Emending an esoteric Exif error

From November 2006 until June 2007 (coinciding with my use of Ubuntu’s Edgy Eft v6.10), there was a bug in the old photo importer (or in Gimp, I’m not sure which) that failed to set the Exif orientation tag to…

My first inflight blog post

The view from 35,000 feet, between SFO and JFK In a similar vein: How to update your blog from the middle of the ocean

My second inflight blog post

On the way home to San Francisco, taken shortly after takeoff The novelty of blogging from the sky just doesn’t get old.

Return to Land’s End

On Saturday, Stephanie and I treated ourselves to a hike along the Land’s End Coastal Trail. The last time we made it out there was five years ago—when the idea of traveling by container ship first occurred to me. It’s…

Container ships forever!

Container Ship Forever Stamp The USPS says in their press release that: The Container Ship stamp is based on an undated photograph of the R.J. Pfeiffer, a modern container ship launched in 1992 and operated by Matson Navigation Company. Container…

I love it when people geek-out so passionately:

And after about a month of part-time slaving away (sheer fun! Better than any computer game) — in the process of which I learned lots about bezier curves and font metrics — I had a result. I call it Avería — which is a Spanish word related to the root of the word ‘average’.

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Interesting to read the thoughts of someone “coming out” as an atheist in adulthood:

So if we know enough to discard the obvious bits of bronze age nonsense and nomadic mythology, why do we need a “divinely-inspired” book at all in order to be moral people? We should use our best tool — our minds — to craft an objective morality that makes sense and doesn’t require us to ignore two thousand years of progress in philosophy and human rights.

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It seems that the WSJ is anti-American [parents]. After the much maligned article Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior, now we learn Why French Parents Are Superior. The funny thing is, something in the latter rang true to me (at least based on recent experiences). It almost makes me want to have kids just to find out how I would be. #

Whoa, Firefox 10’s built-in Web Developer Tools obsoletes the venerable Firebug (I can’t remember the last time I discovered something worth pointing out in a Firefox release) #

This article broke my heart: Seven-pound Yorkie killed while protecting owner in San Jose street fight #

Oh Kottke: “It sounds like a pod of dolphins trying to mate with Skrillex.” #

SF taking after Austin: Mission might get an Alamo Drafthouse! #

Clever: STACK soap (woulda been handy for those shampoo bars I used to use) #

This house is jacked up: Moving Day. 15th and Dolores. #

My latest obsession: claro walnut slab table with live edge #

I thought this was a pretty amazing article: 60 Lives, 30 Kidneys, All Linked #

I concur:

The thing about conducting an internet manhunt is that the only way to stop is to find who you’re looking for, or die. There’s an endless supply of potential evidence, and it could all be just a single link away. Leads don’t dead-end, they refract into a dozen new leads.

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Neat: satellite photo of container ship contrails #

Wow. I’ve been half-noodling on a project like this: A Year of Links (my photo books are the closest I’ve gotten) #

This is incredible: Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme #