Unbreakable?

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.)

HTML in Outlook 2007

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 […]

My personality

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. So today I did.

Two ideas from Olympus

Olympus released a whole slew of new cameras today, but I thought I’d pick up two because they have interesting approaches worth mentioning. [Two cameras after the jump.]

PE6-5000

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.

On sensor cleaning and “the Copperhill Method”

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 […]

An HR corollary

A while back, Stuart quoted: “You will always be known for the people you’ve hired.” —Rikk Carey, 2006 It’s a great quote. It’s amazingly insightful. It’s also a very dangerous one because it has horrible consequences that are fundamental if ignored: [My thoughts after the jump.]