A neat visual thingy
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007One of my favorite visual effects; mostly just as a test. It's the Adelson checkerboard; same actual surface gray, but very different perceived lightness (until the squares get connected).
Archive for February, 2007
One of my favorite visual effects; mostly just as a test. It's the Adelson checkerboard; same actual surface gray, but very different perceived lightness (until the squares get connected).
It’s not me — it’s them
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007It's not just me getting old and grumpy; it's now been scientifically proven that College students think they're so special.
Preachers gone wild
Sunday, February 25th, 2007How can I not like this: The Rev. Lonnie W. Latham, another bible-thumping gay-bashing preacher, gets caught looking for some hot man-on-man action. Surprise, surprise; we all knew that loudest bashers are the ones with the biggest urge for the taste of manliness. And the arrest itself ...
Al for Senate
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007As I've mentioned, I'm a big Al Franken fan. So I'm thrilled to hear that the rumors are all true, and he's running for the U.S. Senate. And since drug use that's over 25 years old is off the table, the biggest potential skeleton in his closet is ...
Mmm, del.icio.us
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007As you might have noticed, the "Recently Viewed" entries in the menu to the near left present the last bundle of things I've tagged on del.icio.us, the excellent social bookmarking site. In case anybody cares, here is my "tag cloud" from del.icio.us. Click on a word to see things that ...
Oz and Charlie
Monday, February 12th, 2007When the question was asked "Does anyone know what day today is?" in Oz's class today, what did Oz blurt out? "It's Darwin Day!"
Vanity? I think not
Sunday, February 11th, 2007You are Dr. Doom Dr. Doom 76% Mr. Freeze 64% Lex Luthor 60% Apocalypse 58% Mystique 48% Magneto 47% Venom 45% Kingpin 43% Juggernaut 40% Green Goblin 36% Catwoman 36% Poison Ivy 35% The Joker 32% Riddler 30% Two-Face 28% Dark Phoenix 27% Blessed with smarts and power but burdened by vanity. Click here to take the "Which Super Villain are you?" quiz...
Oz’s supernatural allergy
Saturday, February 10th, 2007We've been pretty careful around religion with Oz. We decscribe ourselves as "Humanists" rather than "Atheists", although he knows that means we don't believe in God. And we've tried to clearly and consistently convey the moral view of understanding and tolerance toward the religious views of friends and ...
Hillary and her haters
Thursday, February 8th, 2007I'm not a huge Hillary fan. As I've said here before, we (in NY) could do (and have done) worse for a senator; but overall, she's way too right/center for my political tastes (on the war, on separation of church and state, on censorship, and lots of other things), ...
I’m a pathetic Trek nerd
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007OK, I shame myself with this, but I can't stop: I watch "Heroes", and George Takei (Trek TOS Helmsman Mr. Sulu, who I've discussed before here -- see Sulu and his sword) is doing a guest shot as Hiro's father. The license plate on his limo? NCC-1701.
