http://mikelietz.org/whine Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:18:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The more I play with making fake CD covers from flickr photos, the more I get frustrated by the sheer number of interesting photos that are unusable because of their creators' chosen license. I realize that if I emailed them, many wouldn't mind me using their photos for something like ... http://mikelietz.org/whine/2008/01/21/a-creativecommons-licensed-interesting-photo-findr-for-flickr/ I've uploaded more than ten of the random CD covers I've created (mentioned earlier) to a new flickr set* I made. See it here. As I've started spending more time and effort on making them, I've found myself going through old, uninstalled fonts and using parts of Photoshop (and the Gimp, ... http://mikelietz.org/whine/2008/01/19/still-crazy-about-the-covers/ So ever since I read about them on Neatorama, I wanted to make some random CD covers. From what I read, the recipe was simple: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first article title on the page is the name of the band. www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 The last four words of the very last quote is the album ... http://mikelietz.org/whine/2008/01/12/more-fun-than-it-sounds/ This is the first* video I've shot with my mobile phone. I think I'll stick to using my nicer digital camera to take videos, a device intended for such purposes, and not something that ultimately is meant to be a phone. So what's in the clip below? Natalya and I were ... http://mikelietz.org/whine/2008/01/05/another-walking-video/ Though it coincides with the beginning of the new year, my attempt to post more frequently has nothing to do with any official New Year's Resolution. That said, if I have any chance of keeping it up, I'm probably going to need to have some drafts ready for future dates ... http://mikelietz.org/whine/2008/01/03/prescient-or-just-timely/ So with the holidays lately I've had a few weekdays away from my desk*. As is often the case when this happens, I had some errands to run, and interesting stores in which to stop nearby. At one point I found myself wandering through a MicroCenter (though I bought nothing), ... http://mikelietz.org/whine/2008/01/02/sounds-like-the-name-of-a-novelty-t-shirt/ I remembered something else that was somewhat notable for 2007: it marked the first time I'd ever eaten guacamole*. * For the curious, 2006 was the year of the cantaloupe. http://mikelietz.org/whine/2008/01/01/remembering-more-of-2007/ I didn't post as much this year. Notable things about which I wrote nothing: Both of my grandfathers died in December. I still haven't figured out what I want to say about that. I failed once again to complete a 50,000 word novel in November. But I came up with a much ... http://mikelietz.org/whine/2007/12/31/remembering-2007/ I've been meaning to post this for several weeks now*, but I had some trouble getting back into this kind of Flash animation. Basically Natalya did something small and simple that I thought was, well, pretty cool. It wasn't so much what she did, as the apparent thought process and (very ... http://mikelietz.org/whine/2007/11/20/the-apple-maneuver/ I shot this footage yesterday. If the player below isn't working, click this link to see it. It's not long - around eleven seconds. http://mikelietz.org/whine/2007/10/11/pitter-patter/