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Bienvenue à la Louisiane

poobal — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:46:08 +0000

Saw this sign on someone’s lawn on LA 308 near Grand Isle. Forgetting the grammatical error with using an apostrophe to make a noun plural, I understand the feeling if people use my driveway as a public turnaround.

Diaspora

poobal — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:59:25 +0000

Then and Now

poobal — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:54:23 +0000

On the left, my uncle and I circa May 1981 and on the right, 29 years later.

Then: May 1981

Now: May 2010

Bad Photoshop Job: The new Nikon D300s

poobal — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:20:06 +0000

Apparently, whoever is in charge of product photography at amazon.com decided that the New Nikon D300s should have an additional feature. You can now get an image preview on the LCD control panel. The photos are there to aid potential buyers decide what they want to get and its a disservice to photoshop the product to make look better.

Bobby McFerrin: Amazing demo

poobal — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:58:32 +0000

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

Google Latitude

poobal — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:24:39 +0000

This evening I received a rather disturbing email from google. What’s disturbing about it is I clearly remember turing off the latitude reporting when I was exploring the app on my nexus one. Clearly, the product gods at google are not too concerned about people’s privacy. At last, they are sending an email telling me that I am getting violated.

Flickr

poobal — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:04:02 +0000

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Calling all “Cyber Warriors” from mid 1990s

poobal — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:21:48 +0000

I saw this ad while reading slashdot. When you are trying to recruit “Cyber Warriors”, make sure the stock photo you selected has a recent computer in the background.

1. CRT monitor: Not seen since 2002

2. Floppy Drives: Not seen since 2000

3. Desktop form factor: Not seen since 1996

At least they did not put a 120lb guy with glasses in front of that computer. Also, the term “Cyber Warrior” sounds so tacky.

Now what?

poobal — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:04:24 +0000

If only there was a service which can tell me if the website is down for just me or everyone else.

This month’s data usage on 3G: 12 Gb

poobal — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:03:51 +0000

I am still on my original “Unlimited” data plan for my Aircard. No 5 GiB soft or hard limit. I have been watching TWiT and watching TED. I am currently at woodstock, GA @ my sister’s place and the speed is consistently good.

Speedtest.net test results