A sweet compliment, commentary on current online reading, and August photos up.

[oddharmonic]

I received an e-mail from Robert Hayden today about an album he bought. I'm really touched that Vanessa-Mae reminds him of me.

In lieu of real content, here's some commentary on what I've been reading online lately.

• In High-Risk Patients, MRI Detects Breast Cancers That Mammograms Miss
  SciAm article, further nudging me toward finding out someday whether the BRCA mutation runs in my maternal family line.
• Wacom Intuos 3 press release
  From Digital Photography Review (digitalphoto). And now you know: my soul's estimated street value is US$450.
• The mini course (free registration required) from ThePottyTrainer.com
  I'm seriously thinking about buying her book because the midget can't start preschool until she's potty-trained.
• Why specs matter
  diveintomark post; the excerpt in the archives reads "Most developers are morons, and the rest are assholes."

And because I'm too lazy to make a separate announcement post, August 2004 photos were posted to oddharmonic.org a few days ago.