Tom Chi has a great article on What is Trust?
The problem is that human intention will always feedthrough in human designed systems, and we have no technology that will ever make all humans trustworthy.
Heh. I like the oil rig comment below that post! 🙂
Simon says that 2005 will be the year of the DOM. Web applications like Gmail and Google suggest are only the most well known but there’s <a href="http://sleepyhead81.blogspot.com/2005/01/web-applications-in-2005-case-study.html"plenty more in the pipeline too!
Ken says you should shoot jpeg while Petteri Sulonen says shoot raw! I can only shoot jpeg at the moment but when I do upgrade I’ll be sure to give my opinion 🙂
Ken also has an extensive Canon 20D vs Nikon D70 test. Considering he’s a huge Nikon fan it’s reasonably balanced! You may find his Canon 20D review useful too. Apparently Nikon lenses can be used on Canon bodies! You need to buy an adaptor though.
And finally, he has a great write-up on batteries. I have several sets of NIMH batteries at home that are getting a bit long in the tooth and not performing as well. He suggests that, you can easily rejuvenate them by running them through a full discharge-charge cycle a couple of times.
From Better Digital Photography..
If you live in Ireland please be on the lookout for Robert Holohan.
The news of his disappearance has been in the papers and on the news continuously but here’s a photo of the young 11 year old who vanished on the 4th of January:
(further description)
Update: 2005/1/13 2 bodies have been found. One was found in Midleton under a bridge and the other near Inch Strand. An examination of the body will be carried out this afternoon. RTE News has more, and breakingnews have a page devoted to news about Robert.
Later Still.. The body found at Inch Strand has been identified as that Robert. Ar Dheis De go raibh a anam.
Much Later.. A murder investigation has now been launched by the Gardai.
2005-01-19 – Student Wayne O’Donoghue was charged yesterday with the manslaughter of Robert.
One of those things I have to get around to in the next month is insulating the attic. I had a look up there last week and it needs replacing badly – it’s worn away completely in parts! I rang a local hardware store and they quoted me a price of EUR199.89 to cover the approx 56m squared of the attic. I have to check yet if that had a vapour barrier or not.
Here’s a few links for me to come back to soon:
Later… Comment posting was broken for a short period after the last CVS update but it’s working again – thank you to the person who says they have 60cm of insulation, I don’t think Cork/Ireland is cold enough to justify that amount however!
Much Later… The ESB and Bord Gais have very good but brief pages on energy tips. The ESB recommend 6″ of attic insulation, while Bord Gais recommend 4″. I’m going to install 6″ myself!
This is a test post from Gnome-blog. Very simple interface, but I prefer the javascript/html bookmarklet myself!
Later… It works, sort of. I was able to post the above text but I couldn’t:
Here’s a good tutorial and explanation describing exposure bracketing. If you’re really careful it’s just about possible to take multiple shots without a tripod!
Haven’t MS and ol’ Bill been spreading FUD as described in this essay for a long time? Isn’t the GPL a communist threat to American jobs in IT?
After ridiculous comments this week at CES, where Gates equated the last three years of my work with Creative Commons as some sort of Red Menace that needs to be stopped, it’s clear he’s off his rocker.
A very lengthy article that I must read yet, but if going by Mark’s previous efforts it’ll be an enlightening look at how PJs prepare their work for publication.
Here’s the latest Digital Journalist online magazine. Includes a special report about the tsunami, lots of photos from China and other stuff.