Published on Mon Oct 31, 2005, 3:19 pm .
“Google Reader”:http://www.google.com/reader is now my only RSS reader. Sure, it was “slow”:http://google.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000663062331/ and clunky when it first launched. But, there has been some performance improvement, and the adddition of some new functionality.
For instance, you can use your mouse’s scroll wheel to quickly skip through the list of posts. Also, they’ve added some additional keyboard shortcuts - “v” opens the source page, (although you can’t hold down CTRL to open in a new tab), while “n” and “p” allow you to scroll through items without loading the content, which speeds things up considerably.
Published on Sun Oct 30, 2005, 10:56 pm .
Jason wrote up a nice post on “scooters”:http://www.circa1973.net/bossanova/?p=541, in case you’re interested in understanding a bit about these machines.
The weather is supposed to be unseasonably warm the next few days, so I hope to get out and ride a bit.
Published on Sat Oct 29, 2005, 8:46 pm .
George Takei Declares His Homosexuality… lest you think this is merely a publicity stunt to generate buzz for the play he is currently starring in, there is also this:
The current social and political climate also motivated Takei’s disclosure, he said.
“The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay,” he said. “The issue of gay marriage is now a political issue. That would have been unthinkable when I was young.”
Full-speed ahead, Captain.
Published on Sat Oct 29, 2005, 6:44 pm .
It’s been snowing, today. The first hour or so, a few flakes fell, and it was cute. But then, the temperature dropped 8 degrees, and it started to accumulate on the ground.
Flurries! On October 29! Enough to make you cry…
Last year, the first snowfall was in mid-November, and in early December in 2003…
Published on Thu Oct 27, 2005, 11:39 am .
Our friend “Nobuko”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinagiku/ is cat-sitting in the South End this week — she isn’t sitting for _normal_ kitties, mind you, but these ["Mr. Bigglesworth":http://www.austinpowers.com/cgi-bin/drevil/photo.cgi?object=imgmrbigglesworthhairless]-esque hairless “Sphynx”:http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/sphynx.html cats.
Check out her photos tagged with “Sphynx”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinagiku/tags/sphynx/, or some “interesting”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/sphynx/interesting/ public photos.
[_[*UPDATE*]: Presley has some “Sphynx”:http://flickr.com/photos/presley/tags/sphynx/ shots from her cameraphone:_]
“[!http://static.flickr.com/27/57597201_c0366cfa2a_m.jpg!]“:http://flickr.com/photos/presley/57597201/in/photostream/
“New Friend”:http://flickr.com/photos/presley/57597201/in/photostream/, by “Presley”:http://flickr.com/photos/presley/
Published on Wed Oct 26, 2005, 5:37 pm .
Nice announcement, long overdue: “Order Prints from Flickr”:http://blog.flickr.com/flickrblog/2005/10/your_photos_on_.html… you even get your first 10 4×6″ prints free.
On the rare occasion that I need an _analog_ photograph, I do it from iPhoto. But, now I can print my friends’ and contacts’ photos, (so long as they “allow me to”:http://www.flickr.com/account/printing/setup/).
But wait, there is one other interesting nugget:
bq. You can order prints to be delivered by mail, or pick them up at your “local Target store “:http://target.com/target_group/storelocator/index.jhtml for one hour printing, even.
One-hour Flickr Prints! Cool.
