I just got this spam mail, and almost threw it away . . . until I read a few paragraphs. All about the “Survivaball.” An advanced new technology will keep corporate managers safe even when climate change makes life as we know it impossible. “The SurvivaBall is designed to protect the corporate manager no matter [...]
Archive for May, 2006
Digital lightroom
GraphicConverter "digital lightroom" Originally uploaded by Durf. If you drop a folder of photos onto GraphicConverter.app, you can open them all up at once in this sort of interface. Very handy. I just discovered this, and am sure that everyone else knew all about the poor man’s Aperture but wasn’t telling me. Curse you all! [...]
MarsEdit testing
Here we go once again . . . Trying to get this software working. It could be so nice, etc. etc. EDIT: Success! Man, if there’s one thing my life needed it was more software to install on all my machines. Nice interface though.
Fish ladder
Fish ladder Originally uploaded by Durf. This fish ladder (魚道 in Japanese) lets the slippery little things get back to where they want to be when they spawn and die. Taken at Shiromaru Dam, a short hike down the river from Okutama Station. We went up there on Saturday and enjoyed the last good weather [...]
Mapping the restaurant
Went over to Google Maps and Yahoo Japan Maps to add some links to the in-laws’ restaurant’s website. On the whole I’d say that Yahoo gives users more helpful gimmicks—mailing a map to your keitai so you can wander around town and see where you are later—but Google has a nicer presentation. So I linked [...]
