Monthly Archives: June 2005

Non-Intuit(ive) UI

Posted on 29 June 2005 by tychay

Dear Intuit,
Wonder why so many mac users hate you? Here it is in a single screen shot:

Posted in computers, Macintosh, web development | 4 Comments

The Worst “Best Man” Toast

Posted on 27 June 2005 by tychay

I was Best Man at my brother’s wedding last week. I think that perhaps the only reason was because Mia asked Ken to make me Best Man—Ken knows better. While my family does love me, they know that I am … Continue reading →

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HTML Overlays are bollix

Posted on 16 June 2005 by tychay

Dru pointed out HTML Overlays which are the application of XUL Overlays (for Firefox and Thunderbird) to HTML.
Basically the idea is to break up a document into two groups:

The parts that change.
The parts that don’t (like the template).

The first group … Continue reading →

Posted in web development | 1 Comment

Astrophotography for the Amateur

Posted on 16 June 2005 by tychay

When we arrived in Yosemite on a new moon late at night, the most noticeable thing was the stars in the sky. It was so dark you could easily pick out the Milky Way. So I stayed up even later … Continue reading →

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Sparklines

Posted on 15 June 2005 by tychay

Bill mentioned that Edward Tufte has posted a chapter from his new book, Information Design about how good information design can distill multiple parameters into immediately comprehensible and intuitive information (sounds like his other two books).

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“God’s Own” AppleScript?

Posted on 15 June 2005 by tychay

About a year ago, when Tiger was in Public Beta, Thies told me to check out Automator. I didn’t get around to it because Thies is in the habit of saying things like, “Skype is God’s Own phone.” When everything … Continue reading →

Posted in Macintosh, photography, PHP, web development | 7 Comments

Google Video “Up Yours”

Posted on 14 June 2005 by tychay

Hello,
We’d like to remind you that in our continued effort to respect the
rights of copyright holders and content providers, Google is only
accepting video uploads from persons who hold all necessary
rights to the uploaded material.
Both U.S. copyright law and the … Continue reading →

Posted in computers, photography | 4 Comments

BFD Today

Posted on 10 June 2005 by tychay

Once a year, driving around work becomes impossible and and I become Grumpy Old Man. That is because of BFD at Shoreline Amphitheatre. Does anyone know how long this lasts? I have leave at a regular hour (5:30pm) to visit … Continue reading →

Posted in photography, society and culture | 1 Comment

“Blowing” highlights?

Posted on 10 June 2005 by tychay

Before I go on my rant, I need to give a little background.

When Andrei purchased his Nikon D70, we discovered that we had purchased different eBooks. I had purchased Peter iNova’s book and Andrei had gotten Thom Hogan’s. So after … Continue reading →

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Why computer magazines shouldn’t review cameras [reprise]

Posted on 7 June 2005 by tychay

To further emphasize last week’s tirade, PC Magazine usurps C|Net’s position as poster child for digital photography review incompetence. This time it is a review of the Nikon D70s, a small upgrade of my Nikon D70.
Check out this gem:
We love … Continue reading →

Posted in computers, photography | 10 Comments