While trying to install helllanzb, I got:

distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError:

$MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET mismatch: now "10.5" but "10.3" during configure

 

 

Tilt shifting (and tilt shift miniature faking) [Wikipedia] is a method of taking a picture that makes large objects appear as small objects.

A real tilt shift lense isn't cheap, so I've been looking for ways of producing the effect on the cheap.

There are certain things the brain just won't accept.  It's usually different things for different people.  Spelling is usually a good example; all of us have our banananas, or missippi, or hippomapotamus. 

One of mine is SSH Port Forwarding.

It's a simple concept; a port from the server's network gets redirected to your network or vice versa.  You can do incredibly powerful things with it, reaffirming my belief that Secure Shell is the best software ever written.

    Today, I have achieved another milestone in modern parenting.  Ladies and gentlemen,  I have constructed a swing set.

So I'm back from a weeks vacation down at Myrtle Beach.  We had lots of fun.  I feel rested for the first time in a quite a while; thus the light blogging of late.  While I was down there, I picked up Head First Java - very good intro to Java.