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October 22nd, 2007

  1. The Chili Experiment

    October 22, 2007 by Gail

    my homemade chili

    I took some photos last night to experiment with colour profiles and white balance to nail this neverending problem with trying to match the colours between my computer and what gets uploaded to Flickr.

    This is not bad, between Firefox and Safari. A screen capture with Firefox on the left and Safari on the right.

    How does this look on your computer? I’m using an entirely different method of colour management. Is the red pepper red and the cilantro green? Are the colours washed out? (Sorry Mace, I know you don’t like cilantro and you’re red-green challenged…!)

    Category Food + Drink, House of Fielding, Unabashed Geekiness | Tags: | 2 Comments

  2. Pronunciation Poll

    October 22, 2007 by Gail

    Over the weekend I watched the whole preview movie of the new Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard — which is rather impressive, by the way — but I cringed whenever the demonstrator said the word “presentation” with the first syllable pronounced with a long e, like “preacher”.

    In fact, it was so distracting I was nearly ready to mute him and just watch the demo silently. Especially when a second demonstrator came on the screen and she said it exactly the same way! It was like nails on a chalkboard!

    I live in a cosmopolitan society, I hear all kinds of pronunciations, but for some reason this one sounds new. But maybe it’s just my imagination. Maybe lots of people say it that way. So I’ve set up a little poll, for readers and lurkers alike. Even if you’ve never commented before, indulge my curiosity (the poll is anonymous) and click an answer. You can choose more than one.

    more at twiigs.com…

    Category Memes, Polls, Quizzes | Tags: | 11 Comments