ben lowery

Yes, now the man who gave us the wonderful theory of relativity is alive and kicking with his head grafted on a robot body.

One day, this won’t be a joke. Just you wait.

Ooooooo…
Now this is sexy. Finally I could turn
my home PC into a DVR capable of
recording HD shows off my cable connection (or so it appears). I can’t
wait for 2006! (found on Engadget)

A few days ago, I added Google Analytics
to this site to see how Google’s taking on web tracking. So far, it
seems to think data is being gathered, but no data is showing up.
Apparently, a number of other folks are having this problem, though some folks are starting to see results.

Update! Since analytics isn’t really working out (yet), I did some poking around and found some similiar services:

• MeasureMap – looks pretty sweet, though it’s very blog centric. From the folks at adaptive path. Appears to be invite only, but free if you get in.
• Site Meter – they’ve been around quite a while. Generic web tracking, with a free version and some fancier pay for versions.
• HitBox Pro – from WebSideStory. Definitely not free, but looks to be pretty comprehensive.

Phil Askey recently published his extraoridinarily in-depth review of the Canon 5D. I’d love to own on these guys, but at the current price point of $3200, it’s out of my reach. I’m pretty happy with the photos that
come out of my Canon 10D, though I’d love the high ISO performance and full-frame goodness of the 5D. Maybe prices will drop after Christmas…

I found a little oddity on how <li> elements are rendered on Firefox 1.0. To share what I learned, I put up a short primer on the problem and how to overcome it.