Monthly Archives: May 2005

Deep Throat’s identity confirmed

Posted on May 31st, 2005 by Ryan

91 year old former FBI official W. Mark Felt has been confirmed as the informant “Deep Throat” who provided information that ultimately led to President Nixon’s resignation and impeachment.

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Classic Camera Site

Posted on May 31st, 2005 by Ryan

I’m going to put out a blatent plug for a new site I’m working on. It’s cameras.nutt.net and has information on a few classic cameras, with more to come as I have time to write about ‘em.

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500 hours + MS Paint = ?

Posted on May 31st, 2005 by Ryan

Who says Microsoft Paint is too limited a program? If you have 500 hours to spend, and a lot of artistic talent, you can create some outstanding artwork.

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User-Agent while developing sites

Posted on May 30th, 2005 by Ryan

I needed a way to turn off Google Ads while I was developing a site of mine so it didn’t skew my statistics. With WordPress it was pretty easy, I just checked if user level was equal to 10 and … Continue reading →

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$1.97 gas in Houston

Posted on May 8th, 2005 by Ryan

Just in case you don’t believe it, look at the picture. I was going to stick a $1.99 picture I took with my phone, but I saw this on the way to dinner. If you’re in Houston, the gas station … Continue reading →

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What’s your password worth?

Posted on May 6th, 2005 by Ryan

In an informal survey, VeriSign found that 66% of people would give up their passwords for a $3 Starbucks gift card. One participant stated that they felt safe giving out their password because they didn’t give out their username. Most … Continue reading →

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Adobe launching a stock photo service

Posted on May 3rd, 2005 by Ryan

Adobe announced today that it is building a royalty-free image library called Adobe Stock Photos. Offering 230,000 images; it allows viewing from Getty Images, Jupitermedia, and Digital Vision; among others. The service can be accessed through the new Adobe Bridge … Continue reading →

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Firefox exceeds 50,000,000 downloads

Posted on May 3rd, 2005 by Ryan

Since last November Firefox has been downloaded 50,000,000 times.

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Link: Top 5 Free Photo Editors For Windows

Posted on May 3rd, 2005 by Ryan

Gary Hendricks put together a pretty good list of 5 free photo programs, including a couple I haven’t ever heard about. My only beef is that he left out IrfanView.

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RAW, JPG, and the Canon 10d: Part 2

Posted on May 2nd, 2005 by Ryan

So, now to have a little closer look at the two methods for brightening up a drastically underexposed digital shot. Note that this is a continuation from a previous post. You probably need to read that page first for this … Continue reading →

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