Archive for May, 2006

Digital Cameras and AE AF

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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Big Room

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.

Hiking the Zion Narrows, Bryce, and Cedar Breaks

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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Apple Store Marriage Proposal

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

Dropped a minus sign

Pratchett Quote:

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One Laptop Per Child

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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Accepted to SoC 2006

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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Google Accepts 636 for Summer of Code; Makes Error

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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