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Bloglines

Hello. My name is Dave, and I'm a blog reader. (Here's where you say, "Hi, Dave!") I read blogs. I read many blogs. Lots and lots of blogs. I'm a blog addict.

To facilitate my daily blogging jones, I've been blog reading with Bloglines, which lists for me the blogs and other feeds that I frequent, and highlights the ones with unread posts. Even better, by clicking the blogs with new posts, Bloglines will present all the new posts in a condensed format. This is high-grade blogging!

If you're interested in which blogs I have listed there (and why would you?), you can see them at the eMusings Bloglines page.

Having inundated you with posts today, I'm going to go start doing my Halloween thang. You probably won't hear from me again. Today. Have a happy!


Blog Tag: Links

Awesome BM Photos

I know it's kinda late to be linking to Burning Man photos, but I just ran across them and wanted to share. Some great pics taken by a Blogger from Google, found via Google Blogoscoped's List of Blogs by Google Employees. Check out the pics at art cars galore.


Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Links   Blog Tag: Burning Man

Rappin' Gollum, by Golly!

If you're into The Lord of the Rings and can tolerate rap, there's a cute Flash animation at The Towers are the Players that's not half bad!

By the way, Flash animation and Java applets are basically programs hosted by their servers. With the consent of the copyright owners, you can sometimes insert them into your own web pages if you obtain the .swf (for Flash) or .class/.jar files (for Java) and any resources they need and host them on your own server.


Blog Tag: Links   Blog Tag: Amusements

Cool Web Design Tool

Happy Halloween!

I just discovered a cool web tool that lets you display the properties of any HTML element on a page simply by moving the mouse over it. If you design web pages, head on over to the Mouseover DOM Inspector and follow the directions.

(via John Hawkins' blog.)


Blog Tag: Links

  Saturday, October 30, 2004

Pumpkin Carving Time

Want to practice your pumpkin face for when you carve your pumpkins? Here's a fun little Flash app to help you: Pumpkin Sim.


Blog Tag: Links   Blog Tag: Halloween   Blog Tag: Pumpkins   Blog Tag: Amusements

Time Wasters

From the same site with the hidden pictures, some fun little Java programs: Glitter and Kitten (for GemmaK).


Blog Tag: Links   Blog Tag: Amusements

Hidden Pictures

Remember the one thing as a child that made waiting at the doctor's office tolerable? The hidden pictures in the Highlights magazine? Here are some hidden pictures from the PhotoShop era: Hidden Pictures.

(via Google Blogoscoped)


Blog Tag: Links   Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Amusements

  Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Who Needs Humans?

Every year at Halloween, I take the skeleton out of the closet and I stuff some clothes with newspaper and put these two guys out on the front porch. A few days ago I got them out and set them on the couch as part of my preparations. The cats seemed to be miffed that I was running around and not staying in one place where they could lounge on me. I went out to the garage to get something, and when I came back, Ringo had decided to hang out next to newspaper man.


Yesterday, I found Ringo curled up between newspaper man and the skeleton. I guess Ringo likes having a someone who's always there for him.

Then today, he decided to go for the full monty. I found him sleeping in newspaper man's lap. Who needs humans when you've got your own man-thing to sleep on?

For more shots of the cat, check out this post from earlier in the month, and this one.


Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Halloween   Blog Tag: Ringo   Blog Tag: Humor

  Sunday, October 24, 2004

The Cheesecake Factory

Last night we had dinner at Marin County's new Cheesecake Factory restaurant. The food was delicious and attractive, and Nate was a friendly, funny and attentive waiter. It's a beautiful restaurant, with a high ceiling, wide columns and an Egyptian decor. Even at six o'clock, the spacious location was packed to overflowing, before it was even "fashionable" to eat. My only complaint is that the restaurant was on the loud side.

I had a savory skirt steak, cooked to perfection and served with crisped onions, mashed potatoes and a corn/zuchini/bell pepper medley. My wife had Joe's Special, scrambled eggs with sausage, dark bread and highly seasoned diced potatoes. The portions were generous, basically two full meals the way we eat.

It's not the first time I've eaten at a Cheesecake Factory. I've also eaten at the one in the Sherman Oaks Galleria and in Woodland Hills. Oh yes... and the original.

