Wired talks about the Prius: But the marketing department knew that only a special customer would pay $20,000 for a compact car. Specifically, someone with a master’s degree, a six-figure income, and a fondness for composting. Oh well, I’m 0-for-3 on that one. :)
Author Archives: paulschreiber
japanese movies
Any movie that starts with 50 japanese schoolgirls jumping in front of a speeding train is by default messed up.
back in the day…
Gerald Weinberg talks about what it was like to be a real programmer: A San Francisco oil company, which couldn’t accept the coast-to-coast turnaround time, requested an IBM machine of its own (at a cost of roughly $20 million) to run an application that blended oil from its distillation towers everyday. According to Weinberg, performing …
easter bunny attacked
boy attacks easter bunny at mall.
Tim Hortons goes south
The Globe and Mail notes Tim Hortons’ expansion in to the US. Still: none in California.
The Economist on MGM v Grokster
The Economist, fresh off their SemaCode scoop, rips in to the music industry’s legal “strategy”: But even if the entertainment business manages to coax more users into paying for legal downloads and succeeds in court against Grokster and StreamCast, its problems are unlikely to go away. True, a Supreme Court ruling in the industry’s favour …
best of photojournalism
Nation Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism 2005: Still Photography Winners.
useful photography tools
Some handy tips from my friend Dennis: ExpoDisc (white balance/warm balance filter) white balance reference cards capture one noise ninja More software Nik Multimedia software kodak software (digital roc, digital sho, digital gem) Articles Nikonians on white balance TidBITS on Editing Photographs for the Perfectionist In the TidBITS article, the author, Charles, points out a …
The Blog Cycle
The Blog Cycle: What is blogging? Our community invented blogging! Blogging vs. Journalism Where are the women/minorities? You’ll get fired! Think about the children! The technology is boring/unimportant Will blogs change the world? What you do isn’t blogging — do it this way. They don’t deserve it!
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