Safari 5 is now live

Very impressive – I wish it worked for all articles, and not just multi-page “articles”. I guess that would be cutting off the nose to spite the face for possible ad revenue.

The much improved address bar allows you to type in the name of the web site at long last.

Extensions are now enabled, as well.

Yes, you can choose Bing as your search engine.

On guns, the iPad, and cameras

Todd and Rod took me shooting last Sunday up in the hills of West Virginia. It was the first time I had ever fired handguns and nearly two decades since I fired a shotgun or rifle. Not only was it a lot of fun, it also gave me the chance to test the iPad Camera Connection Kit.
I took the photo(s) attached with my DSLR and transferred them in RAW format to the iPad – easy peasy. Performance was much, much better than the Asus 1000HE I had previously used on trips. Being able to immediately review the shots on the iPad’s beautiful screen was bonus.

Sleepy cat

Tranquility defined.

Evening flowers

Flowers spotted during an evening workout.

Unboxing!

In lieu of the standard unboxing of some new electronic gadget, I present you with my version of unboxing photos.

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On snow and grocery store madness

Why do people rush to the grocery store when snow is imminent? Do they not plan ahead as per any other week? Do they expect to suddenly drink twice as much milk as normal? Do they predict sudden bouts of diarrhea, hence the mad rush on toilet paper?

Conan on Comcast

Since this has been sent to me many times today, I’ll share:

Image to test screen color

Open the file in Preview, hit Shift--F and see if the two bars look the same.

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System Preferences and the Magic Mouse

Did you notice 10.6.2 updated the System Preferences icon for the mouse to a Magic Mouse?

Screen shot 2009-11-09 at 18.18.25 EST

The shore at Deep Creek

Grey skies, fallen leaves, and creeping darkness make for bland photos, so time to try some HDR.

Deep Creek HDRI at 17-03-43 - 2009-10-31 at 17-03-43And6more_tonemapped

The obligatory super-tonemapped version:

Deep Creek HDR at 17-03-43 - 2009-10-31 at 17-03-43And6more_tonemapped