Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur

“Whatever is said in Latin, sounds profound” This little list of common phrases written in Latin to make you sound smart is precious 🙂 But that’s not the exciting news. Today I found out that my new apartment application has been approved, and I will be moving to sunny San Marcos from the distant Escondido … Read more

Photoshop on Linux

Why use GIMP, when you can use Photoshop? I love my little Linux box. I needed to do a bunch of image manipulation fast, and while GIMP may be this incredible program, it isn’t one I have spent the last ten years learning. I downloaded WINE (WINE Is Not an Emulator), installed and ran Photoshop … Read more

Bitblivion!

I used that word below; thought I made it up but Google says otherwise. Anyway, I liked the word and decided to Flickr-ize it with this cute script that spells any word with Flickr images. Oh yay, Google finally indexed this site… time to toss in the adwords and retire on all the $$$…

Tipa: Karma Whore

I was browsing through Slashdot’s FAQ, and discovered that, far from just being a boring list of hows, whys and wherefores, it was actually a set of rules for a Slashdot metagame. This game is based entirely on improving your karma – which is, in short, the likelihood that articles and comments you write will … Read more

Firefox saves the day

The Warehouse manager tried to print out a tracking sheet, but IE bluescreened on him. I’d seen this on another computer… It worked fine in IE on my computer, and in Firefox, which got me thinking… I installed Firefox on his computer, and it worked fine. Now, I don’t know why IE crashes, and Firefox … Read more