Pitcairn "explained"

Originalism has an informative article on the background of Pitcairn.

Slide Show in XHTML/CSS

A good one-file slideshow X-HTML/CSS/JS-based system is available at Eric's Archived Thoughts

Pop-ups

Today I had my first pop-up ad in a loooong time because I'd forgotten I'd disabled it just to try out some stuff. Good stuff, I'd totally forgotten the anoyance.

Trackback spam

Great, trackback spam is becoming a problem too.

Baking

I've taken up baking

Wednesday evening

Recording music is, er, hilarious

The Recording Industry Guide to Home Taping via Binary Bonsai

Nuclear batteries

An interesting read

2x converters

I contacted Soligor about their 2x tele-converters as I noticed that many firms have released new converters and that some (Soligor included) have special converters for the digital Canon EOS series. They answered (quickly, I may add ) that the 2x convertors are only coated from one side but that because the sensors in digital cameras reflect light, they require double coating. There are two new issues to me in this:

Aldersgrense for giftermål

I Aftenposten i dag kan vi lese at Arbeiderpartiet vil slavisk følge Danmark på å innføre 21 års aldersgrense for familiegjenforening. I Danmark er grensen 24 år, og det har blitt bare store mengder tull av det fordi det slår ut foskjellig og det er masse bråk på tinget om det. Folk vil ha det bort. Arbeiderpartiet vil vi skal inn i den samme ulykken.