Archive for May, 2006

NPR SOTD

NPR’s song of the day is “I love Boosters!” from The Coup: Song for the Shoplifters: …They keep me dressed so fresh even when my wallet yells SOS…

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Spam attack

The comment spam has gotten quite thick lately- if you, gentle reader, find that your comment hasn’t appeared after ~12-24 hours, it is quite likely your comment was spam killed.  My personal email filters are holding up pretty good, but bturnip.com is being spoofed for the return address of spams and I am getting hundreds [...]

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Persistence and a little luck

or “Why the UPS Store doesn’t suck”.

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more new look

I was pretty pleased with my serene Asiatic Lily theme for a while. The chance those happy days might last was dashed against the rocks the moment Malone observed that my cheerful lily header image might be just a bit too saccharine for everyday consumption.

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Rodney Lough Jr. Photos

Your fine work with your new camera reminds me that I’ve been meaning to share the works of a photographer I discovered while in SF. Keep in mind that when I say I “discovered” him I’m sure he’s probably already about the most famous photographer in the world and he has his own gallery on [...]

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new look!

When you only have 1 or 2 readers, you do what you must to keep them coming back. I have retired the ninja dogs in winter theme with my fresh new Lily theme. The technical details: Used a Canon Rebel XT digital for the original shot. The Asiatic Lilies are from the overgrown flowerbeds in [...]

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