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Browsers

Future Firefox and color management

Before the build copy of Firefox (known as “Minefield”) upgraded itself on my Mac, dying a horrible and immediate death in the process, one other change I noticed in the upcoming version of Firefox is that color management is now on by default. I also noticed, again before the crash and burn death, that the […]

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Social Media

Eureka: product placement and social media

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Eureka is a popular science fiction show currently showing on the Sci-Fi channel, on Hulu, as well as downloadable from Unbox, and iTunes in beautiful, and expensive, HD. Now in its third year, the show was faced with an interesting challenge at the beginning of the season development: this season’s […]

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Critters Photography

Not just butterflies

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. My last trip to the Botanical didn’t just result in some butterfly photos. I was also able to grab some photos of birds, including a rather proud looking goldfinch. Our bright fellow wasn’t by himself, though. This female goldfinch, with more subtle coloring, was busy either trying to hack loose […]

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Critters Photography

First Monarchs

I spotted my first monarchs this week, and managed to get a couple of photos of them and some of their friends at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. Monarch butterfly: I was finally able to capture an image of a Cabbage White. Though they are common, they’re difficult to photograph because they move about more than […]

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Political

Talk like a Pirate Day

An enormous, taxpayer-financed program to buy up bad mortgages and other distressed debt is necessary to protect the savings and aspirations of millions of Americans, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said on Friday. “We’re talking hundreds of billions” of dollars, Mr. Paulson said at a briefing in which he underscored the depth of the […]