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Peter and the Umbrella
Chris’ mother and sister are visiting us. They don’t get together very often, so it seemed like a good time to get some pictures of them together. And since I was going to be...
How I Manage my Digital Images
A number of people of have asked me for details about how I manage my collection of digital imagery. I assume that they’re asking because they know that the collection is large (~30,000 images)...
Cerulean = 26, 4.54, -24.55 (in L*A*B*)
I’m sure that every time you played with your Crayolas, you wondered what the the exact difference was in the spectra of green-yellow and yellow-green. Well I did. Mark Meyer has done all of...
Redefining Sanity
I find the sheer craziness of modern US politics hard to understand. The best explanation I’ve found is Richard Hofstadter’s classic Anti-Intellectualism in American Life. This morning, Chris Ladd posted an interesting article called...
ElizabethForMA
Elizabeth Warren announced her candidacy for the Senate yesterday. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll already know that we’re big fans of hers. The press coverage yesterday was pretty annoying....
Peter’s New Computer
Peter’s been building a new computer recently. It’s built around an i5-2500K and a Z68 motherboard, and a case with a lot of blue fans. For the most part, it went together very quickly....
Breakaway Wealth
I liked Barry Ritholtz’s comments on the recent Washington Post special report called Breakaway Wealth. My favorite quote: Legalized theft of shareholder assets, approved by a corrupt Congress. If you haven’t seen it yet,...