In 1977 I was servicing minicomputers at a company in a little business park in the San Fernando Valley. For lunch I'd often go to the little sandwich shop in the same business park. Picture a Togos, a Quiznos or a Subway with three or four tables. The owner was a friendly guy named Oscar who knew everyone by name. The sandwich shop was The Cheesecake Factory, which grew from that little hole in the wall to a national chain of fancy restaurants.

The American dream.


Blog Tag: Reviews

  Saturday, October 23, 2004

Didn't Happen

Nope. A bucket of paint didn't fall on my head today. Life is good.


Blog Tag: Chatter

  Friday, October 22, 2004

Bad Karma?

I got off the train tonight, and the escalator that connects the Muni netherworld to the surface... was going up! For once, I could take the escalator up to the real world.

Bucket Man was going to town on his drums, the sky was showing off a glorious sunset, and the traffic home from the ferry moved smoothly.

Is a bucket of paint going to fall on my head tomorrow?


Blog Tag: Chatter

  Thursday, October 21, 2004

No Flu Shot For Me

Seeing as how there's a shortage of flu shots, I decided to do the right thing and not get one, so that more would be available for those who are at high risk. Evidently, a lot of people are asking their doctors for shots, even when they aren't in the high risk category. Some suppliers have been trying to charge pharmacies $800 for a shot that would normally cost $10. The elderly have had to wait in long lines for hours to get their shots. That's just wrong.

This is America. People who are young and healthy should forego their shots so that others in need can get them. It's the right thing to do. Tell your friends not to get shots unless they really need them, and tell them you aren't going to either, and neither is your friend Dave. You don't need to mention the fact that I never get flu shots. It wouldn't be as effective. :)


Blog Tag: Opinion

Married Men

Now, for a change of pace, some thoughts from the male perspective via the eMusings mailbag:

A man placed an ad on Yahoo: "Wife wanted"
Next day he received a hundred and eleven emails that all said the same thing:
"You can have mine."

**********
Marriage is a 3 ring circus:
Engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffer-ring.

**********
The last fight my wife and I had was my fault.
My wife asked, "What's on the TV?"
I said, "Dust!"
Then I woke up in the hospital.

**********
In the beginning, God created earth and rested.
Then God created man and rested.
Then God created woman.
Since then, neither God nor man has rested.

***********
My wife and I are inseparable. In fact, last week it took four state troopers and a police dog to keep us apart.

***********
Why do men die before their wives?
They want to.

***********
A beggar walked up to a well dressed woman shopping on Rodeo Drive and said, "I haven't eaten anything in four days."
She looked at him and said, "God, I wish I had your willpower."

***********
Do you know the punishment for bigamy?
Two mothers-in-law.

***********
Young Son: Is it true, Dad, I heard that in some parts of Africa a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her?
Father: That happens in every country, son.

***********
The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.

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First man (proudly): "My wife's an angel."
Second man: "You're lucky, mine's still alive."

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Just think, if it weren't for marriage, men would go through life thinking they had no faults at all.

***********
Then there was a man who said, "I never knew what real happiness was until I got married...
and then it was too late."

Blog Tag: Humor   Blog Tag: Mailbag

  Wednesday, October 20, 2004

The Pregnancy FAQ

Yet another item from the eMusings mailbag:

The Pregnancy FAQ

Q: Should I have a baby after 35?
A: No, 35 children is enough.

Q: I'm two months pregnant now. When will my baby move?
A: With any luck, right after he finishes college.

Q: What is the most reliable method to determine a baby's sex?
A: Childbirth.

Q: My wife is five months pregnant and so moody that sometimes she's borderline irrational.
A: So what's your question?

Q: My childbirth instructor says it's not pain I'll feel during labor, but pressure. Is she right?
A: Yes, in the same way that a tornado might be called an air current.

Q: When is the best time to get an epidural?
A: Right after you find out you're pregnant.

Q: Is there any reason I have to be in the delivery room while my wife is in labor?
A: Not unless the word "alimony" means something to you.

Q: Is there anything I should avoid while recovering from childbirth?
A: Yes, pregnancy.

Q: Do I have to have a baby shower?
A: Not if you change the baby's diaper very quickly!

Q: Our baby was born last week. When will my wife begin to feel and act normal again?
A: When the kids are in college.


