The title, “Horrifying video shows California cop shooting man SEVEN TIMES outside a 7-Eleven after suspect grabbed the officer’s magazine” leads one to believe the cop had just purchased a copy of “Field and Stream’ from the local Seven Eleven. In reality, if you read the article, you learn it was a gun magazine that was grabbed. Huge difference. I would think the editors would want a more accurate title, but I guess making it sensational gets them more hits. That was the comment I attempted to post on the UK Daily Mail website but of course it was never published. I guess they can’t have any decent from the riff-raff and anyway, everyone knows you mustn’t let reality get …
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A boy mowing the lawn is about American as apple pie. For a great many of us it was the first job we had when we were growning up. Earlier this week, we were treated to the story of Frank Giaccio, an eleven year old from Falls Church Virginia, who wrote President Trump saying that it would be his “honor to mow the White House lawn.” The president took him up on his offer and Gaiccio did the job telling Fox News, “So far it’s pretty much the best day of my life.” Nice story. Hard working, self starter, showing ambition and drive. A story that should make everyone happy. Not so, Steven Greenhouse, former labor reporter for the New …
I found this pretty amazing. A beetle whose defense mechanism is the ability to shoot hot boiling liquid and gas at an attacker. The beetle produces the liquid using an exothermic reaction of hydrogen peroxide and peroxidase enzymes. The temperature of the expelled liquid is around 100C. Photo by Patrick Coin License: CC BY-SA 2.5
I’m not a big Seth MacFarlene fan. I think the guy is hardworking and amazingly talented but for the most part I just don’t get his sense of humor. “Family Guy”, “The Cleveland Show”; what do people see in these? Every joke is telegraphed and sophomoric. I can see liking them if you’re a fourteen year old, but by fifteen you probably should have outgrown them. I’ve enjoyed MacFarlene’s movies much more. “Ted” and “Ted 2”, while not fantastic, were a lot of fun. “A Million Ways to Die in the West” is actually one of my favorites, although it appears I might be alone with that opinion. About a month ago, I saw a promo for “The Orville” and …
I was saddened last night to learn of the death of Jerry Pournelle. I never met Jerry, but I was certainly influenced by him. In the early days of computers, he wrote a column for Byte magazine and it was the first thing I would turn to when I received my issue. He was also a science fiction writer that wrote a number excellent novels. His collaborations with Larry Niven are some of the best sci-fi books in the business. He also was one of the first people to have a blog on the web. Chaos Manor (http://www.jerrypournelle.com) has been one of my go-to sites for years. Jerry always posted thought provoking articles and user comments. Sadly, in recent years, …
Here’s a comment I made yesterday on an article about racism: I went to high school with a guy from the Philippines. He was one of the most popular guys in the school. He was involved in all sorts of school activities and everyone loved him. I only wished I could have been half as popular as he was. To hear him now, you would think that his life back then was a living hell. I’m sure there was the occasional jerk that made rude comments or did something discriminatory against him but I never witnessed it. Most people treated him just the same as they did anyone else, both good and bad. There was a recent discussion on one …
I try not to eat doughnuts on weekdays, but since it’s Labor Day, and I have the day off, I decided to treat it like a weekend day and made a trip to my local Dunkin’ Donuts. Today, I drove into the drive-thru and pulled up behind a woman, probably in her mid to late forties, placing her order. As is often the case, it was a large order and every item was customized. I’ve never understood why people with complex, special orders can’t just go into the store to place their orders instead of slowing down the line for the rest of us while their orders prepared. It’s just rude. But the rudeness didn’t stop there. After placing her …
Here’s a quick synopsis of the modes available on the Panasonic GH5. There’s a lot more information available in the manuals, but this might help you when you’re just starting out. Program Mode (P) Set the Mode dial to ‘P’, the camera has full automatic control of shutter and aperture settings. Aperture Priority (A) The user selects the desired aperture while the camera selects the appropriate shutter speed. Set the Mode dial to ‘A’, Both the Front Dial and the Back Dial can be used to set the aperture. Shutter Priority (S) The user selects the desired shutter speed while the camera selects the appropriate aperture. Set the Mode dial to ‘S’, Both the Front Dial and the …
Page Six on the New York Post website did and article called “Here’s how much stars have donated toward Harvey relief efforts.’ Their list includes: J.J. Watt of the Houston Texans who raised $15.4 million through an online fund-raiser. Ellen Degeneres – $1 million (to Watt’s charity). Drake – $200,000 (to Watt’s charity). N.Y. Giants – $1 million. Sandra Bullock – $1 million. Leonardo DiCaprio – $1 million. Miley Cyrus – $500,000. Tyler Perry – $1 million. The Kardashians $500,000. Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez – $50,000. Miranda Lambert – saved 100 plus dogs. They also go on to say that sixty-three companies have pledged $1 million or more. Every generous, although, one person was curiously missing from the list; …
The Panasonic GH5 is a great camera but it can be a bit overwhelming due to the number of features and options available. This is particularly true with the focusing system. There are many ways to use it but figuring them all out can be a bit of a task. Since I spent an afternoon figuring out all the available options, I decided I would share my notes here in hope that they might be helpful to someone else. These settings are for still photographs only, I have not yet had a chance to explore all the options for focusing when recording video. When I do get around to it I will make sure that I post the info here. …
