Blogs Posts on "Musings"
Positivity by TIME FOR A BABBLE BREAK on Dec 7, 2009Sometimes its hard to stay positive when its one thing after another...and nothing seems to go right. I don't think I need to go into details as I'm sure many mums would be able to relate to that. I'm glad that I don't get many such down days but whe...
Wilful blindness by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 21, 2009One can only assume, given how much he constantly and irritatingly whines about how the blogosphere is ignoring the big questions (also neatly rounded up by my impecunious Greek friend), that Richard North is ignoring the blogosphere's reactions to t...
Canon 7D - Failures or Features? by Traveling the Journey Of Light on Nov 19, 2009I have to admit, I was pretty pumped when Canon announced the 7D a couple of months ago. On paper, it appeared to have many features that people wanted. If one was to review my announcement from that day, it would appear that I whole-heartedly...
Book Review : Never Trust a Thin Cook by My Melange on Nov 19, 2009By now, you know that I love reading books and memoirs that involve my twin passions, France and Italy. I have mentioned several other Italian books that I have read and loved, and even have a few recommendations in my Amazon store. The latest, that...
How to Get Sharp Enlargements: Breaking the Megapixel Myth by Traveling the Journey Of Light on Nov 18, 2009Myth: More megapixels will always lead to a sharper enlarged image. This is without a doubt the greatest myth perpetuated by the camera industry today. Marketing tells us more megapixels=better camera. Back in the film days there were only a few...
The fundamental problem with Open Source... by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 18, 2009... is that—all too often—you end up with multiple platforms, multiple versions of the code, etc., as Fake Steve points out.According to Gadget Lab, app writers have somehow just realized that the reason open source fails in customer-facing use c...
3 Pack SanDisk CompactFlash Deal by Traveling the Journey Of Light on Nov 17, 2009Occasionally, I receive some great shopping tips from some my friend Jayson. Unfortunately, I cannot always take advantage, but I do pass the better ones along. Yesterday he sent me this a deal at Adorama, a 3 pack of 8 GB SanDisk Extreme III Com...
Political Apologies - A primer by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 17, 2009(N.B. it's me, the PG)Lots of people are commenting on the various apologies offered up by variously Rudd and Brown. (you can google your own—I'm lazy. And I'm not going to apologise for it)The inestimable Mr Eugenides makes a very good fist of th...
Week 147 Menu by This Week for Dinner on Nov 16, 2009Yesterday we drove to Muir Woods, a national monument consisting of a beautiful Redwood grove. It was really lovely. Here are a few forest treasures we discovered on our walk. The trip was very spontaneous and we ended up driving all the way to Point...
More on the railways, and thoughts on the privatisation of services by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 16, 2009Further to your humble Devil's criticism of rail privatisation—they aren't really private at all—the Adam Smith Institute blog has covered the renationalisation of the East Coast Line; and Eamonn Butler's piece raises some issues that I failed to...
