After reading through several unsubstantiated rumors, I decided to photoshop a mockup of Matt Damon as Captain Kirk and Ben Affleck as Mr. Spock, for the upcoming Star Trek XI movie. I can tell you now, it’s not going to work. Please, Paramount Pictures, think of the children. Source image: http://homepage.mac.com/m5comp/trekbits/
Category: Web
New Comment CAPTCHA
I’ve installed a new anti-comment spam plugin. It uses the CAPTCHA method (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart). The nice benefit for readers is that you are no longer required to give me your name and email. Comments appear instantly without moderation. So… I’ve filtered out all the spam, but… Continue reading New Comment CAPTCHA
Writely.com: Amazing!
So… I posted this from Writely.com, Google’s new web-based word processor, chock-full of AJAX goodness. Some features it has (and this is from me just using it in the last 5 minutes – I haven’t looked at the feature list yet): Upload Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.org documents Save as Word, ODT, PDF, HTML, or publish… Continue reading Writely.com: Amazing!
Podcasts: Low Bitrates Don’t Like Stereo
I just learned a valuable lesson in life. I was helping my dad troubleshoot a recording problem. (He’s running sound at a church now – the tree doesn’t fall very far from the apple, eh?). His church is providing podcasts of their sermons, and up until two weeks ago, they sounded decent. But the last… Continue reading Podcasts: Low Bitrates Don’t Like Stereo
Flashback 1983 (aka Tucson floods again)
Thanks to some awesome aerials over at the Star, I’ve been able to create a short but sweet tour of some of the major flooding and flowing rivers in the Marana area. Not yet pictured, but flooded: Sabino Canyon, Catalina Highway, Houghton at Sahuarita, plus several more places I can’t think of at the moment.… Continue reading Flashback 1983 (aka Tucson floods again)
July YouTube Mashups
I guess I’m still a geek, because these are friggin hilarious! All Your Snakes Are Belong To Us (AYB / Snakes on a Plane Mashup) Star Trek Camelot (Star Trek TOS / Monty Python Mashup)
On MySpace Lameness
MySpace is a horrible excuse and attempt at a social networking site. I was playing the “social networking” game way back before the first “Dot Bomb,” and in the primitive vernacular, it was called “Six Degrees.” Now, MySpace is spreading like a viral disease, infecting innocent and formerly sane Millenials, while leaving a trail of… Continue reading On MySpace Lameness
Web 2.0, Explained
> What do you mean by Web 2.0? There are several aspects to it – the functionality, the display, and the social implications. Gmail and Flickr were probably some of the first websites to produce features now standard in all “Web 2.0” sites. Basically, if you have a clean, CSS-based interface, and you have newer… Continue reading Web 2.0, Explained
Compel Them To Come In
Or, “Study the Bible with Google”
Personal Update
Fun/interesting things I’ve found around the web just recently: (Yes, this is entirely for the purpose of padding my tech/nerd karma – see below for the actual post) EPIC 2015 – A Flash animation depicting a future dystopia where Google and Amazon combine, putting traditional media out of business. TechCrunch – A technology blog that… Continue reading Personal Update