Monthly Archives: May 2005

Flight Tracker widget

Posted on 31 May 2005 by tychay

Mark asked me to pick him up from the Airport today. I thought it would be a nice opportunity to test out the Flight Tracking widget in Dashboard. (click to play)

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In Memoriam…

Posted on 30 May 2005 by tychay

Mark Shields honors this day, eloquently.

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PTMac

Posted on 29 May 2005 by tychay

I stitched my first panoramic shot in 1994. I had just gotten an IS-10 and went to the top of the Duquesne incline plane and took a picture of Pittsburgh. I then digitized the photos with a scanner and stitched … Continue reading →

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What camera should I buy?

Posted on 23 May 2005 by tychay

Since I take a lot of photographs with a dSLR, I’m often asked by others for advice on camera purchases. I think if they saw my photo album, they’d not be asking such questions. In fact, a digital SLR photographer … Continue reading →

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OSCON 2k5: PHP talks announced.

Posted on 23 May 2005 by tychay

Chris Shiflett has a nice overview of the “talks that made the cut” for OSCON 2k5 (complete list) and I’m happy that I made the list (and thankfully they’ve only taken one of my talks). Now if I follow my … Continue reading →

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The Koran and Flag Burning

Posted on 17 May 2005 by tychay

The news have been covering the fallout of a Newsweek article about the descration of copies of the Koran. Today over lunch, I was involved in an argument about this, and have decided to separate out what I know from … Continue reading →

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Reloading Dashboard Widgets

Posted on 11 May 2005 by tychay

One of the new features of Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is Dashboard. Instead of talking about what Dashboard is, I want to show you a poorly documented feature (and nice eye-candy) that Apple placed in the Dashboard. While I’m … Continue reading →

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“Spiritual Correctness”

Posted on 1 May 2005 by tychay

The impulse that led conservatives to intervene in a family’s bitter debate over a feeding tube is the same one that makes them turn a debate over a Senate rule on filibusters into a litmus test of spiritual correctness. Surely … Continue reading →

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