BurningbirdWe’re so used to thinking of each other as pages on a computer screen that it catches at me when I read something like Doug Alder’s current post containing photos of his hometown of Rossland in British Columbia. I grew up less than 50 miles from the town he describes. Down from the mountains, on the other […]
Yesterday and today were perfect days to herald in a gentle Spring, and I was able to photograph several early flowers, including magnolia, snow drops, and, of course, daffodils. The magnolia and snow drops will wait till tomorrow; for today, in what is becoming a Burningbird Spring tradition, the first of the daffodils and the […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’ve been posting comments over in Jeff Jarvis’ space, primarily as a way of learning to not get offended, because if you say something someone doesn’t agree with there, you will get blasted. In addition, Jarvis does attract some very interesting people who have much good to say, but if […]
In an uncanny bit of serendipity, I was out looking for baby squirrel images (now why is she looking for images of baby squirrels, her reader’s ask), when I found before and after images of a baby squirrel that shows how Photoshop can be used to salvage a photo. The before photo isn’t all that great – […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Six Apart has posted a page describing their TypeKey installation, and it is a centralized authentication system. Only one word can describe this design idea: bad. With a centralized authentication system for comments, a person can be tracked by their comments wherever they go, even if they don’t want to be so […]