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Astronomy picture of the day: M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy.
Arstechnica has a nice look at the current state of digital photography.
I think (or is that hope?) we'll be seeing more articles like this:
"The folks responsible for corporate strategy should get their heads into the Web log phenomenon and take some time to think about how it might help them achieve various corporate objectives."Probably nothing new to anyone here, but it's interesting to see how it creeps toward the mainstream. (via scripting news)
Stopped in a cab at a light on King street yesterday evening. A man hobbles up to the drivers window and with outstretched palm mumbles something neither I nor the driver could understand. The driver, from under his elaborate turban, asks for clarification, although we both know in general what he was asking. "Ten cents'n 'll bring you good luck" the man repeats, not very convincingly. Somewhere between weariness and exasperation the driver leans over and fishes a coin out of his ashtray, and without missing a beat says "Why don't you bring your own self luck? Here's a quarter." To which the man admits "I don't believe in luck."
Trellix licenses Blogger. Dan Bricklin, who wrote the seminal software program Visicalc (which really started the whole personal computer thing,) and who now works for Trellix developing some sort of on line bloggish thing, explains the deal.
I think today might be a good time to try another round of meta bird watching. I've heard the rare Wilson Watcher might be in Central Park today. Maybe I'll head up and try to spot one.
Nothing like a good post-dot-com-bubble hyperlinked epic poem to put it all in perspective.
Here's a good resource for information on Claude Shannon, information theory, and entropy.
And I can never mention entropy without remembering the line Kesey has the young girl say in Demon Box: "Entropy? That's only a problem in a closed system."
Here are a few photos from the Laffoley exhibit we went to last night. I had no idea the painting were this large. Incredible. Great time. Happy birthday Bill! (Warning: the first page is sort of large. Approximately 400k.)