http://www.mauerpower.net Life in JakeJapan. Writings, projects, and very occasional doses of insight. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:44:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Amazon's Frustration-Free Packaging: What's the difference between Frustration-Free Packaging and traditional packaging? The Frustration-Free Package (on the left) is recyclable and comes without excess packaging materials such as hard plastic clamshell casings, plastic bindings, and wire ties. It's designed to be opened without the use of a box cutter or knife ... http://www.mauerpower.net/big-round-of-applause-for-amazon/ http://www.mauerpower.net/happy-freaking-birthday/ http://www.mauerpower.net/playing-to-palin/ http://www.mauerpower.net/as-my-dad-so-often-says-wasssup/ http://www.mauerpower.net/today-was-better-so-i-give-you-giant-crystals/ I spent 6/7ths of my day waiting for my fileserver to actually serve files to me and the rest of the office and it got so bad that people could barely get work done. The interaction went something like this: 9:30AM, Interior, Office: Jake: Goodmorning Snap! I'd like my desktop please. SnapServer: ... Jake: ... http://www.mauerpower.net/what-a-shitty-day/ In related news I sent off for my absentee ballot today. I'm quite glad to be voting with pen and paper as I feel like it has a decent chance of being counted. http://www.mauerpower.net/ameribama/ I thought about the past: I felt ok about the future. I don't feel like being cynical at the moment. I'm going to go to bed thinking this could be big. And real. Also, I've had this song on repeat a lot today. I seem to be doing that more and more. Cut Copy ... http://www.mauerpower.net/and-then-for-a-moment/ To this: (from Joe) I have only this: Joe's picture is a thousand times cooler. In other news. 1. If you use Firefox and aren't using it's built in support for image color profiles, you may not be seeing images' such as these full potential. To enable it, follow the simple steps here and ... http://www.mauerpower.net/in-response/ Thing 1. Nikon has finally dropped details on the D90. Pretty ho-hum upgrade to the D80. Bigger sensor, live view, anti-dust vibration on the CCD. But the big new feature this time around is 24FPS video recording. I think this feature is great for two reasons. One is that it ... http://www.mauerpower.net/things/