spidercop

spidercop by mc… see more at flickr.com

Batman in Canada!

Junk

up to his ears in… HONEY!

Today is Canada Day so I thought I’d relax a bit this morning and do something fun.

The frame is rendered with the GIMP, a freeware photo editor that has many advanced features like Photoshop.

I rotated and resized the pic using PhotoScape, another freeware editor because I find it does this without losing detail.

Happy Canada Day, Canadians!

up to his ears in… HONEY!, originally uploaded by earthpages.

Me, Myself and I

I spent my childhood summers up at Georgian Bay.

Around this time I’d be looking forward to the close of school, and that amazing feeling of getting ready to go up north for the holidays.

This pic is of me at “the cliff,” a favorite swimming place on High Rock Island, of which my mother is still part owner.

Summer comes around and around… but childhood… well… it’s once in a lifetime.

Celsus Library at Ephesus, completed in A.D. 135

Celsus Library, originally uploaded by TravelingOtter.

Now that’s what I call a LIBRARY!

BubbleTweet

Oh what fun. It’s like YouTube without all the hassle. True, you only have 30 seconds, but isn’t that long enough?

If you’re wondering what I’m talking about, it’s a new application for Twitter that’s taking the web by storm. BubbleTweet. 30 second videos right on your Twitter page.

I’ve done three so far. Still trying to get my style down. Check it out.

http://twitter.com/earthpages

Learning the fine art of the Tweet

It may seem like I’ve been on vacation for the past few days. In a sense I have been. I’m out of the city, in a beautiful rural town which happens to have a great wireless connection.

While it’s not exactly the place to watch and review DVDs or update old articles (activities I’ve been doing here as of late), it is perfect for going through thousands of RSS feeds and finding the best of the best (or the oddest of the odd) for a quick tweet at twitter.

So check it out. There’s nothing tardy about the headlines here:

http://twitter.com/earthpages

Computer… start dictation…

Microphone by psd

Looks like voice recognition is finally getting off the ground.

I’m still using WinXP so did a search for some front end voice recognition software that apparently uses Microsoft smarts included in Vista.

If it sounds complicated, it’s not. Well, it sorta is. But any interested WinXP users can figure out how to get voice recognition software up and running without too much trouble.

First you set your microphone levels and all that. There’s a wizard to help. Then you start talking. And you can train it to recognize your particular accent better by reading all sorts of interesting stuff into it. Sort of like following the bouncing ball…

I’m using it for my volunteer work at allexperts.com and find it’s really opened the door. I talk much more easily than I type.

The name of the software is e-Speaking Voice. It’s definitely worth a shot… for all you still in the world of Win2000 or WinXP.

Lovers and Other Strangers now podcast

Toronto Glitters by Cliph

Toronto’s CHFI FM radio has put its top-rated “Lovers and Other Strangers,” hosted by Don Jackson, online as a free podcast (which means you can download it to your media player).

This isn’t the usual top 40 mix. Jackson blends wisdom, spirit and inspiration readings with today’s pop.

http://feeds2.feedburner.com/loversandstrangers