Blog Tag: Humor   Blog Tag: Mailbag

  Tuesday, October 19, 2004

I've Been Consumed!

I recently wrote a post about the Zombie Survival Guide (which I just picked up but haven't yet read). Then today I noticed a web site had quoted me and was driving traffic to my site.

Evidently, the web site AllConsuming.net watches blogs for mentions of books and automagically quotes them in its listings.

I'm still not sure how I feel about that. They quoted the post in its entirety, and they derive commissions from the books they sell via Amazon, therefore I'm not convinced that what they are doing qualifies as "Fair Use" under copyright law. I want my cut of their cut!


Blog Tag: Chatter

Top Ten Things Only Women Understand

From the eMusings mailbag:

TOP TEN THINGS ONLY WOMEN UNDERSTAND

10. Cats' facial expressions.
9. The need for the same style of shoes in different colors.
8. Why bean sprouts aren't just weeds.
7. Fat clothes.
6. Taking a car trip without trying to beat your best time.
5. The difference between beige, ecru, cream, off-white, and eggshell.
4. Cutting your hair to make it grow.
3. Eyelash curlers.
2. The inaccuracy of every bathroom scale ever made.

AND, the number one thing only women understand:

1. OTHER WOMEN


Blog Tag: Humor   Blog Tag: Mailbag

Polls Poor Predictors

In this MSNBC News article, scientists say that online betting sites perform better than polls at predicting the outcome of elections, possibly because people are more apt to choose thoughtfully when putting their money on the line than when answering a pollster's questions.

Current betting odds are 58% that Pres. Bush will win the election against 42% that Sen. Kerry will win.


Blog Tag: News

  Monday, October 18, 2004

A Really Long Drive

Here in beautiful California, we see license plates from all over the country. Texas, Florida, New York, even Alaska. Come summertime, tourists abound. Tonight on the way home from work I saw a license plate from a state I don't see very often. It was from Hawaii. That's like seeing a car from Scotland cruising through Malibu. It's a long, wet drive.


Blog Tag: Chatter

  Sunday, October 17, 2004

The New Photographer

Something I neglected to mention about yesterday's wedding:

The wedding photographer used digital cameras. She had two of them, an 8 megapixel camera and a 12 megapixel camera, although she used the 8mp camera more because she likes the camera better. She had a dozen one-gigabyte flash cards on her, plus a portable hard drive she can dump the flash cards into.

She figures she took about two to three thousand shots during the wedding and reception. This is the new photographer.


Blog Tag: Chatter

  Saturday, October 16, 2004

Not a Toe-Tag, But a Stone-Tag

Geek humor, via Paul Watson:




Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Humor   Blog Tag: Halloween   Blog Tag: Tombstone

Till Death Do Us Part

My wife and I attended a wedding today. It was my wife's fault.

You see, what happened was this: My wife is an optician, and she gets a lot of repeat customers. They even write letters to her employer saying how good she is. Well, this guy who'd gotten glasses from Connie a year earlier came in one day for more glasses and asked for Connie. Unfortunately (fortunately?), Connie was off that day, and he was helped by one of the other opticians, and, as he describes it, "It was love at first sight." He sent flowers the next day (and she wanted to know, "Where's the candy?").

But he was undeterred, and they dated, and today they wed. Because he got her instead of my wife.

During the service today, the priest said at one point that "it takes two to make a marriage." I disagree. I think it takes one to make a marriage. That's what scares so many guys, it's the thought that they'll be diminished by marriage, that they'll be giving up some of themselves, giving up freedom, giving up who they are. But they're looking at it backwards. Marriage doesn't make you less of who you are. Marriage joins you with a partner, someone who has skills and abilities you don't, a partner who has been places you haven't, who knows people you don't, who can help you in ways you can't help yourself. Marriage doesn't make you less, marriage makes you more (if it's a good marriage). I don't think it takes two, I think it takes one: the joint entity that you become. I'm only diminished when my wife isn't at my side to pitch in when I fall short.

After the ceremony, we blew bubbles instead of throwing rice. Rice is bad for birds.



During the reception I left the room to get a soda from the open bar, and found the bartender counting toothpicks. OCD, I wondered? An overachieving attention to the details of toothpick inventory? No, it turns out that the bartender stuck a toothpick in a shotglass for every drink she served. She wasn't inventorying toothpicks, she was seeing how many drinks she had sold.

