Thu: Oct 23, 2014

Why Britain Uses Separate Hot and Cold Taps. Interesting.

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Custom Framing is a Racket. Agreed but the alternative he proposes (a website he made) is still pretty pricey. I can get quality poster-sized prints at Costco for less than $15 but the cheapest custom frame for it still runs into the hundreds.     #>


Dark Sky Finder Helps Nighttime Photographers Find the Least Light Polluted Spots. This and the previously mentioned ClearDarkSky are helpful for night photographers. Also shows just how bad the East Coast is, and how good we have it in the Western US. Also be sure to read the comments for other site recommendations.     #>


Digital Day Counter. Honestly had no idea something like this existed but it's a great idea (especially for tracking your left-overs and such...)     #>


Why You Should Refrigerate Tomatoes and Ignore Anyone Who Says Otherwise. Interesting.     #>


TripTips,uses locals as tour guides for trips you want to take. Interesting idea though I wonder about the quality, and they have limited cities available right now. See also Voyando.     #>


GEOS for TV - Global Episode Opinion Survey. See what the rest of the world thought about a particular TV episode. Also gives a ton of information about each series, season, and episode. I see this being more useful than the Internet Movie Database (which is fantastic for movies, not as great for TV...) Not comprehensive yet (I can't find a couple shows I watch) but I expect it to keep growing.     #>


Denver Clear Sky Chart. There are other cities of course, this is just linked straight to Denver to help me out. This gives the sky forecast for a particular area, helpful if you are trying to decide to head out for night photos (star trails, etc).     #>


What we give away when we log on to a public Wi-Fi network. Long story short - use a VPN. I've been using Private Internet Access and have been happy with them. This won't stop the initial leaking of all the WiFi SSIDs you've connected to but it will stop any further snooping once you are online. Also, don't forget your phone if you use WiFi on it (PIA has an Android client as well.)     #>


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