Earlier this year I found myself over in Florence, Italy, with family and I needed to rent a car to go for a day trip. Although I normally don’t splurge on rental cars, in this case we decided to go for a “luxury” rental – both as a slight treat to ourselves, and because we… Continue reading Behind the Wheel: 2014 Audi A4 Wagon (Diesel)
The Necessity of the Free Flow of Information
Free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. … [A] free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master. Although this quote is from a video game… Continue reading The Necessity of the Free Flow of Information
The Night Watch (Programmer Humor)
Ran across this article/story recently (it’s a PDF link) and had to share some of the more entertaining little excerpts from it – though you might need to be a programmer/sysadmin in order to appreciate the humor in some of these… Systems people discover bugs by waking up and discovering that their first-born children are… Continue reading The Night Watch (Programmer Humor)
Photography Experiments: Aperture, Focal Length, and Sensor Size
Just a quick photography experiment to demonstrate the effects that aperture, focal length, and sensor size can have on depth of field (i.e., how much you can blur the background of a photo.)
Windows 8.1 is Here – Is it any Better?
Windows 8.1 was just released as a free update for anyone with Windows 8 – but the real question is: is it any good?