Archive for August, 2006

FrameMaker 2006

From The Content Wrangler comes this news about FrameMaker Chautaqua:
A wide variety of presentations will be offered covering hot topics like localization, DITA, and Controlled English as well as practical sessions covering FrameMaker basics, structured content development, HTML, XML, XSLT, and Help. FrameMaker users will not want to miss this must-attend event, during which Adobe […]

Save Pluto

Hilarious Photoshop contest over at Worth1000: “Promote and advertise the ninth planet.”

Funny stuff.
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Subliminal advertising - logo edition

“Jaller Raad Rehab Center is dedicated to improving the quality of life of all its patients.
…Their professional staff treats a wide variety of conditions: Arthritis (Osteo and Rheumatoid); Back, Muscle & Neck Pain; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Bursitis; Plantar Fascitis; Fibromyalgia; TMJ / Jaw Problems; Tennis Elbow; Tendinitis; Sprains & Strains; and Wound Healing.”
Riiighht.
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Link roundup

Here are some interesting articles and happenings floating around the tubes of the Interwebs…

Alan Boyle over at the Cosmic Log has written a fascinating article about the newly released Spitzer telescope images of M42, (the Orion Nebula).
Speaking of Orion, the folks at collectSpace have another scoop - what may be the new Project Orion logo […]

It’s official…

**UPDATED**: A previous version of this post contained inaccurate information (thank you, BBC and NPR). What follows is straight from the horse’s mouth - the IAU.)
We have 12 planets now.
As I wrote a couple of months ago, the International Astronomical Union met this summer to finally define what a “planet” is. At issue is the […]

Photoshop goodness

Do methane lakes exist on Titan? The Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has returned data and imagery indicating that it is a possibility.
I found myself imagining what a methane lake would look like from the shoreline… frigid, viscous liquid; hissing a drizzly mist as Titan’s strong winds rolled over it; with Titan’s yellow mist blurring the […]

Update

Yes, theMonkey is still alive. Sorry for my recent absence.
Most of my blogging the past couple of weeks has been over at MotSaG. Football is only 24 days away, so most of my spare time has been on psyching myself up for a great Buckeye season.
If you’re interested in good sports articles, feel free to […]