kiplog http://www.kiplog.com/ 2007-06-13T12:50:32-06:00 Web news http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2007_06.html#000588 Business 2.0 has a good story on Kevin Ham, a master 'domainer' or domain real estate mogul. You can actually flip through the magazine if you want.

Safari is available as a beta for Windows, although as a beta, there's problems with it's speed security and font rendering.

You can watch his speech at Apple.com or read the news about what he talked about at CNET, but the The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs usually has much more insight about him. "Dude, I invented the friggin iPod. Have you heard of it?"

Sir Tim Berners-Lee apologized for the double slashes used in every Web address.

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Work-related kiplog 2007-06-13T12:50:32-06:00
Some how-to's http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2007_06.html#000587 How to win a photography contest

Creating bulletproof graphic link buttons with CSS

Form Validation in Dreamweaver

Animated navigation menu using (X)HTML and Javascript

A big list of Web 2.0 webdesign tutorials (mostly Photoshop logo tutorials)

Ajaxdaddy A large collection of nifty web 2.0 tools

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Work-related kiplog 2007-06-03T11:08:05-06:00
Photos around Illinois http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2007_05.html#000585 A new machine, a busy work schedule and other excuses have kept me away. Here's some pictures.

These are sculptures be Niki de Saint Phalle at the Garfield Park Conservatory. There's a few of them scattered inside the conservatory, but it's the scupltures outside that are really impressive.


A couple of altered photos from Matthiessen State Park.

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Photography kiplog 2007-05-28T13:07:59-06:00
Work Reading Assignments http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2007_04.html#000581 A Guide to CSS Support in Email: 2007 Edition

Beware of XHTML

HTML and CSS slideshow technique

Lightshow 2, with transition effects

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Work-related kiplog 2007-04-20T11:08:43-06:00
Science and Nature news http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2007_03.html#000574 Fact or Fiction?: Living People Outnumber the Dead "The Earth may seem crowded with 6.5 billion people but it would take 100 billion living to come close to outnumbering all who have ever lived."

Festival of the Cicadas "Brace yourself for the biggest party in 17 years"

Brazil rainforest internet plan "A move to provide free internet access to native Indian tribes to help protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal logging has been announced in Brazil."

All (known) Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 200 Miles in Diameter

Quantum gravity computation: you, too, can be an expert in this field " by exploiting quantum fluctuations in the causal structure of spacetime, can one efficiently solve problems that are not efficiently solvable with a garden-variety quantum computer?"

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Science kiplog 2007-03-30T12:52:11-06:00
Animal News http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2007_02.html#000567 ACONE: Automated Collaborative Observatory for Natural Environments Assisting the Search for the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker "Detailed high resolution video images are required to distinguish an ivory-billed woodpecker from its cousin, the common pileated woodpecker. Our goal is to develop a computer vision system that detects when birds fly into the field of view, recording the associated video segments, and discarding video where there are no birds present"

Chimpanzees 'hunt using spears' "Chimpanzees in Senegal have been observed making and using wooden spears to hunt other primates, according to a study in the journal Current Biology."

Beauty of the beasts "Why has mankind always loved to draw animals? David Attenborough explains the fascination"

Why Birdwatchers Now Carry iPods And Laser Pointers

Australia rocked by 'lesbian' koala revelation.

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Science kiplog 2007-02-26T17:10:14-06:00
More paper links http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2007_02.html#000563 I knew I forgot one - ephemera exploring the world of old paper.

There's also footnote, an old document archive, but most of it is only accesible via a paid subscription.

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Random Knowledge kiplog 2007-02-09T23:36:10-06:00
Some paper links http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2007_02.html#000560 Suburb of Grace suggested a link to How to Mail a letter, which everyone that knows me, knows I need, but I'll send Letterfu back at him, which shows you how to write a letter without envelopes, cutting or glue. Via Creativetechs Quicktips, which also brought us the PocketMod, a foldable 8 page mini-brochure.

