Don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind’s blowin’.
I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak as long as I want. But I’ll be speaking about Senator Lott, so it won’t take long.
U.S. Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.VA.) ~ Speaking about Senator Lott’s retirement on the Senate floor earlier this week.
Looks like I spoke too soon about Redstone Software’s VNC products, I received this email overnight:
Brandon,
Redstone Software is pleased to announce the release of version 3.0 of it Vine Viewer and Vine Server products. Both products are now fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 - Leopard.
Unfortunately, the end of the email also says this:
For existing Vine Viewer customers, you may upgrade to version 3.0 of our product for $15 through December 31, 2007 ($20 thereafter) by supplying your current hostID at the time of purchase.
I forgot to mention previously that LogMeIn is free. With LogMeIn working so well, I’m pretty hesitant to test the updated VNC, but if I’ll do, I will compare them then.
It’s been an exciting week for me while I’ve been discovering new technologies that make life a little easier. First, it was Flickr’s statistics, and now it’s a service called LogMeIn.
LogMeIn allows you to connect to various computers without the need for configuring your router to forward virtual networking ports. I’m not opposed to working with my router, and used this tactic prior to upgrading to Apple’s most recent update to their operating system, Apple OS X Leopard. However, once I upgraded the virtual networking server I used, VNC, gave me too many problems. The manufacturer, Redstone Software claims an update is coming, but I’m sick of waiting. And now that I’ve used LogMeIn to connect work –> home and vice versa, I actually prefer it. The performance is about equal to VNC, but LogMeIn handles my multiple monitors at work MUCH better than VNC ever did.
As you can see from the screen shot above, you can actually select which monitor you want to view. This is really helpful, because VNC forces you to scroll between monitors, and can be really frustrating when I’m on the road and using my smaller 15″ screen on my Macbook Pro.
If you have the need to use multiple computers from separate networks, I strongly recommend giving LogMeIn a try. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
I’ve been using Flickr for storing my images on the web for a little over two years. It’s a really neat service and there’s a wonderful plugin for my favorite photo organizer, iPhoto, that makes uploading, tagging, and organizing the photos a breeze. The plug-in is a little over-priced, but I was willing to bite the proverbial bullet on it, because I use it so often. It would be nice if ConnectedFlow could drop the price for U.S. customers though. Anyway, I digress…
I found out today that Flickr announced a new feature that I’ve been pining for since I started with them: statistics. You may asking yourself, “Why does Brandon like charts and graphs so much?” For one, I think they’re a very useful way to see data. Secondly, it’s incredibly flattering to see that just one of my images has been viewed 762 times:
I really hope Flickr continues to listen to its users and will continue to roll out features like this. They’re incredibly helpful for those of us that spend the $25/year for their professional service.
Dana was laying on our bed and talking on the phone when Stewart decided it would be a good idea to sit on Dana’s head.
My grandmother sends me a copy of the local paper anytime she thinks there’s something interesting to me, which I always appreciate. Fortunately, I caught a little gem just as I was about to throw it away:
LOST
Cow & calf with yellow tag No. D-21. Missing from [redacted] pasture. If found, please call [redacted].
I haven’t seen a lot of these in the Washington Post, but this is definitely what makes small towns fantastic.
Unfortunately, my scanner isn’t working, otherwise I could bring you the original. Maybe next time.
It looks like we need to cut Wallace off from the booze. I hope no one turns us into (cat) social services! He really didn’t drink it, I promise!
Writers often use the number of search results as proof of the existence of something. For example, typing “super people,” at Google results in 41,300,000 results - which some may interpret as evidence that there are 41,300,000 super people in existence. Clearly this type of logic is misleading.
In David Pogue’s recent column at the New York Times, he discusses this further. While he doesn’t address the technical aspects of searching very accurately, I think his point is accurate and (obviously) worth repeating here.
I would hope that journalists would cease using the number of results from a search engine as evidence for any theory, no matter how wacky. As unreliable as polls may be, they are at least semi-scientific - much more so than performing a search on “the Google.”
It snowed a bit today. Biking was fun.
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