Full Moon Tonight

I took some pictures with my digital camera tonight of the full moon. I used a tripod which helped with keeping the camera still to minimize blurring due to the slow shutter speed. I was hoping to use my analog camera with the zoom lens, but the batteries were dead. Perhaps I can try that [...]

New Second Life Advanced Content Guide

I finally received my copy of Creating Your World: The Official Guide to Advanced Content Creation for Second Life today and it looks quite comprehensive. I’m looking forward to learning some cool new skills from this book.

Another book that I purchased recently, Designing Your Second Life, is also full of useful information, but is not [...]

Learning Google Analytics v2

Ever since I started hosting my web site and blogs with BlueHost last year I have been wanting to improve my visibility into how my blogs and web pages are being used. AWStats is provided by my hosting service, and it includes a lot of very interesting information. Problem is, it also includes a whole [...]

Spitzer to Sue Bush Admin Over New SCHIP Rules

I could hardly contain myself when I saw Eliot Spitzer’s diary from yesterday in the Daily Kos. Spitzer, and several other governors, are filing a lawsuit challenging the new rules that the Bush administration has put in place to limit the ability of states to expand their SCHIP plans. The press release outlining the particulars [...]

Obama Posts More Positive Numbers

I’m not sure why the pundits and most of the polls do not reflect the strength of Obama’s campaign. I have read several theories about why this phenomenon is occurring, and paralleling it to the Truman - Dewey race in the 40s. The crux of that theory is that polls are extremely unreliable tools for [...]