When the happy couple cut the cake, people lined up with cameras and cellphones. The cellphones weren't for vicarious thrills. The cellphone owners weren't doing a play-by-play to absent relatives, they were taking pictures. This is where technology has taken us. People shooting cakes with phones. A girl at our table wanted to chat with a friend at the other end of the room, and used her cellphone. To talk to someone in the same room!

That was my day.


Blog Tag: Chatter   Blog Tag: Opinion   Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Weddings

  Friday, October 15, 2004

Blogger Status

According to Status.Blogger.Com, Blogger's been having trouble with a load balancer, and their FTP posting process is problematic. I know I've had a tough time posting this week. But I think I've discovered why sometimes the email notifications can take so long when someone posts a comment. I think Blogger doesn't send the email until it succeeds at publishing to the server. So if it's having trouble publishing your files, you won't get the email until it succeeds. At least, that's how it's been looking to me.


Blog Tag: Announcements

Not The Worst Case Scenario

Just when I thought I'd seen it all, I go and see something that takes me by surprise. I was browsing through the reference section of a local bookstore, and here's what I found: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead. This is non-fiction???

I keep hearing Shaun of the Dead is a good movie. Anyone else seen it?


Blog Tag: Chatter

  Thursday, October 14, 2004

Home for the Holidays

Q. The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user doesn't see it. What is it?

A. A coffin.

Now Costco is offering cut-rate caskets. What Halloween party could be without one? Perfect for those Goth sleep-overs. (Via Smarter Stuff)




Blog Tag: Humor   Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Halloween

Here There Be Dragons

Seen today on the license plate frame of a local Beamer:

So many sheep...
so little time.


What do you think? Car salesman? Lawyer? Energy trader?


Also seen today, on a bumper sticker:

Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons...
for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.



Blog Tag: Humor

  Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Fixing the Downloading Updates Icon

Recently, after downloading Windows updates on my WinXP systems, I discovered a new icon in my system tray. I'm quite diligent about disabling all the superfluous systray lint that accumulates in my system tray, and this new interloper annoyed me.

Microsoft seems to have changed its Automatic Update client so that it now displays this icon. I think the reason it started showing up is that there's an available update for me (Service Pack 2), and since I haven't downloaded it (and don't intend to at this point), it was telling me that there was an update, and that it hadn't downloaded it.

I didn't want to disable the Automatic Updates client, because I do like getting notified when there are Windows updates, even if I decide not to use them.

I was able to turn off the icon in the Automatic Updates control panel by clicking the Start button, then Settings, Control Panel, and System, clicking the Automatic Updates tab, turning off Automatic Updates, clicking Apply, then turning the updates back to Notify me but don't automatically download or install them and clicking Apply again.

Take that, Microsoft! Trick or treat!


Blog Tag: Chatter

  Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Too Much Freedom of Speech?

Has freedom of speech gone too far?

There's currently a labor dispute between workers and hotels in San Francisco, and the hotel workers are picketing the hotels. They're marching and carrying signs, chanting and doing anything they can to attract attention.

But it's more than that. They blow whistles, bang drums, make as much noise as they can. They make it difficult for patrons of the hotels to sleep or enjoy their stay. I think that's going too far.

The 1st Amendment was meant to keep the government from squelching the rights of the people to assemble, to speak against the government, to print and distribute flyers. It was not meant to guarantee a right to any speech, any place, any time.

I have nothing against the hotel workers marching and carrying signs, or even chanting and singing. That's their right of expression. Once they start banging drums and disturbing patrons, I think they've exceeded the limits of their freedom. You can't yell fire in a theater, and you can't come inside my house and yell at me while I'm eating (assertions of telemarketers to the contrary). Banging drums isn't freedom of speech, it's disturbing the peace. I don't understand why the police don't arrest them.

But that's just me.


Blog Tag: Opinion

  Monday, October 11, 2004

It's A Beautiful Day...

It's Fleet Week in San Francisco. Lots of Navy ships docked in the City, lots of sailors walking around. The hookers can actually say, "Hey, sailor," and really mean it. Saw an aircraft carrier not far from the ferry. Today was one of the warmest, driest days I can remember in the few months I've been working there. Just beautiful.

