I got woke up around 5:30 this morning by thunder and lightning again. Seems we're in a stormy time of year here in Minnesota, and most of the weekend is going to be spent with a front parked across the state. 80s in the south, and 40s in the north, so there's probably a good chance of more weather over the weekend. Which is just fine by me. I got the lawn mowed on Thursday evening, and most of what I need/want to do for the weekend is inside.
- Dr. Henry Farid is Proving That Seeing Shouldn’t Always Be Believing, putting together automated ways to detect digitally altered photographs. Of course, he has to try various methods of altering photos to know what people might get up to. Like maybe this fake involving James Purnell, the Culture Secretary of the UK, who had recently made a fuss over the BBC fixing a phone-in contest. [photoshop news]
- It’s no surprise to anyone that’s done any programming that Software Is Hard, but sometimes it’s nice to have someone else say it eloquently.
- Hmm. Is this list of the Top 5 Things Every Extrovert Should Know About Introverts useful? I think so, but I could probably be convinced otherwise. [jr]
- I finished typing up Day 3 of my road trip. All that remains is maybe going back and inserting some more pictures for day 1, drawing some maps and some general rambling about the state of small-town America. So maybe it’ll be done done by the end of the year.