The Night Sky
That is the moon taken with a manual 16 second exposure on my digital camera. Amazing shot!
This is Tucson, why is 35 outside?
The weather recently has been amazingly cold here in the South West. It got down to 34.4 (according to my outdoor thermometer) last night! Lauren and I have also had to wear; brace yourself for this, because it’s shocking; HEAVY COATS when doing anything at night for the last few days.
It’s amazing how quickly the cold came into town. Just last week, we were running around in T-shirts! What makes it even worse, is that the North East, where we moved from, has been having unseasonable highs! How fair is that? We moved to the desert to temporarily get away from the cold and it’s warmer there now than it is here!
In some ways it’s good though. We are getting acclimated to the cold temperatures for when we visit home for the holidays. Oh well… I’m going to put my coat on and grab some coffee at Starbucks…
Make’s Open Source Gift Ideas
For those out there who don’t know what to get their friends or relatives for the upcoming holiday season, MAKE Magazine provides a list of popular open source projects that is filled with interesting gift ideas for the techies on your list.
The list includes everything from an open source Atmel AVR programmer, to an installer of portable open source applications for USB thumb drives, and even a home automation web interface that talks to most commercially available home automation products.
One idea that I had seen elsewhere on the internet is to burn Ubuntu or Knoppix LiveCDs for people as an added stocking stuffer. It’s relatively cheap to do that and would provide added exposure to LINUX without permanently getting rid of their current OS and data.
IE 7 Sucks and Blows Concurrently
Today, I took the plunge just to try what the dark side had to offer… I downloaded the latest incarnation of the browser from hell, Internet Explorer 7.
I know; I betray the browser gods by tasting the forbidden fruits. In repentance, I will perform 5 Hail Linus’s and confess my sins at the Church of the Fiery Vulpes (their website).
My argument to support my actions is, how do I truly know I don’t like something until I try it for myself?
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