Photobooth

Posted by Rich on February 26, 2006 in Life

Originally uploaded by rich_bruchal.

We recently got a new iMac at work. In case you didn’t know, they come with built in iSight cameras and a little app called “Photobooth”, which is has a bunch of funhouse style distortion effects.
We set up the screen saver to display its collection of distorted photos
Almost everyone who’s passed by [...]

Law & Order: Wet Behind The Ears

Posted by Rich on February 21, 2006 in Technology

Since I’m a big L&O fan, I’ve been anticipating the premiere of the latest and greatest from Dick Wolf and company – “Conviction“, which chronicles the lives of newbie New York City ADAs premieres March 3rd. But it seems my wait will be shorter than anticipated. The pilot episode is available from iTunes for free [...]

Kids, Don’t Text And Drive

Posted by Rich on February 20, 2006 in News

Severed arm found near accident still clutching cellphone
Not that it’s proof of blame or anything
but a woman recently veered her truck into the median, over-corrected, and then flipped her vehicle several times
before coming to rest — minus her cellphone which was found still clutched in the hand of her severed arm nearby. What
have we learned [...]

Blogging, Blogging Everywhere

Posted by Rich on February 20, 2006 in Blogosphere

Lots of stuff about blogging in the news this past week:
Slate has an article called Twilight of the Blogs.
New York Magazine’s cover story is about the blogging elite.
And the N.Y. Times Sunday Magazine has William Safire’s column on blogging jargon.
And the blogosphere is all abuzz, especially about Safire’s alleged misidentification of the origins of the [...]

Biaggios

Posted by Rich on February 19, 2006 in Moblog

Biaggios

Originally uploaded by rich_bruchal.

Great Valentine’s Day Dinner on Friday at Biaggio’s.

Headphone Options

Posted by Rich on February 16, 2006 in Technology

Basics: On the Go With Upgraded Ears:

A number of headphone options are available to improve the listening experience on portable music players. They include wireless headsets that can free you from having to deal with wires, sound-isolating earphones that form an acoustically sealed zone inside your ear canals, and noise-canceling headphones that reduce sounds in [...]

Flickr

Posted by Rich on February 16, 2006 in Technology

I know I’m pretty late to the party with this, but I’ve just recently “discovered’ Flickr. It’s not like I didn’t know it existed, but I haven’t had a chance to really look at what it’s all about. You can find some photos (mostly from my Treo) here.

Look to the cookie, Elaine. Look to the cookie.

Posted by Rich on February 16, 2006 in Life

Back in December,’James Yu over at Slashfood posted about the Black and White
cookie, made famous by the’Seinfeld episode ‘The Dinner Party.’ Readers gave their own opinions
on the origin of the cookie.’
Now The Philadelphia Daily News not only has a little history on the cookie, but they also give the recipe for the ultimate Black &
White’cookie. [...]