I carry a digital camera with me everywhere I go, but in the City it tends to be buried in my backpack. Which is too bad... today I saw a girl in a miniskirt riding a bicycle.

Speaking of which, I hear business has really picked up in the City's bars and strip joints. It's Fleet Week!


Blog Tag: Chatter

  Saturday, October 09, 2004

The Gods of Solitaire

My Uncle Alvin taught me to play solitaire. It was solitaire and tropical fish that kept him going when he was recuperating from a major illness. He passed away many years ago, and I miss him. He taught me about solitaire, about fish, about driving and about people.

Uncle Al told me it was very important to leave an empty stack so that kings had someplace to go. If I had a stack with just a seven there, and another stack with a seven on top, it was the first seven I should move so I could open up a stack.

Inevitably, when I forget this rule and neglect to keep an empty stack, a king pops up to punish me. This happens with regularity. I'll pass up an opportunity to open up a stack, and one of the next few cards will be a king, taunting me.

If there is no god, then who pops up the next kleenex? If there is no god, then who is it that punishes me when I don't open up a stack? Uncle Alvin, is that you?


Blog Tag: Chatter

Yet More Art

Moments after finding the links in my previous post, I found Gala Essilor, a ten-minute QuickTime movie set to classical music, reminiscent of Fantasia. Click the orange < to see the index of other pieces. Once the movie starts, it takes a minute or two before the visuals start to really get going.


Blog Tag: Links

Recursive Zooming

I came across two web sites this week that were rather interesting, and had a degree of commonality to each other.

Zoom is an interactive Flash animation that lets you zoom in on a piece of fantasy art as far as you wish.

Recursive is another Flash animation in a similar vein, but not interactive and more like what M.C. Escher would do if he'd gotten into photography and Flash animation instead of wood-block prints. Don't go there if you're prone to queasiness.

The first one is my favorite of the two.


Blog Tag: Links   Blog Tag: Amusements

  Friday, October 08, 2004

Possums and Cats

Are possums and cats related?




Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Ringo

Hot Music

On emerging tonight from the subterranean world of the Muni, a pounding beat caught my ear. At first I thought it was the annoying cacaphony of the hotel picketers, but then I realized it was a good rhythm! Another musician gracing the passersby.



What made this drummer eye-catching as well as ear-catching is that he set his drumsticks on fire:




Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: San Francisco   Blog Tag: Bucket Man

  Thursday, October 07, 2004

Creepy

Q. What's a monster's favorite dessert?

A. I-Scream!!



This is a picture of me with a pumpkin PaintShopped in. It even creeps me out!



Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Halloween   Blog Tag: Pumpkin

  Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Hey, You! You Can't DO That!

Hey, you! Do you remember those old movies and TV shows where computers used to blow up all the time? All you had to do was enter something wrong, or ask it to compute Pi to the last digit, and suddenly there were sparks and smoke and flames and the thing would blow up. Now, I ask you, when's the last time your PC blew up? I've seen PC's crash all the time, but I've never seen one throw sparks because I typed in the wrong URL. But the writers figured we didn't know any better, so they tried to get away with it.

You don't see computers blowing up much in stories anymore, but there's another techno-flub that I see over and over again, and it makes me want to shoot the TV with an RPG. Which would be a big waste of an RPG. Those things ain't cheap. :cough: Sorry, where was I?

Oh, yeah. Have you ever watched a show, and they're playing a tape from a surveillance camera, and they can't see the suspect's face? Then, in a flash of "brilliance" the detective will ask the technician to zoom in on a pair of sunglasses or some other reflective surface. Like an eyeball. Zoom in close. Real close. And sure enough, after maybe a little "sharpening" there's the killer's face, plain as day.

Hey, you! You can't DO that! Video cameras only record so many lines of resolution. Let's say you've got 512 lines of resolution. Now, the reflection you want is maybe 5% of the screen height. So, about 25 lines high. I don't care how much you magnify that, it's still only 25 pixels of information. You're just making them bigger pixels. It's not like real life, where the more you magnify it, the more there is to see. Once the camera has recorded it, there's only so many lines of information there.

