My cat, Thor, is particularly adventurous and amenable to leash training; not unusual for a Bombay. His first harness, from a pet store, was poorly made and wasn’t satisfying for…
Continue ReadingA constant vexation to programmers is keeping their users up-to-date with latest versions of the software they write. Obsolete versions don’t take advantage of bug-fixes and added functionality, and if…
Continue ReadingMaking a movie from a webcam capture Carmella is taking a cruise on a ship which has a webcam, mounted above the bow, which once a minute gives an updated…
Continue ReadingDue to circumstances beyond my control, I’m not in my cabin, heading out on a family cruise. Instead, I’m wrangling a project at work. So, hearkening back to the last…
Continue ReadingIt’s early in the morning, and the happy burble of the coffeemaker is gently encourage me wake up. It’s an hour’s walk from my place to the NIKE campus, and…
Continue ReadingWe’ve had a most pleasant winter and, now, springtime. The weather never required more warmth than was provided by shorts and a tee-shirt. A few days ago I was women…
Continue ReadingWe are awash in data. Often the best – or only – way to understand the meaning of data is graphic; humans have been extracting meaning from images far longer…
Continue ReadingReal-time monitoring and graphing of ping I’ve been around, and let me tell you, sometimes it’s not all it’s cracked up to be, especially the networking, the Wi-Fi and wired…
Continue ReadingGeekTool is a fabulously easy way of displaying images from the web and the output of UNIX commands on your Mac’s desktop. UNIX commands Within GeekTool drag a “shell” object…
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