Zlaxfish Network

Door-to-door searches in the Hague in the Netherlands are going on for “safety” purposes.  Here is a threatening letter to someone who refused: http://rop.gonggri.jp/?p=89

Another strong earthquake in China: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090709/ap_on_re_as/as_china_earthquake

Ireland’s hypersensitivity to religious criticism made law by new Blasphemy law.  Absolutely outrageous, not only can it get you fined or imprisoned, the police reserve the right to confiscate books and search your house! http://www.palibandaily.com/2009/07/09/ireland-makes-blasphemy-illegal/

Muslims in China’s Xinjiang meet for prayer of peace after the weekend’s riots and deaths following a rampage of Chinese natives: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/11/content_11689293.htm

AIG plans to pay out millions more in executive bonuses next week, land in the crosshairs again.  When is any criminal action going to be taken against these banks and insurers?
http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/10/news/companies/aig_bonuses/?postversion=2009071011
Thanks to No Agenda, Huffington Post, and  Reddit!

Regular posts has obviously become an issue as school has picked up in intensity…but it’s just one more week until I get some relief, at which point, I should be updating more often.  Hopefully next quarter won’t be quite as crazy!

A few months ago, I finally got a DSLR because I took a photography class, and I’d always been a fan of HDR but once I learned how to take and compose them, I was hooked.  I’ve got a collection of HDR shots on my flickr but one I took today I would call my smoothest and best looking one…take a look! (click it for bigger sizes) Any critiques or suggestions for improvement are welcome!

For those looking to be able to scroll with your finger, check this post out…it worked great for me, although note that the way you scroll isn’t two-fingered like on a Mac, but rather using the pad part of a single finger to scroll while you can tap to click.

Secondly, one nice battery saving feature that does not work out of the box is the Intel SpeedStep technology which allows the cpu to throttle down its speed when not needed in order to save battery life.  The best solution I have found so far is using the voodoo-power kext.  BE WARNED! this may cause issues like iTunes being choppy occasionally  due to the cpu speed dropping during playback, but if you have low battery issues and can handle some possible quirks, this is the way to go.