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Tampa Bay Classic shots up

Jun 18
Contests

Shots from the “2006 Tampa Bay Classic”:http://lucas-photo.com/bodybuilding/contests/tbc2K6 are up.

The setup of Jefferson High’s auditorium is, essentially, real-life CinemaScope™. While I was lucky enough to find a seat in the front row, it was quite a ways to the right side. Anyway, some of the angles may appear a bit unusual, and each shot needed some minor tweaking to the rotation, and that’s why. I love what the curtain and the halogen spot did for the color in the shots, so I call it even.

On deck I’ve got updates of Sherry Bubeck’s page, shots from yesterday’s 2006 Mid-Florida Muscle Classic, and some other neat things brewing; I’m not going to make any promises on dates yet as I’ve got rather a lot going on right now.

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Polarist cap

Jun 18
Best of the LPB, Ramblings

Those who tend to the extreme right or left often become frustrated about lingering issues (such as, say, gun control) because they don’t see the issues as being complex.

They can’t understand why people don’t automatically agree to implement their (obvious!) solution and sometimes work very hard to try to persuade them to do so– in some cases even ignoring or supressing data that don’t happen to support their point of view, which is a no-no when trying to find a fix that actually works.

The fundamental truth that these people are missing is that if there were an obvious solution to their issue, it wouldn’t be an issue anymore. It would’ve been fixed long ago and no one would be arguing about it.

So polarists, let’s have a little healthy respect for the lingering issues. If it’s still hanging around, theres something your (obvious!) solution isn’t addressing.

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Tropical storm haiku

Jun 13
Bad Poetry©, Ramblings

Alberto arrives
Rain rain rain boom rain rain blow
Someone build an ark

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Slither goest cow?

Jun 11
Best of the LPB, Ramblings

On I-75 just south of Ocala lives one of the greatest signs ever:

FAMU rattler going moooo

Now while I’m no snake guru, I have enough common sense to know that snakes say “Moooo” only under the rarest of circumstances– for example, while trying to swallow a live cow.

There are versions of this sign for each state university, each with some variation of a letter and a quadranaught. It’s obviously only the unfortunate juxtaposition of the Rattler logo, the choice of the initial letter M, and the transferability of the capital O and zed that causes any confusion.

But me being me, I’d prefer to treat the sign as part of a conspiracy, rather than a prank or delicious oversight.

Steve Martin used to have a great bit, to the effect of

Wouldn’t it be great if you had a kid… and you taught him to talk wrong? He’d be there on his first day of school, and he’d raise his hand and say, “May I mambo dogface to the banana patch?”

Who know that so much groundwork had already gone into making this idea a reality? I can only imagine how the guy who thunk up this sign might implement a See-N-Say.

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You in a HEPA trouble, son

Jun 3
Ramblings

20″ box fan: $12
Filter material: $5
Duct tape: $2 a roll

That’s less than $20. Why do “air cleaners” go for $80 and up?

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Chipping in

May 30
Ramblings

Why is poker showing up on the “Sports” page?!

What’s next, spring training?

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Google Motto [beta]

May 29
Ramblings

Everyone knows about Google™; they became dominant by doing a single thing very very well. The very name has become a verb in our vernacular.

Their “unofficial motto” is: Don’t be evil. It’s a clear (and well-deserved) slap at other corporations who, well, are.

But Google’s thinking on this is limited to the situation at hand. It’s problematic to proclaim that your intent is to not do evil, while churning out tools that could be perverted to evil uses by others.

What happens to all that carefully-guarded data if a takeover bid convinces the stockholders to sell? Or if the servers get hacked? Or if a no-name black-ops department decides to Waco the building and hot-swap the hard drives at gunpoint?

Data providers, lawmakers, and in fact anyone who creates any entity that directly impacts people or their behavior, must put on the Black Hat from time to time and ask the hard question: How could what I’m creating be abused when I lose control of it?

So at least one modification is required for Google Motto version 1.01:

Don’t be evil… and don’t be naive.

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