Explorations large and small
From an illustrated review of Comic Life Magiq, a software package used for making many of these comics. The photos are from a June 2008 Washington Apple Pi meeting featuring Walt Mossberg. Comic Life Magiq review page 1 (full size), page 2 (full size), page 3 (full size), page 4 (full size).
I have no excuse beyond a weakness for puns. Stealth mountains (full size).
A Web log (blog) is a form of time-shifted information. In our busy modern world, we are too busy to attend concerts, so we have iPods. We are too busy to listen to the phone, so have answering machines. We Continue reading Time traveling communications
I found this fascinating: Isn’t this just the sort of thing that gives you confidence that, not only does Microsoft sell IT software and hardware, they’ve also got just a splendid handle on how to use it?
Washington Apple Pi was faced with the choice of moving its office or paying higher rent. Eventually, the Pi negotiated with the landlord for a smaller space and lower rent. I took these photos along the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Continue reading What do these have in common?
After enduring a special effects driven PowerPoint presentation with almost no real content, I was asked what I thought of the presentation. Beyond PowerPoint (full size).
The scans are from old magazines from the 1970s and early 1980s. Washington Apple Pi 30th birthday party (full size).
Yesterday was supposed to be hot and humid — which it was. It was also supposed to be rain-free — which it wasn’t. Very high temperatures and humidity, combined with a fast-moving front coming in from the West, created a Continue reading Power Outage
The top photo was taken in New Mexico at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Socorro. The middle photo is clearly an Unidentified Flying Object. The bottom photo was taken at a Continue reading Alien abduction and conspiracy