By the way, even I know the How to mail a letter link has an old price for a first-class stamp.

More advanced tools and skills are required for Making a Book, just one part of The E. Lingle Craig Preservation Laboratory Repair and Enclosure Treatment Manual. Rip and binding repair and lots of other book repair and assembly instructions.

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Random Knowledge kiplog 2007-02-06T13:32:48-06:00
The Photoshop Master http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2007_01.html#000554 I don't know how I've missed it for the past months, but Bert Monroy, the undisputed master of painting with Photoshop has a podcast.

Check out his series on creating his 1.7GB masterpiece illustration of the Damen el stop. 15,000 layers!

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Photography kiplog 2007-01-19T11:09:25-06:00
CSS http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2007_01.html#000547 Three CSS websites to keep a constant eye on in order to stay current on the subject.

The CSS Advisor (beta) from Adobe.

CSS Help Pile Links and Discussion About the Best CSS Resources Available on the Web

CSS Creator "A Cascading Style Sheet learning resource for web developers and designers. Give and receive tips and advice on CSS and website creation."

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Work-related kiplog 2007-01-06T11:20:40-06:00
Lists http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2007_01.html#000543 A few lists of things worthwhile to know.

The Most Dangerous Roads in the World

100 things we didn't know this time last year

6 Things You Need to Know About Color

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Random Knowledge kiplog 2007-01-04T14:10:19-06:00
Weird words http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2006_12.html#000540 Weird words you can try on your friends during holiday parties. As long as your friends are mostly geeks.

Ubuntu "Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support." "- an African word, meaning "humanity to others" or "I am what I am because of who we all are". It looks really slick, complete with all the applications most people need - OpenOffice, FireFox, etc.

Baiji "A rare, nearly blind white dolphin that survived for millions of years is effectively extinct, an international expedition declared Wednesday after ending a fruitless six-week search of its Yangtze River habitat."

ehobo is interesting enough, but it uses phpFlickr - "a class written by Dan Coulter in PHP4 to act as a wrapper for Flickr's API. Methods process the response XML and return a friendly array of data to make development simple and intuitive."

Nvu (pronounced N-view) "A complete Web Authoring System for Linux desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver. Nvu (which stands for "new view") makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML." I haven't looked at this yet, but there's a bug-fixed and more complaint release called Kompozer.

The last link in no way should be confused with Nue. "It doesn't feel quite like a human vagina, but I could almost accept it as an alien vagina," said Volunteer A."

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Random Knowledge kiplog 2006-12-15T13:01:17-06:00
Reading Material http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2006_12.html#000539 I've been slow around here. I've been busy, and I've had to cram a lot of knowledge about technology into what's left of m brain cells. Here's my list of things to read or play with.

Firebug, a free, open source web development tool for FireFox.

BetterHTMLExport A plugin for iPhoto's HTML export feature. I quick way to make web-based photo albums, while using your own templates. There's even a template forum.

I need to read Ruby on Rails for the Rest of Us

And User-Proofing Ajax

It's time for me to figure out what Joomla does too.

Web 2.0 has spawned some great things. Of course with innovation, we get Hairy-Mail.com, the world's first web-based back-hair messaging system.

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Work-related kiplog 2006-12-10T22:23:51-06:00
Illinois landscapes http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2006_11.html#000537 Some Illinois landscapes, with various amounts of manipulation.


Morton Arboretum, Spring


Illinois River


Sangamon River, Allerton Park


Lake Michigan, Evanston


John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago Museum Campus


Vermillion River, Matthiessen State Park

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Photography kiplog 2006-11-15T01:12:52-06:00
Slowdown http://www.kiplog.com/archives/2006_11.html#000529 Wow, I haven't posted anything around here for awhile. All the action is going on at the food blog these days.

But just to post something, here's the list of wombats in Japan.

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Random Knowledge kiplog 2006-11-02T10:16:58-06:00