j was showing me her wacom bamboo the other day and i'm interested in dabbling with a tablet for photo editing and such.  any recommendations?  bear in mind that i currently use my finger and touchpad to do 99.999% of my editing now.  it's okay, but as you can imagine, i'd like a little more precision.  what have you used?  how important is the ( Read more... )

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the invention of the transistor.  And in that time it has become intertwined and crucial to our lives.  I mean really, without it, you couldn't read this.  I wouldn't know you and you wouldn't know me and we'd be both the poorer for it.  So happy birthday, little one!  Thanks for being my lifeline and a (near) ( Read more... )

I knew the '007 would be different but I never realized by how much.  My mom finally had the surgery that I've spent the last six weeks convincing her to get.  Her girly parts are now back in order.  That's not what this story is about, though it would make for an interesting entry.  No, she has made giant leaps in other ways.  A new era has dawned ( Read more... )

Me reproducing?!  Perish the thought!  I am not in favor of breeding.  Also you have to, um, do stuff first in order to have a kid.  BUT if I were to ever have a girl, I think I'd name her Darpa--yes, Darpa, after the Defense Advanced Projects Agency.  It's a an organization that changed the world and in many ways, so why not?  The technology that ( Read more... )

I never thought I'd be out-technologied by my mom, especially on Black Friday. She got a component style DVD re-writer and a 100pack of DVD/CD-R's for under $70. And if you know anything about my mom, she knows nothing about technology, but loves a good bargain. I can already here the, "How does this work?" and "Can you show/write that down for ( Read more... )

It started like many encounters start: I was sitting, minding my own business. Random person walks by, we make eye contact. And then it begins ( Read more... )