The New Yorker cartoon caption contests are generally funny. But this week’s, I think, is one of my favorites: “We’re all out of the blood of your enemies. You’ll have to settle for marmalade.” Jason Beck Los Angeles, Calif. Drawing by Michael Crawford Also, in last week’s New Yorker, there’s an excellent article on carbon emissions… It calls out how difficult it is to choose the most “carbon friendly” option, especially since “buying local” isn’t always the most environment choice. I highly recommend.

I’ve had my thinkpad for about 6 months, and I like it a lot.  (Although, it wouldn’t kill Lenovo to make them a bit cooler looking – would it??) The one thing that has bugged me, though, is that the screen *always* dims when I unplugged & go onto battery.  This was especially irritating when trying to work on the bus or edit photos on the plane. I tried all the Windows settings magic (power options, display brightness, etc) to no avail.  I finally found the trick to making it work today: you have to update your bios. If you …

MyHeritage.com helps you determine which celebrities you look like.  They also allow you create video a that “merges” your face to & from a celebrity’s. It’s pretty fun.  Ah……Facial recognition technology at its most useful. 🙂 Collage Morph Videos  

I finally watched CMU Professor Randy Pausch‘s “Last Lecture,” which he gave in September of this year.  Randy Pausch was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in August and given a 3-6 month prognosis.  (From his blog, his health is currently stable.) His last lecture was about how to live life… and was a message for his kids.  If you haven’t watched it already, I definitely recommend seeing it.  You can grab it here, or read more about the lecture here or here.   Here are some of his words that stuck: Brick walls are there for a reason. They let …