Mischa mentioned that a bunch of Web 2.0 companies wanted to get in on the whole SuperBowl ad thing. Being Web 2.0 and not Web 1.0, they put their commercials on YouTube. Here is one from “the bunch of monkeys” I used to work for:
Their budget? $50 for the bar tab. Sure beats wasting 2 million bucks.
Web 2.0: Web 1.0, only cheaper.
I saw this article on the front page of the Merc today. Someone is proposing to ban sales of incandescent light bulbs by 2012 (to replace them with CFLs).
Even though they wreck havoc on photography, I only buy CFLs instead of incandescents. But does anyone else think this is a backwards way to go about transitioning?
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I’m trying to download Oracle SQL Developer for Mac OS X. In order to do that, I need to register; when I register, it locks up Firefox.
I know Oracle is unbreakable, but that doesn’t mean breaking the web browser guys. 
(It worked in Safari just fine.)
I missed this one but it’s an important one.
Outlook 2007 uses Word as the HTML/CSS rendering engine instead of Internet Explorer.
This is possibly semi-smart for Microsoft to help them deal deal with security in a uniform manner, but it really sucks for the web developer since Word is more crippled than Internet Explorer which is now the the hardest browser to develop for.
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As I was nitpicking a historical inaccuracy in a recent Wired article, Holly wondered if I ever took a Myer-Briggs.
I always felt I’d score an introvert, but nearly everyone who ever took Myer-Briggs said I’d score a heavy extrovert. I had never took one so I didn’t know.
Olympus released a whole slew of new cameras today, but I thought I’d pick up two because they have interesting approaches worth mentioning.
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I finally got around to looking at Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard site. The videos are interesting.
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Dave sent me an article noting the end of the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York.
I’m half tempted to SkypeOut 212-736-5000 just to listen to the song.
I received a slightly over-direct e-mail from Nicholas at Copper Hill Images concerning a recent post I made about sensor cleaning.
I won’t post a private e-mail here without permission. The gist of it I’ll get into below but this is as good a place as any to leave some room to talk about sensor cleaning.
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I was reading Presentation Zen, when I happened upon this James Blount/Apple homage:
I’m not too sure what to think.