-
Well, we've had a bunch of snow, but Minneapolis has just declared (at 9:33AM) a Snow Emergency, which means starting the great car shuffle beginning at 9 tonight. In any case, this is a good day to not have to try to drive to work in morning rush-hour. Instead I get to noodle with my digital camera a little, trying to recreate what I see looking out my front window. The street and trees are only lit by the streetlights, and the orange color on the snow came out almost right in this picture, but I can't scale it up much more than 640x480 or the sensor noise plus my unsteady hand become too obvious. It should probably be a little darker, but then again, the sky is pretty birght with reflected streetlight. Maybe another stop darker would be enough.
Looking out my window 640x480(61k) - Mark Pilgrim's No clock explains one of the big dangers of working from home. I manage to avoid the problem by shutting off my computer. Or by going out to relax.
- The SuperGuard3 looks interesting. It's a FireWire hard drive enclosure that supports encryption and has a separate key you plug in to access it. I wonder if the encryption is actually any good, or if it's just snake oil.
- Telemarketers Sue to Stop [national] Do-Not-Call List. Me, I don't think it goes far enough. I want to be able to pre-emptively shut out all telemarketing and charity calls, too It's people calling who don't know me, and have no idea what my schedule is like and who usually call at a bad time.
- Humans are toxic. Bummage. [boing boing]
