I've got into making sure all the pictures are trimmed into small-number ratios. I don't know if I quite believe in it, but it helps make what is otherwise a very arbitrary decision easier; not to mention working out how to keep the ratio fixed when scaling.
I'll break down and get Photoshop one day. I can't hold Acrobat against Adobe forever. I mean, people seem to love Photoshop. It's interface can't be as completely awful as Acrobat, can it? Does anyone know if Elements is acceptable for playing with digital photographs, or is it simply a gateway editor?
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07:30:55 PM,
Monday 16 June 2003
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The 5 preceding pictures were all taken on saturday at Trustom Pond, a salt pond on the Atlantic coast. We also saw what looked awfully like an otter bounding down the trail in front of us, and what could have been an otter slide.
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03:25:06 PM,
Monday 16 June 2003
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A wild rose with attending insects.
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02:29:39 PM,
Monday 16 June 2003
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The tail of a snapping turtle.
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02:24:25 PM,
Monday 16 June 2003
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A swan turning its eggs.
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02:23:27 PM,
Monday 16 June 2003
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My father used to use a CURTA.
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09:49:59 PM,
Saturday 14 June 2003
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A larger snapping turtle, further along the same trail, with no need to flee. This was well over a foot long.
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08:58:10 PM,
Saturday 14 June 2003
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A baby snapping turtle, fleeing.
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08:25:33 PM,
Saturday 14 June 2003
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A pea tendril descending on a violet from above.
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09:31:50 AM,
Saturday 14 June 2003
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09:31:21 AM,
Saturday 14 June 2003
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I know that having an excuse to go outside and relax isn't a good enough reason to take up smoking, but it does appeal sometimes. If only offices would ban crunchy snacks indoors so I could go outside and eat popcorn now and then.
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02:21:34 PM,
Wednesday 11 June 2003
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While in New Hampshire, I'm staying at a Marriott Courtyard. I gave in to inertia and ate at the hotel cafe for dinner. I recognized the bread rolls from when we got catering leftovers at SJCA. Creepy. I think I recognized the chicken and rice soup as well, but I wouldn't swear to it. Also, grilling is a horrible thing to do to salmon.
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07:38:44 PM,
Tuesday 10 June 2003
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For the record, Lobularia maritima snow crystals and Viola tricolor Bowle's Black.
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03:45:31 PM,
Sunday 8 June 2003
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A flock of Brant outflanking some seagulls.
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08:43:17 AM,
Saturday 7 June 2003
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08:37:27 AM,
Saturday 7 June 2003
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08:34:07 AM,
Saturday 7 June 2003
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08:33:23 AM,
Saturday 7 June 2003
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Off to New Hampshire for the next 3 days, so the drought it will continue.
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09:44:04 PM,
Monday 2 June 2003
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I am in Ann Arbor visiting my old office building, and am without non-workplace internet access.
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03:46:35 PM,
Wednesday 28 May 2003
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Does anyone remember where the phrase "Oh, go cry into your scrambled eggs" comes from?
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01:15:04 PM,
Thursday 22 May 2003
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Twice today I've saved over a layout file with another and had to go back and recreate it. On the plus side, I really enjoy typing the word character. Typing anything which is primarily in the left hand makes me happy.
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03:15:07 PM,
Monday 19 May 2003
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Brilliance and creativity are not excuses for shoddy workmanship.
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08:43:51 PM,
Sunday 18 May 2003
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Fried low-fat turkey dog slices are absolutely delicious. So are fried mushrooms, and freshly fried corn tortillas... I should get a fryer. First, I should get a kitchen with room for a fryer.
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08:08:53 PM,
Sunday 18 May 2003
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The place where the umbra jumps halfway across the moon is where the cat got on the wrong side of the railing, and I pulled him back through, tossed him inside, slammed the door and realized it was locked, so after contemplating bricks and french doors briefly, popped the screen out of the stairway window, climb in, go and ring the landlords doorbell and get the master key, climb back out the stairway window and unlock my balcony door (I'd chained the main door). Typing this up just now reminded me that I'd left the screen open, so I went into the stairwell, closed it, and found that the main door had locked behind me, so had to climb back onto the porch again.
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12:39:36 PM,
Friday 16 May 2003
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12:28:41 PM, Friday 16 May 2003
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It is remarkably difficult to photograph the moon when it is too dark to show up on the digital viewfinder.
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11:44:55 PM,
Thursday 15 May 2003
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12:45:06 PM,
Thursday 15 May 2003
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The cat has no objection to sharing my lap with the computer. Typing with a cat sitting on your left arm while reaching over him with your right cannot be ergonomically sound.
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04:33:34 PM,
Wednesday 14 May 2003
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09:46:38 AM,
Wednesday 14 May 2003
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I now have a work laptop, and a VPN connection from home. I am a much happier temporary part-time employee. I think I'll name it Edwin.
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09:44:44 AM,
Wednesday 14 May 2003
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All gosling pictures were taken on one particular afternoon in Ann Arbor, when I tormented goslings without pity or remorse, and was very nearly killed and eaten by angry geese. Geese do goose-step, by the way. Goslings also have a panic noise they make when cornered which summons large, angry geese.
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07:15:06 PM,
Tuesday 13 May 2003
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I am of the opinion that the kitsch resides in the gosling, not the photograph.
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07:24:25 PM,
Monday 12 May 2003
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It appears that dental associations regularly sue state governments in an attempt to increase dental coverage in medicaid. I'm about to start work gathering data for the state in one of these cases. I hate legislation through litigation. Dentists have always stuggled, though, because they aren't part of the AMA. Since Blue Cross was created by doctors, dentists weren't part of it; and since all health care plans are based on Blue Cross, they still aren't part of the main bearaucracy. They have a entirely different and incompatable system of claims forms, codes, and so on. The only explanation I can fabricate is that dentistry started off as a trade rather than a profession, due to the obvious and important nature of pulling teeth.
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04:36:54 PM,
Monday 12 May 2003
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Here is the Seymour Hersh piece on Leo Strauss, Chalabi and the Defense Department. Seymour Hersh is apparently against the government lying to the people. Philosopher Kings are all well and good until you take a look at the volunteers.
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02:28:16 PM,
Monday 12 May 2003
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Leo Strauss and his political legacy. An overview in the Boston Globe.
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02:09:56 PM,
Monday 12 May 2003
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a pea seedling (pealing?), this morning. The reflection in the water droplets is the balcony railing.
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11:16:34 AM,
Monday 12 May 2003
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