http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog A weblog for people who otherwise wouldn't. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:50:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My friend Steve Gigl posted about the Ty Coughlin scam over at his blog, and he does a pretty good job of tearing it apart. I have only one thing to add: every time I hear those damn commercials I turn off the radio and just listen to ... http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2008/07/04/ty-coughlin-is-a-douchebag/ I made a video on Youtube for Amy explaining how awesome taking pictures in RAW mode is. Now, my natural inclination is to say something like "you should consider using RAW mode to get the most quality out of your images," because my natural inclination is to ... http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2008/06/28/other-things-ive-been-doing-recently/ CHANGE. CHAAAAANGE! That was the first thing I thought of and I almost collapsed in laughter at the farmer's market. I didn't even read the poster, I just snapped a couple pictures. It wasn't until I got home that I realized it was a poster for ... http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2008/06/28/zombie-obama-is-hungry-for-change/ Over at Boing Boing, the not-that-big-but-still-interesting news is that the Oregon Legislative Counsel Committee just voted to reverse their long-standing policy that the laws of Oregon are copyrighted. Of course copyrighting the text of laws is ridiculous, so in the body of the post, Carl Malamud says "This was ... http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2008/06/20/democrazy-in-action/ Thanks, Amy. Of course I'd normally just link to the tweet but my updates are protected. Click to embiggen. http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2008/06/20/yeah-amy-youre-right-this-was-funny/ I'm trying to keep the contact sheets off the front page, so if you've been following my SoFoBoMo progress, please click through to the full post. http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2008/06/04/picking-the-images-for-my-sofobomo-book/ Okay, as promised, here are the last 3 contact sheets. I also have a little bit of commentary about themes and trends throughout the month at the end. http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2008/06/03/last-of-the-sofobomo-contact-sheets/ Alright, I said I would, so here are some more SoFoBoMo contact sheets. Yes, I'm a month behind but who cares. I have even more SoFoBoMo posts that are in the queue that I can't do until I post these. If you're getting bored with the contact ... http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2008/06/01/catching-up-with-sofobomo-contact-sheets/ Reason talks with Ed Burns on the drug war: Cops aren’t taught to do that anymore because today it’s all about numbers. You can get a number by just going up on the corner and grabbing somebody and getting a bag off of him. That’s the easy thing. If taking a ... http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2008/05/26/30-years-of-failure/ Words my 19 month old daughter picked up immediately: Cookie Cake Berries Flowers Music Olive Juice Poopy Shoes Phrases my 19 month old daughter still has problems with: Come here please Leave that alone I'll be right back Put that down Let go of Kitty's tail Stop eating rocks No, Goddamnit Get back here! http://www.crazybutable.com/weblog/archives/2008/05/24/acquiring-language/