Monthly Archives: November 2005

Aperture

Posted on 30 November 2005 by tychay

“Pounc-erture” by tychay

I couldn’t resist the call of the Jobs and went and purchased Aperture!
I did a computation at work today and decided that Aperture must have hit the shelves today and a quick call to Apple Store proved me … Continue reading →

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Interesting new scam

Posted on 30 November 2005 by tychay

Caitlin points out a new scam job. The idea is to scrape various classified sites for services (like Craigslist) and then offer them money in return for a check (a la Nigerian 419 scam). The new ideas here are the … Continue reading →

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Mike Johnston returns…

Posted on 29 November 2005 by tychay

Mike Johnston, former writer of the weekly opinion column Sunday Morning Photographer, has launched a blog to talk about photography.
Check it out: The Online Photographer.

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Cat eyes (and flash)

Posted on 28 November 2005 by tychay

“First picture of Pounce” by tychay
( Olympus C-2500L ) Æ’3.1, 1/60sec, iso 100, 18.6mm (56mm), built-in flash

Anyone who has taken a flash photo of their cat is aware of the cloudy yellow/green reflection in their eyes. Such was a topic … Continue reading →

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Real live Julie Keatons…

Posted on 28 November 2005 by tychay

Scrubs from Zap2It/CBS.

The future Marketing division of Sirius Cybernetics corporation or proof that one industry has just too much money? Yet again, the pharmaceutical industry puts us horny computer nerds to shame.
You decide.
(A major difference is you can ignore my … Continue reading →

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Relationships and Politics

Posted on 27 November 2005 by tychay

A friend of mine went out on a date with a SUV-driving, Fox News-watching conservative Republican. I wonder if he shouts at his television set or gets angry when people impugn his man?
I made the mistake of commenting:
Reminds me of … Continue reading →

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Apple Aperture “Now Shipping”

Posted on 26 November 2005 by tychay

Caitlin noticed this today:

Aperture “Now Shipping” from Apple

I’m so excited about the release of this product that I started a Flickr group just for the hell of it which is strange for someone who is going to have to live … Continue reading →

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What I’m having for Thanksgiving

Posted on 24 November 2005 by tychay

If anything should be indicative of a my right-wing gen-x background, it should be this simple fact: I did cross-ex debate in high school. One result of that is my Thanksgiving meal: a burger at Jack-In-The-Box.
The University of Pittsburgh tournament … Continue reading →

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The two wings of American political discourse

Posted on 20 November 2005 by tychay

I was reading the latest two entries in the Letters To The New York Times blog written by someone under the pseudonym Kilgore Trout and I was struck again by how well-written they are. While the articles have the very … Continue reading →

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TimesSelect thought of the day

Posted on 20 November 2005 by tychay

As I mentioned earlier the Op-Ed articles which are behind TimeSelect paid-for subscriptions. I noticed that they have nearly completely fallen out of the Time’s “Most e-mailed” newsfeed. Before it seemed that over half the Op-Eds would be on this … Continue reading →

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