Monthly Archives: July 2009

You got your Google in my OS!

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When it comes to buying a computer today, you pretty much have two choices for the Operating System (OS): the heavyweight champ Microsoft’s Windows, or the scrappy underdog Apple’s MacOS X.  (Some people will try and tell you there is a third option called Linux; ignore them. They are nerds and for the most part they are wrong.) Well, that… Read more »

Blurry ISS

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Tonight’s directly-overhead flyover by the International Space Station was as spectacular as promised. That thing is really bright now! Unfortunately, my efforts to photograph it were somewhat less spectacular. My SLR’s shutter problem has now evolved into a focus problem — it can fill the frame again, but autofocus is completely busted — and my hasty efforts at manually focusing… Read more »

Fun with consecutive integers!

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If you’re like me, and you missed 12:34:56 7/8/09 in your time zone, here’s your chance to catch it again… in the Pacific Time Zone: UPDATE: Clock removed, because the hour has now passed. Here’s a screenshot for posterity: