Why I Want a Better Camera October 10, 2010
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…because I suck a color correction. Amazingly, the photo on the right has the correct color for the flower. Notice how much I had to vary the hue in Photoshop on the white and blue envelope. Here’s the second fix, with desaturation before hue enhancement, and the third fix, with additional hue enhancement. That’s pretty close, but I feel as if my camera should be doing a lot more of this by itself.
My Wife Wants to Travel When We Retire October 6, 2010
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I find the security theater performed at SFO annoying in the extreme, but is apparently no match for the response a cow-orker (hyphenation intentional) has to traveling by air.
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I didn’t realize there were that many airlines still left in the world, but apparently every podunk country has one. And turbulence enough to justify customized air-sickness bags.
A Fistful of Yen October 5, 2010
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I have little respect for Bruce Lee’s fame, since his first tactic of martial arts was to induce mind-fogging pain on his opponent and then defeat him. For me, martial arts were a very friendly sport with little personal animosity attached, so I’m appalled by what I learned about him.
Still, anyone who can win at ping-pong with nunchuks is a serious badass.
Meerkats Are Not Lemurs, Either October 5, 2010
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I understand the confusion. A meerkat (Suricata suricatta) is a member of the mongoose family native to the Kalahari Desert. Scientists call a group of meerkats a "mob", "gang" or "clan", although I’m sure that’s because most scientists have never lived in Oakland (or its European equivalent, Scotland). And, like other sub-human groups[1], they consist of a dominant mating pair who attempt to control the sex lives of their subjects, going so far as to kill and eat the product of non-approved matings.[2]
And you thought they were cute.
Well, that’s ‘cause they are:
Wikipedia loves these little critters: “According to African popular belief (mainly in the Zambian/Zimbabwean region), the meerkat is also known as the sun angel, as it protects villages from the moon devil or the werewolf which is believed to attack stray cattle or lone tribesmen.”
That would explain this statue. I think anything this size could protect anything it wanted, and could certainly eat the young of any un-approved matings with impunity. ![image_thumb[1]](/Documents and Settings/lcopley/Local Settings/Temp/WindowsLiveWriter-429641856/supfiles6C4CBB/image[3].png "image_thumb[1]")
In fact, it could eat just about anything at all.
[1] This is sarcasm. Some people can’t tell; they often fall into said sub-human category, and want to regulate your sex life.
[2] The meerkats, not the scientists. Try to keep up, OK?
This is Only Here Because I Like It. October 2, 2010
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