“The problem solved by a white lens casing is exactly the one you mock. A black lens heats up at a different rate from the lens elements and other mechanical parts. There are little motors in there, and plastic and rubber parts that can melt. White adds longevity. Every long lens worth owning is a […]
“Evidently low approval ratings can be contracted by saliva.” —Steven Colbert on Joe Lieberman’s primary challenge
“Five ropes, five robes, five trees. Some assembly required.” —Mischa, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, on what to do about half of the Supreme Court ruling
“The democratization claims were a lie, an attempt to paint naked imperialism with an idealistic face.” —emptywheel, “Weakness and Lies”
“Lieberman’s ultimate problem isn’t fanatical bloggers, any more than Lyndon Johnson’s was crazy, antiwar Democrats. His problem is that Bush, and the war that both he and Bush have championed, is speeding the ongoing realignment of the Northeast. His problem, dear colleagues, is Connecticut.” —Harold Meyerson, “Lieberman’s Real Problem”
Mark Frauenfelder inadvertantly shows his egotism and stupidity. I clicked on the linked article expecting to learn something. What a mistake! This is the sort of methodology anyone who has completed the simplest puzzle has stumbled upon. This strategy doesn’t even solve any puzzle that is halfway interesting…assuming you find sudoku halfway interesting, which I […]
In CSS, sub attributes within a master attribute have a “-” as a word separator. For instance, it is background-color and background-image which can be shorted into background. Today I was trying to recall the white-space attribute for CSS. Why the hell is this white-space and not whitespace? It makes me think there is a […]
I read three DPReview announcements of the new Samsung N-series cameras. The one that interests me is the Samsung NV7 OPS.
I was just thinking about how microbrews and other drinks try to come up with clever brand names. How come nobody has called theirs whupass beer? The beauty is instead of bottling it, it’d be most popular in can form. Think about it: “Pass me a can of whupass.” “Don’t make me open this can […]
More evidence that Nikon is at full tilt. It basically says that their Thailand superfactory (which I alluded to earlier) is going at full tilt. One interesting thing to note is that IDC is placing Nikon at about half the sales of Canon in the global digital SLR market. I find this hard to believe. […]