May 2006

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We have a Kodak EasyShare 5 MP camera. My mom and sister were trying to take a close-up photo, and the camera wouldn’t focus, instead complaining with “AE AF”. I guessed that the letters stood for Auto Exposure and Auto Focus, which I was right about. But what does it mean, really? I turned to Google.

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5/30/2006 by Elliot Lee | No comments

Today I introduced the Big Room category, dedicated to the Outdoors. First post in the category is about my visit Zion National Park. Also worth noting is that it was my first time driving through Las Vegas that I remember.

5/30/2006 by Elliot Lee | 2 comments

This weekend I went hiking with four friends from church and my dad. The friends were Peter, William, John W. and John H. Hiday was originally planning to come, too, but had an emergency meeting for work, so he couldn’t make it. John W. almost wasn’t going to come because he didn’t want to drive by himself in a car without air conditioning, but luckily, my dad decided to come so that they could both join us.

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Made me smile. Info. Apple site. Direct link to 5:00 video (see last third).

5/26/2006 by Elliot Lee | No comments

Pratchett Quote:

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5/25/2006 by Elliot Lee | 1 comment

Combat Comment Spam

5/25/2006 by Elliot Lee | No comments

Top 10 OSS Games You’ve Never Played

5/25/2006 by Elliot Lee | No comments

Incredible how far this project has come. It reminds me very distinctly of the Cybiko. Of course, there are differences, but it’s striking enough that I did a short write-up on it. I’ll write more about that if anyone wants. I’m seriously considering getting one of these, even at $300 for a $100 device. It’s a noble effort, and very neat too.

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5/24/2006 by Elliot Lee | 1 comment

It’s true. My proposal was accepted! Here’s a short excerpt from my application.

I want to work on Atom publishing support for Cosmo because it follows an important trend in Web 2.0-style information sharing. With Atom support, other clients and web applications will be able to effectively access Cosmo via Atom, allowing that data to easily be put to more effective use.

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I submitted this story to Slashdot, but I decided to throw it up here just in case. After all, I’ve never had a story accepted by Slashdot.

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5/24/2006 by Elliot Lee | No comments

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