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Overlook Bridge
From Rainbow Bridge.
Afternoon coffee
A wee pick-me-up.
Just a little juice
To be a little wine. 24gal.
Think Different.
It isn't easy to think differently. You can apply this now famous phrase to just about anything in your life and, no matter what you apply it to, it makes for a…
Domenick’s Pizza
Domenick's Pizza on Main Street in Carbondale and Jermyn are both fairly good places to get a slice. About as close to New York style pizza as you'll be able to get…
The iPhone 4S: the most popular camera in the world
Given that the iPhone 4 is already the leading camera in use by Flickr users this may seem like a no-brainer but I believe that, in a relatively short period of time,…
Homebrewing Oktoberfest. Eating homemade pizza
Jealousy at this point is natural.
How did I do on my guesses for iPhone 5?
Well, since the new iPhone is called the iPhone 4S and not iPhone 5 I guess we'll just have to wait and see how my guesses stand up. But, I won't let…
I’m happy with iPhone 4S, iOS 5, iCloud
I don't get it. During Apple's press event, no matter which live blog I was following, the writers were constantly "yawning" whenever the event would – in their opinion – "drag on"….
iPhone 4S has 100 less standy-by hours than iPhone 4
Interesting observation by Shawn Blanc: "It’s interesting that the iPhone 4S, though it has an extra hour of 3G talk time, has 100 less hours of standby time." He wondered what could…
Home-brewed Houblonmonstre Tripel IPA
Mmm, tasty.
How to: Stop a re-usable Keurig coffee filter basket from overflowing all over your kitchen counter
Follow me on Mastodon. And be sure to read my blog. Eliza and I have been using a Keurig for a little while but we recently picked up a re-usable coffee filter…
Small guesses about iPhone 5
I've managed to avoid much of the rumor mill around the new iPhone that is, well, rumored to be unveiled on October 4th. Based simply on my own observations while using an…
National coffee day
A tribute.
The plight of an early riser
At 10pm I feel like putting on a pot of coffee and working all night. By 11pm I wonder why I haven't been in bed for an hour. The plight of an…
1 million on Github
Congratulations to all of my friends at Github for reaching the 1 million user milestone. Github is easily one of the very best services for developers on the web. If you don't…
A graph of photo services
This graph showing the relative size of Facebook's Photos feature compared to Flickr, Instagram and other pools of photos is almost comical. There are services that fit in between the size of…
Mr. Rock by Sebastian Krger
This doesn't fit on The Watercolor Gallery so I thought I'd share it here. Krger is an amazing artist but what makes his work even more amazing is the scale at which…
The new Gowalla
I haven't used the new Gowalla enough to have formulated a strong opinion but I thought I'd jot down my initial thoughts. Here are some bits from their blog post announcing the…
TextMate 2.0 public beta before Christmas?
So says the blog. I'll believe it when I see it. /via Shawn Blanc.
WordPress for iOS 2.9
A very, very nice update of WordPress for iOS was been released. The application for iPhone and iPad now has a simple content editor and the QuickPhoto feature can now post images…
Recording API videos
Matt tried to make me look good.
Google Wallet
It is about time. Paying for things using a phone has been a dream of mine for some time. I'm a debit card type of guy not a cash carrying type of…
West-side Scranton
A chilly night.
Derek loves chocolate
What Derek brings to HQ.
Leaving Viddler HQ
Moving out of this building next month.
Google needs a V
I saw this and immediately thought of a company that they could buy.
The parts of Lion that I like
Chris Coleman on Twitter last night: All of the things that are great on iOS are the same things that are absolutely worthless in OS X Lion. Since upgrading to Lion I've…
3D Camera mapping brings old photos to life
Although I've seen this done with modern photography tricks I don't recall ever seeing 3D mapping done on old images. The result is captivating. /via Laughing Squid.