We’ve been given a glimpse into a whole new way of computing with OSX Lion that is as different as mice and command lines. It really is the death of windows which get in the way of computing on a portable screen. Windows -the computer paradigm and not the Microsoft product, clutter the screen and take up 10-20% of real estate with frames and menus. Full screen apps that look like real world objects, that allow you to work on your terms and not the geeks’ -that is the future.
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Koreatown Robber Beaten With Golf Club
This will only feed the stereotype, but makes me very happy nonetheless
-a Korean-American golfer and golfist (http://www.golfism.org/about)
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HDR photography on iPod Touch 4th Gen
When the iPod Touch 4th Generation was announced, it was disappointing to find out that the rear camera would be substantially lower in megapixels and quality than on iPhone 4, and would not feature HDR. HDR is high dynamic range photography. Your eyes are HDR, but a picture from a cameraphone is not because it takes pictures in a single exposure. Too long an exposure and all the dark areas have better detail with washout of lighter areas like the sky or light colored walls with patterns. Too short an exposure, and all the dark areas turn black, but details like clouds and cracks in white stucco come out. HDR is a way of combining elements of two or more pictures where the exposure is optimal for the particular region of the picture.
The result is a mix picture where all the elements in foreground, mid ground, and background get optimal exposure. The iPhone 4 has this mode of image taking -the only drawback is that because two pictures are taken, the camera must stay still. Alas, the iPod Touch did not come with this capability built in, but it wasn’t too soon before an App showed up in the App Store.
Pro HDR is the name of this app, and it’s great. The two images above were taken in the afternoon and the shots while not perfect, are good enough for the web. Pro HDR does a good job of stitching two images into one. At a &2.99, it is a great bargain.
Sharron Angle Slams Republicans For Losing ‘Their Principles,’ Says She’s ‘Not Sure’ If She Can Win
There will be blowback from the angry partisans who will feel that democratic means did not result in the change they felt should have happened, with lots of conspiracy theories and the like, motivating a segment of them to “second amendment” means of instituting change. The GOP opened a rotten can of worms pandering to this segment of the populace.
The midterms will be a referendum on comfort level and the scarier people will for the most part be sent back to the holes whence they came. It is the source of the surprising traction of Democratic incumbents in what were suppose to be GOP cake walks.
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Yankees Back Into Playoffs, most compelling game today is Giants v. Padres
The Yanks lost to the Red Sox who played no favorites by handing my team some shit pie in the form of a 8-4 loss at Fenway no less. The most compelling game is the Giants v. Padres battle which will help determine the fate of three teams, the Giants, the Padres, and my favorite NL team the Braves. The MLB app on my iPod Touch is just too amazing, giving me access to the thinking man’s sport from anywhere my Droid accesses the Verizon network which is everywhere.
Red Maple
Like a flower, the trees give one final gift before dying for the year.
Fall
Summit Greens: best golf bargain in central Florida
It is a hilly links course by virtue of its highest elevation in Florida.
It always rains in the afternoons in Florida
It’s like clockwork, the afternoon rains.
Golf heals
We were sitting lost in our thoughts when my sister suggested we play some golf. I forgot my message to my patients that golf heals. My dad and I started a nasty skins game. He’s up one.
Golfism -life is a metaphor for golf 