Archive for February, 2007

Cactus

Posted on Sunday, February 25th, 2007 in Photo Blog | No Comments »

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I took this at a zoo out in the desert during Christmas break. I initially thought black and white would be the way to go with this one, but the green seems to add to the image.

A great review of 300

Posted on Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 in General | 1 Comment »

The world needs more movie reviews like this: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31520

California Trip

Posted on Sunday, February 18th, 2007 in Photos | No Comments »

Over Christmas I took two and half weeks to fly home and take a road trip up to San Francisco with Jo. It was great to see home again, especially after being away for so long. I’ve finally gotten around to putting up some photos:
Here’s some photos of Christmas Eve. The one on the […]

US and UK bad for children

Posted on Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 in General | No Comments »

Al Jazeera is reporting a new twist, courtesy of UNISEF, on the “what’s the best country” debate. The US and UK appear to be target in this article for ironic value, but they’re definitely at the bottom of the table. It’s interesting in that it reports on values that are often overlooked in the US […]

London Fog

Posted on Sunday, February 11th, 2007 in Photo Blog | No Comments »

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This is the fog that shut down most of the flights leaving Heathrow back in December. The visibility isn’t so bad here, but it got down to about 30 feet one morning.

Steve Job’s thoughts on music

Posted on Wednesday, February 7th, 2007 in General | No Comments »

Steve posted an article on his company’s website yesterday about the music biz. It’s a good read and simplifies, in typical Jobs style (for better or worse), the current problems with music distribution. All those following the RIAA and related mp3 sharing dramas should take a looksy. It appears to be a very diplomatic call […]