The eyes are halfway up your head, so there's maybe a dozen lines of information to cover the part between your chin and eyebrows. About four lines for the mouth, four lines for the nose, four lines for the eyes. With twelve lines of resolution, you'd have trouble telling the difference between John Kerry and Hilary Clinton.

Hey, you! You just can't do that!




Blog Tag: Opinion   Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Pumpkin

Fly-by-Night Bloodsucker

Q. Which building does Dracula visit in New York?

A. The Vampire State Building.



Jack O'Lantern using Microsoft Photo Editor's watercolor effect.



Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Humor   Blog Tag: Pumpkin   Blog Tag: Halloween

  Tuesday, October 05, 2004

High Spirits

Q. Why did the ghost go in the bar?

A. For the boos.




Blog Tag: Humor   Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Pumpkins   Blog Tag: Halloween

  Monday, October 04, 2004

Hey, You!

I am pleased to announce the first installment of Hey, You! Some day, at some point in the future, you'll remember this momentous occasion and take pride in the fact that you were there, you were among those who read the first Hey, You! on its first release. Treasure this moment...


Hey, you! Yes, you. To the woman in the little black BMW who held up traffic this morning. You were so determined to get into the carpool lane, despite the fact that it was already bumper to bumper and there was no space for you, that you came to a near-stop in front of me, tying up my lane so you could weasel your way into the diamond lane.

Hey, you. After you'd finally bulled your way in you were so angry that the cars there hadn't yielded to your precious little Beamer that you dropped your speed to a crawl, forcing the cars behind you to suffer. In your hotheaded desire to punish those who dared keep you out of a full lane, you allowed a gap to open ahead of you. Road rage like yours is dangerous. You should seek therapy. Your actions endangered and angered others. Now you know why I cut you off and slammed on my brakes.

Okay, I didn't slam on my brakes. But I thought about it. Unlike you, I didn't act on my annoyance. You need to learn to channel your anger. Instead of driving so aggressively, maybe you should just get a job at the post office.

Hey, you. Are you listening?


Blog Tag: Opinion

3 Jacks

Q. What do skeletons say before eating?

A. Bone appetit!




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  Sunday, October 03, 2004

Zoom-zoom

And now for today's (tonight's?) Halloween riddle (care of Halloween.com):

Q.  What do you call a witch's garage?

A.  A broom closet.

:)

Cyan channel of last year's jack o'lanterns



Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Pumpkins   Blog Tag: Halloween   Blog Tag: Humor

The Unexamined Life

If you don't ask, "What's the point?" ... then what's the point? I'm just asking.


Blog Tag: Chatter

  Saturday, October 02, 2004

Curiosity

Q. What kind of makeup do ghosts wear?

A. Mas-scare-a.


Here's a pic of our cat investigating a pumpkin a few years past:




Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Ringo   Blog Tag: Halloween

Altered Perceptions





Halloween is a time to don a mask, to alter our appearance to the world. But that's the ego-centric view. It's also a time to examine the masks of others, to challenge our perceptions of the world.

Top-left is a photo I took recently at Muir Woods. I like the composition, but the light just wasn't that good at the time, and I didn't stop to play with exposure.

Top-right is the same photo, but posterized with only 2 bits per channel (four possible shades each of the red, green and blue). I think it makes a more interesting shot. Almost like an alien view.

Bottom-left is a colorized perspective.

Bottom-right is the black channel after splitting the image into its CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, lightness) channels. More than a simple negative, I like how this darkened the path. The trees no longer look lit from above, they seem illuminated from below. Is this the path phantasms tread?


Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Muir Woods   Blog Tag: Halloween

  Friday, October 01, 2004

Free Puppy

As the first of our October tricks and treats, we offer the following from the eMusings mailbag, proof of our never-ending devotion to easing the pain and suffering of all God's creatures.

But first, a quick Halloween riddle, care of Halloween.com:

Q. What do ghosts and goblins drink when they're hot and thirsty on Halloween?

A. Ghoul-ade!


And now for today's treat, via the eMusings mailbag:

Free Puppy, please help.

A friend of mine is looking for a good home for a puppy he recently acquired. This dog has had a troubled past, but with the right care and rehabilitation, he will most likely become a good and faithful friend.

Please see the attached picture of this cute little guy.

Thanks!

Di


You can even name him.




Blog Tag: Humor   Blog Tag: Images   Blog Tag: Halloween

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