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Lola helping Zack to build a snowman

kwt — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:15:39 +0000

IMG_2609, originally uploaded by traversfamily.

Here’s Lola “helping” Zack and I build Max the snowman. She ran around with the scarf for a while playing keep away!

Bloated App Horribly Mauled By Leopard

kwt — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:54:57 +0000

Installed Snow Leopard… set up an Exchange account in about 35 seconds, it set up Mail, iCal and Address Book… synced iPhone … everything works! Deleted Entourage! Oh Happy Day!! snif!!

bloated buggy application is chewed up and devoured by hungry snow leopard

Electronista | Sony reveals Party-shot auto camera dock

kwt — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:31:24 +0000

Incredibly cool new dock from Sony…
Sony this morning made camera docks more useful by introducing a first-of-its-kind automatic dock. The Party-shot uses the face and smile detection in the TX1 or WX1 to automatically follow subjects and compose shots, even tracking them in a 360-degree circle or at 24 degrees of tilt. Sony sees it as ideal for gatherings where stopping to compose a regular shot would disrupt the candid behavior of guests.

Electronista | Sony reveals Party-shot auto camera dock.

new environmentally friendly grill

kwt — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:22:37 +0000

This is our new charcoal grill, purchased for far less than the piece of junk Home Depot tried to sell me. I can still smell an taste the aroma … I highly recommend this over gas! Mmm! And much better for the environment too.

“nuther” is not a word!

kwt — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:36:53 +0000

“That’s a whole nuther matter” … this is not correct. You wouldn’t say … “That’s a whole another matter”. My grammar is far from perfect, but this one drives me crazy!!

hey buddy…

kwt — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:49:06 +0000

annoyed wasps

Originally uploaded by Kevin Travers

… what’re you lookin at?

UNITY: What’s New in Unity 2.5

kwt — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:50:46 +0000

UNITY: What’s New in Unity 2.5

Unity 3D is an amazing game development environment that was Mac only and is now out for Windows as well. It also officially supports iPhone and Wii development. It’s an incredible tool that is relatively easy to use!

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Tags: iphonesoftware computers gaming design

Prime by Nate Kenyon available for pre-order

kwt — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:44:51 +0000

Nate Kenyon is a friend that has a new book out… see his website for great reviews of his recent work.

Available July 1st

When simulated interactions are an essential part of life, a programming glitch can be devastating, especially for the company that controls the sims.

William Bellow is an experienced bug hunter who comes as close as any human to the anticipated Transformation that links man to machine. As he digs into the problems surrounding New London’s most advanced programming, the nature of his own memories and the events of his past are called into question. Desperate manipulations and complex deceptions take him from the corporate towers to the underground resistance as Bellow’s work quickly escalates into a fight for his life in both the physical and virtual worlds.

Kenyon’s fast-paced, twisting thriller tracks Bellow’s progress forward through the case and backward through his own questionable past. Scheduled for release in summer 2009, Prime is a must-read for fans of Richard K. Morgan, Neal Stephenson, and Philip K. Dick.

The hauntingly beautiful cover art is by Russian-born artist Katja Faith.

As always, free shipping on all pre-orders. Secure your order today!

What is Chickenfoot??

kwt — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:51:43 +0000

What is Chickenfoot??

Safari as default browser

kwt — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:06:42 +0000

I’ve always had a soft spot for Safari and it’s a really good browser. But it has it’s problems. Lately it’s been crashing at start up for me. So, I’m sure I’ll find a solution, but in the interim, I’m using Firefox, which I keep installed anyway, because it’s a really good browser too. But here’s my rant: you CAN’T set your default browser in OSX WITHOUT using Safari! So, every time I click on a link it tries to open Safari (which is crashing). So, how am I supposed to change it? You used to be able to do this in the system prefs, but apparently, Apple decided that was too easy and they wanted more people using Safari so they changed it. But if you can’t open it because it’s crashing, what is one to do??

First of all, let me just say that this is the most Microsoftian behavior I’ve seen from Apple. Isn’t that how Microsoft got in trouble with IE? Boooo Apple!

Second of all, there is a work around (probably several, but this is the one I used) Download More Internet which puts a preference pane in that allows you to control what apps certain types of links and files are handled by… included HTTP. Problem solved! Pffft Apple!

end rant.
carry on.