February 2004 Archives

Thanks go to Hadi Mizban for the picture. Further thanks go to the AP for not spotting the error right away. Now the pic has been erased from the database but used to be here.

US Army soldiers take rest during patrol in Baghdad suburb, Monday Nov. 17, 2003. U.S. forces have reacted to the increasing attacks in which dozens of Americans and their allies have died by mounting a massive show of force in central and northern Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

More thanks to Steven for pointing it out to me.

This is the two little ones watching their favorite video, “The Cat Sitter”. They absolutely love it. But I think it makes ‘em sit a little too close to the television.

This is my stab at a sepia effect.

This is the little bug, close up. He really likes the camera.

This is the holiday picture that was inspired by TSS.

The "Antic" was this Sunday. And Magnetic Field had claim to the loudest band in Brooklyn. It was wicked cool & very loud!

Gordon suggests that if you use Blogrolling.com as a service that you donate to keep it healthy and running. His guilt trip can be found here: Something: about BlogRolling But it got me thinking about some of the other shareware or donateware that I use - products that I have paid the author his or her two bits and feel good about. There is a catch, though. The following list is all slanted for Mac users.

The first one that comes to mind while I'm writing this is ecto, the successor of Kung-Log and as the author claims: The next generation blogging client. I agree.

A great collection of products for keeping you mac safe, clean and up-to-date can be found at Hill's OSX Shareware. Some are freeware and others suggest donation; but all are useful. Support development if you use them.

My final recommendation is actually a freeware application. Its iLinkPod and is the best tool I have found to open the hidden files on your iPod. Use it wisely and remember that music isn't free. It helped me when I had to do a clean install of my OS and all my music was "stuck" on the iPod with no way to get it back. Support freeware developers too and we'll soon see great shareware offerings from them,..much like Kung-Log's popularity leading to ecto.