It is bad enough when we have to put up with some of the inflammatory bullshit that somehow always ends at the Slashdot front page, but today it is just ridiculous. First example: How to Keep Your Code From Destroying You … write comments … Well, no shit, Sherlock. Here’s another one: Apple Hides Account [...]

Not surprising, taking those pictures was a hell of a lot harder than what I expected. Shitty light + dark camera + weak macro != fun. Next time I’ll make a light box and shoot them inside that, then hopefully the light will stop being an issue. Technorati Tags: photography

The best camera you can have is the one you carry with you. The best camera in the world is useless to you if it stays home in a closet. These are two things that every photography teacher in the world will struggle to get into your head. And still, you won’t believe it. Hell, [...]

Panel 47W, line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly known as the “Vietnam Wall” has my most direct connection to Memorial Day: USMC PFC Pedro A. Vera, from New York, New York. PFC Vera was my first cousin, he was killed in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. His father, my paternal uncle, forbid him from [...]

This function is loosely based on some message board discussions I ran into while researching this problem. I would love to find out and give credit to those responsible for the 95% of this code that is literally cut and pasted off sample code elsewhere: Sub GenerateXLS(ByVal myData As SqlDataReader, ByVal filename As String) Dim [...]

I honestly don’t know what happened here (I am VP|mbp, no idea who is that Bodybuildr character): [13:40] * BodyBuildr (Body_Build@201.132.71.147) has joined #asp [13:40] <BodyBuildr> hi ? [13:40] <BodyBuildr> hola ? [13:40] <VP|mbp> no [13:40] <BodyBuildr> alguien sabe como juntar una tabla sql a asp [13:40] <VP|mbp> I said no god dammit [13:41] <BodyBuildr> [...]

Damn Interesting » A Walk in the Valley of the Uncanny: In June 2006 at the ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories in Keihanna, Japan, reporters and scientists gathered for the unveiling of a major new project by Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro. Once everyone had arrived, an assistant pulled back a curtain to reveal…another Dr. Ishiguro? [...]

I am at a loss for words here. I don’t know what the fuck is CBS doing for market research, or which one of their rocket scientists came up with the idea of having a show with a continuous plot break for so long during the winter season. There is a point when dereliction becomes [...]

Slashdot | Is Linux Out of Touch With the Average User?: “Is Linux’s less than impressive market share an indication that the movement is out of touch with the average computer user? ZDNet examines five reasons that could explain why people are still willing to pay for (or pirate) an operating system when free alternatives [...]

Or in gamerspeak, “go cry me a fucking river.” Here’s the deal: Microsoft owns the 360 platform, which means you can’t write software to run in a 360 unless your software is signed by Microsoft. This usually doesn’t stop the 100% of software publishers that currently do business with Microsoft. The only people that seem [...]