2004 December

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Somewhere in that massive list of names is mine. I will be picking up a New York Times some time today to see how good this looks on two full pages.
If someone really wants to impress me for Christmas they can get me the print, frame it, and put it under the tree for […]

The 2004 Weblog Awards voting stopped last night. I’d just like to let people know how my last votes were used:
Best Overall Blog: LGF
Best New Blog: My Pet Jawa
Best Group Blog: The Command Post
Best Humor Blog: Right Wing Duck (we share similar opinions regarding Christmas political correctness)
Best Liberal Blog: […]

Jonathan Jackson has written another educational article. Composition Basics II: Lighting and Negative Space is a discussion of how the lighting of a subject or placing a subject in a frame with negative space can be a useful tactic to create a pleasing image.
The articles from Jonathan Jackson Photography are very informative and I’ve […]

phpBB:
Following my original post it has been brought to our attention that the highlighting exploit can be taken advantage of, and it a serious way. We are hastily preparing a new release. However that release contains a number of other fixes and additions and thus we carrying out some internal testing to limit the chances […]

I just completed adding a new gallery to the Jonathan Jackson Photography web site.
The “Downtown at Night” Charleston, SC Gallery consists of night shots in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Included are photographs of The Market and Vendue Fountain as well as scenes from the College of Charleston. All the work for the first page […]

Short Consulting had a busy night last night and I’m having a busy day today. Part one of today’s work is done.
Slap Yo Face Off has finally released December’s slaps after a few delays.
I think this month’s crop of slap videos were worth the wait. JB the Slap Puppet, BigO, Slap Jim, and […]

I was digging around in my MP3 collection this evening and found something I made a long time ago. Have a listen and tell me what you think.
Chris Short - Driving (6.60 MB MP3)
Distribute it freely but remember, this MP3 is owned by me so if it’s better than I think it is don’t […]

Google’s social network, orkut, has long been dominated by Brazilian’s. I’ve known this for quite some time but I was shocked when I looked at orkut’s demographics breakdown today. Why? I think the numbers speak for themselves:
country
Brazil: 62.06%
United States: 10.89%
Iran: 7.58%
Pakistan: 2.89%
India: 2.51%
Canada: 1.21%
Estonia: 1.16%
United […]

Washington Times:
Former CIA Director George J. Tenet yesterday called for new security measures to guard against attacks on the United States that use the Internet, which he called “a potential Achilles’ heel.”
“I know that these actions will be controversial in this age when we still think the Internet is a free and open society with […]