Found today on The Nation: “A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war…
Too Close to Call
Jeez— how late am I gonna have to stay up to see if I can sleep well tonight?
Removing 4:2 Pulldown?
Calling all video gurus: Help! I have a few clips that I’ve got from a stock tape that exhibit a weird pulldown pattern. The footage looks looks to be originally shot in 25p (such as european film might be), and then converted to NTSC 30i in a 4:2 pattern, so the frame progression goes like…
Allowing .htaccess Use in Mac OS X
I found this solution to the problem I was having trying to use .htaccess files in my web server (Apache under Mac OS X Server) to block access to certain spam-dumping IP addresses. I was formatting the .htaccess files properly, and putting them in the right places in my server folder hierarchy. I had even…
Sox Win
Those of you who know me, know that I don’t follow sports. I’m interested, in at least a theoretical way, with playing sports, but not really with sitting down and watching them. Somehow, I find it hard to feel the empathy and irrational sense of empowerment that comes with a very special brand of obsessive-compulsive…
Oreilly’s Mac OS X Conference
For folks who have the good fortune of being able to go to the Oreilly’s Mac OS X Conference, but haven’t signed up yet, I have a 30% off discount code for you, courtesy of the Inside Mac Radio show. First you have to be an Apple employee, or an Apple Developer connection member (if…
Super Man
I found out this morning that Christopher Reeve died last night. Not only was he Superman, but an inspiration to me. He was one of the few people that didn’t give up. When life dealt him a spinal cord injury, paralyzing him, he didn’t just fade away— he became an outspoken proponent for research into…