Danny Novo
From the monthly archives: May 2008
So, I finally had some Honest Ade, by the Honest Tea people. I wrote about it a while ago, but had not found it locally. Now I have, and I was a bit underwhelmed. Fruity water. If I’m paying that much for a drink, I need it to be extra flavorful, so I don’t think […]
I came back to Dreamweaver after five years away, and found it changed in only one meaningful way: I sent my money to Adobe instead of Macromedia. Now, with the new CS4 beta, Dreamweaver is finally making some strides away from the legacy MX version. You’ll need a DW CS3 serial number to really play […]
This is the video of his inspirational call to service, while filling in for Ted Kennedy at the Wesleyan Commencement. Too cheap to listen for 20 minutes? Here’s a discussion of the most important three paragraphs. And a follow-up re:speechwriting.
Finally, someone explains Unsharp Mask in simple terms. Ever wonder why the amount of the radius on the threshold can make your photos look like crap? Read this.
I’m talking out my ass here, admittedly, but I think we’re seeing a shift in the Democratic Party. I think the Clinton machine, started in 1992 as a scrappy, go-for-broke operation, mortally wounded by Bill’s dalliances in office, missing-in-action for Gore in 2000, and sullenly unsupportive of Kerry in 2004 (after Clinton Golden Boy Wesley […]
On May 18, Barack Obama held a rally in Oregon, were he attracted a widely reported 50,000 to 75,000 people. I watched some of his speech via a clip on YouTube, and I was struck by two things. First, he has two daughters (1:20 in the video). All this time, and I had no idea […]
