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Cowards die many times before their deaths

I created a mousepad from one of my favorite Shakespeare lines.



Here's the recipe:

• Parchment background
• Sketch of Shakespeare
• Accurate quote: "Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once." -- From Julius Caesar (II, ii, 32-37)
• 7.75" x 9.25" image (which is the correct size for a mousepad from Walgreens)

Aspect-oriented SharePoint

Had a discussion today about whether aspect-oriented programming is supported in SharePoint. Kevin Hoffman has an interesting take on this topic: "Windows SharePoint Services v3's Features - Aspect-Oriented Administration?"

The Mighty Monarch vs Powergirl

I am blessed with not one, but two mods of that picture of Woozy Winks, Plastic Man and Powergirl from the Wizard World convention.

This mod is from The Mighty Monarch, whose blog is featured in my blog buddies list.



I especially love the way Plas' arm is crumpling Powergirl's cape!

Scanning Grandma's photos

I spent a chunk of Labor Day weekend at Grandma's, scanning some great old photos. Here's a quick, techie outline of my approach. Comments are invited.

• I scanned to loss-less TIF for quality.
• I scanned at 600 dpi for most photos, 1200 dpi for the most important photos.
• I want to upload the files to a private area on Flickr so that family and friends can create their own prints.
• I plan to create a build script that will accept one XML file per photo (containing caption and such information) and will use...
  • IrfanView to convert the TIF to a JPG,
  • EXIFutils to add EXIF information like caption and tags, and
  • PowerShell to hook the whole thing together.