Adam Fields (weblog)

This blog is largely deprecated, but is being preserved here for historical interest. Check out my index page at adamfields.com for more up to date info. My main trade is technology strategy, process/project management, and performance optimization consulting, with a focus on enterprise and open source CMS and related technologies. More information. I write periodic long pieces here, shorter stuff goes on twitter or app.net.

8/30/2005

AFP photo feed describes white people as “finding food”, black people as “looting”

Filed under: — adam @ 8:40 pm

[Update: I originally said: "Way to go for racial equality!", and I think it's important to temper that with the comments below. ]

Screencaps here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fields/sets/854223/

[ Update: There are some clarifications, including a copy of an email from the person who wrote one of the captions, here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fields/38749469/ ]

How to back up your tablet settings

Filed under: — adam @ 10:12 am

If you have a Wacom tablet, here’s how to back up your app settings:

http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/23272

Ad-free Opera for today only

Filed under: — adam @ 9:08 am

If you download Opera 8.02 today, you can get a free ad-free registration code (actually, I don’t think you even need to download it – just email them). I don’t know if there’s any special reason, or they’re just trying to build user base.

Opera 8 is a substantial improvement over 7. I’ve been using it again for the past month or so. There are still minor compatibility glitches with things that assume you have Mozilla or IE, but overall, it’s very stable and fast. I’ve heard good things about the included mail client, too, but I haven’t used it.

Via Jeff:

http://www.download.com/Opera/3000-2356_4-10421507.html?tag=excl

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