It’s been almost a year since I first posted a list of my firefox extensions here, so I figured it was time for an update. A lot has changed over the last year.

I just bought the download version of the new Radiohead for £0.94. I requested the price of £0.49, but there was a £0.45 credit card processing fee. I’m quite pleased that Radiohead is taking the lead in changing the music industry’s business model. I paid so little because I’m not really sure what I’ll be getting. I searched briefly but found no details on the format and bitrate of the download. I can certainly see myself purchasing a “second copy” after I receive the first if I am happy with the files. I know I’ll like the music—I just wish there was a little more detail on the data itself.

Glenn Skinner snapped this shot about half a mile from my house today. The kayaker is paddling down what is normally a street.

Update: The kayaker pictured is Dr. Joe Menge.

I have moments of brilliant productivity, and long stretches of banging my head against the wall trying to get momentum. I am currently experiencing the latter and it’s driving me nuts. The more crazy I get, the less I get done, the less I get done, the more I start cutting out other things that need to get done (laundry, food shopping, bills, etc.) in order to have more time to dedicate to the stuff I really want to get done… but then more times than not, I still don’t get it done, and then have a backlog of a million things big and small that now are all in desperate need of getting done.  — Russell Beattie

That’s the story of my life. I totally understand where Russ is coming from.

OK, so last night I got lost on the xda-developers.com forums. When I say lost, I really mean lost. I spent at least 3 hours poring over the various threads about upgrading HTC Wizards (the Cingular 8125′s formal name). And today I have an upgraded device. Windows Mobile 6, Office 2007, upgraded camera software, and more.

Here are some links to the upgrades that I went with:
NBD v8.0
IPL/SPL 3.08, Radio 2.69.11
Cingular WM6 Radio Fix2

The following were honorable mentions that I haven’t tried yet:
XDA Mobile 6 Release 2a
See No Evil v2.0

The forums forced me to drool over some of the 8525 (aka Hermes) upgrades while I was there:
Sleuth’s v3.0 Developer ROM
vp3G’s WM6 v3.0

There was a ton of info on the wiki, too. If you’re a Windows Mobile fan, visit these links with caution. You might lose a day or two of your life to WinMo hacking.

“It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.” — Warren Buffett

Banksy: Throw Away Your Television

Originally uploaded by m1l35.

I think this photo speaks for itself. Banksy does it again.

Google Reader Keyboard

Originally uploaded by paolovalde.

Chris posted this recently, and I just had to share it. For my use, however, I’d like to see the space bar be a little taller.

Woodall Rodgers Park will be built upon a deck that will cover a portion Woodall Rodgers Freeway. In the image at right, the green areas will be covered. Most of the infamous “concrete canyon” will become a tunnel. Check out the Woodall Rodgers Park Foundation site for more info.

From Christmas

A few days ago, I had not ever heard of High Dynamic Range Imaging, or HDR for short. When I saw an example, I knew I had to try it out. I first found out that the file format for these special images is wide open. It seems that Industrial Light & Magic created this format and open sourced the code to work with it. I found two excellent resources for studying up on HDR. And most importantly, I found Photomatix, which is the software for creating HDR images. I have barely scraped the surface of HDR, but I do have a sample image ready to go. I’m seeing the potential for a lot of fun photos with HDR. And apparently, there are a lot of great examples out on Flickr.