, lack thereof. In May 2004 I wrote down my procedure for making sure my email correspondance made sense, didn't have any spelling or grammar errors, and generally got my point across….