Saturday, May 31, 2003

How's Your Sister?
How's your Sister? This consistently productive icebreaker and conversational gambit, credited to the late Steve Allen, will fall flat or lead to disappointing results in any of the following circumstances:

1. When women are present or within hearing.
2. When the intended listener is significantly larger or faster than you are.
3. When the intended listener is your boss, your client, or anyone with whom you have a financially dependent relationship.
posted @ 06:38 PM CST [link]

Friday, May 30, 2003

Image Resolution
Digital cameras are everywhere, and with four plus megapixel cameras, priced for the consumer market, a lot of people out there are learning to do image editing for digital presentation and wondering what these huge images are all about. In a nutshell, these huge images are about detail. They are about the kind of detail that produces a printed image approaching film print quality. To understand these huge image resolutions the operative word to consider is "printed" image and, therefore, print resolution. Digital presentation of images, on the other hand, is concerned with display resolution. Display resolution, or size expressed as pixel dimensions, is entirely different than print resolution. Click more.. below for the lowdown.
posted by @ 03:00 PM CST [more..]

Thursday, May 29, 2003

Web Applications?
How do Web-based applications differ from stand-alone applications like your word processor? The basic difference is that Web applications require session tracking in order to duplicate the functionality of your stand-alone applications. What the hell does that mean? Read on.
posted by @ 06:21 PM CST [more..]

Wednesday, May 28, 2003

Sun Salutation
Are you interested in yoga? If so, the Sun Salutation is a flowing series of moves that can serve as a warmup for any strenuous exercise while it builds flexibility and strength. Want to know how to do it?
posted by @ 06:53 PM CST [more..]

Tuesday, May 27, 2003

Sound Card Angst
When your Sound Blaster sound card simply ceases to make sound, and it happens (see more.. below), just replace it with an Hercules Game Theater XP 6.1 or 7.1 soundcard and you'll be far and away better off. The Game Theater comes with an external rack (like SB Audigy 2 EX for less than half the price) giving easy access to the audio connectors, game port and 4 high speed USB ports. Killer!
posted by @ 05:29 PM CST [more..]

Wednesday, May 21, 2003

Initial Entry
This weblog will address a variety of topics. If you're interested in technical issues, but find yourself looking at an entry about divorce "Chicago style", or why it's not a good idea to do yoga when you have a sinus headache, don't be put off; dig deeper or use search, and maybe you'll find what you need.
posted @ 04:40 PM CST [link]