http://bluedot.net Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:48:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en test post from my new phone.using pocket sharpMT http://bluedot.net/2006/06/10/cingular-8125-2/ If film users didn’t have enough troubles with the digital explosion making traditional cameras practically irrelevant, now they’re going to have to pay more to take pictures. The world’s largest maker of photographic film, Eastman Kodak, said today that it’s going to hike prices on its consumer, professional and movie ... http://bluedot.net/2006/04/17/kodak-to-charge-more-for-film/ here are some interesting stats from google’s “reader” blog: % of errors Error description 15.6%Input claims ... http://bluedot.net/2006/03/22/stats-on-xml-errors-in-feeds-from-google/ from mosnews.com: A team of thieves that broke into an abandoned missile silo not far from the Russian city of Kostroma in search of nonferrous metals was shocked to find the shaft packed with Soviet money bills, Regnum news agency reported on Tuesday. via digg read the story http://bluedot.net/2006/03/07/russian-thieves-break-into-missile-silo-and-find-it-filled-with-money-bills/ this a note-to-self to find out more about this type of process… http://bluedot.net/2006/03/06/glass-plate-salt-print/ I hit a couple of thrift stores in San Diego today looking for cheap cameras. I found a Polaroid Square Shooter 2 in a nice leather case for $3.00 which I was pretty sure I could still get film for. After getting it home and putting some new batteries (AA not ... http://bluedot.net/2006/02/21/square-shooter-2/ Went to Death Valley on Sunday. it was snowing at the rim on the way in, it was drizzling and the temp was somewhere in the low 60’s at the visitors center (150ft below sea level), not very deathy…It was still pretty amazing, just not in a grim reaper kind ... http://bluedot.net/2006/02/21/death-valley/ According to this reuters article: South Korean firm LG Electronics is poised to start marketing an air conditioner with a filter made using an enzyme from the pungent national dish kimchi that is aimed at protecting against the bird flu virus. read the article http://bluedot.net/2006/02/15/kimchi-spiced-air-conditioners-to-fight-bird-flu/ According to Digg google has released a del.icio.us‘esque bookmarking service Access your bookmarks from any computer. Supports labels, stars, and notes. I love del.icio.us and dont plan on switching anytime soon, but for the heck of it I created a bookmarklet to add the current page to your google ... http://bluedot.net/2006/01/30/google-bookmarks-bookmarklet/ 10.4: Set ‘Location’ automatically via a script: “If you want to set your Mac OS X Location automatically (based on Airport name (SSID) or something else), have a look at this script and launchd item. (Via macosxhints.) http://bluedot.net/2006/01/27/104-set-location-automatically-via-a-script/