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This week’s edition of On the Media features a segment discussing the concept of the “the uncanny valley.” The idea is that if you have a representation of a human that is 50, 60 or even 95 percent correct, people will have no problem recognizing that image as non-human and accepting it. However, as [...] As I went downstairs this afternoon to throw some laundry in the washer, I was distressed to find a large quantity of water at the foot of the steps. After doing some diagnosis I found that it was not the sewer backing up again but rather the washer itself that was the source. A [...] Trying out the wordbook plugin Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d769′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) }); I haven’t been posting much here lately because I’ve been so busy. However now that I have a wordpress application on my droid I’m going to try to do some posting with that. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d722′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) }); “economic forecasts … about as useful as a chocolate teapot?” Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d622′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) }); In the past few days we’ve been seeing quite a few different types of dragonflies in our yard. The most recent was this immature common whitetail. the other day it was this green darner Then of course there are the wasps that have always been around. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d579′).each( [...] It’s funny who you see when you visit a small town in Southern Ohio. Jules and I went down to Yellow Springs Ohio on Friday for a yoga workshop that she wanted to attend. Jules has been there four or five times before and never seen one of the most famous residents of this [...] As we roll in 2008, and I finish clearing my driveway sufficiently that we can get in and out, I’m just glad I didn’t have to drive anywhere last night. I also wish it was just a few degrees colder so the snow was so wet and heavy. As I continue to plow my [...] On the way home today from my last day at the old job, as I was passing the Hyundai Tech Center I noticed a red-tailed hawk having lunch so I pulled into the driveway and grabbed my camera. I approached raptor slowly, snapping pics as I went. Eventually, the hawk decided I was close [...] Not with a gun or a bow, with my camera. I was out in my latest test car, a Dodge Caliber SRT-4 near Matthaei Botanical Garden yesterday when a doe came up to the edge of the road. I stopped to let it decide when to do when I glanced over and saw several [...] |
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