http://www.xeomage.com XeoMage Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:39:33 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We live in a world with a wide variety of differing moral perspectives combined with base human emotions that each in turn shape our priorities and our worldview. It is interesting to consider that the overwhelming majority of our political opinion is n... http://www.xeomage.com/Thoughts/Moral-Philosophy Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:39:33 Back in January I described my failed efforts to get Fedora working. That was only one of many previous ultimately failed attempts to switch from Windows. However, the release of KDE 4 was compelling enough to get me to try again. KDE is one of the two ... http://www.xeomage.com/Thoughts/Desktop-Linux-Redux Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:26:47 I've actually decided that I like the new Batman better than the Tim Burton version. That wasn't an easy judgment to make, as Batman and even the sillier Batman Returns have a warm spot in my heart, and they represent a different type of movie. I refuse... http://www.xeomage.com/Movies/The-Dark-Knight Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:23:45 I was actually really pleased with this movie. While the funny parts are mostly in the beginning, and are mostly covered by the trailer, the rest of the movie is definitely worth watching. There's a fair amount of action, but the story focuses on the ch... http://www.xeomage.com/Movies/Hancock Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:10:08 Sarah takes my picture as we hike back to the shelter from the beach at the Indiana Dunes. http://www.xeomage.com/Photos/Matt-Dunes Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:02:59 After making it back up to the top of the sand dune, we took a little break. This was on our visit to the Indiana Dunes. http://www.xeomage.com/Photos/sarah-and-mom Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:01:53 I don't know why but ever since I was a kid I've always dug holes in the sand at the beach. This one started filling with water and eventually it was big enough to sit in. This was on our visit to the Indiana Dunes. http://www.xeomage.com/Photos/sand-hole Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:00:47 The Beach House Blowout, looking back as we neared the beach, at the Indiana Dunes. The sign for the blowout is almost halfway buried in sand. http://www.xeomage.com/Photos/Blowout Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:59:25 I neglected to set the exposure and iso back to automatic on the camera, so I wound up with a picture that looks like something out of the movie Pitch Black (before the night part, obviously). In any case, my mom and Sarah come down the dune towards ... http://www.xeomage.com/Photos/bright-dunes Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:58:00 The path through the woods at the Indiana Dunes State Park brings back a lot of good memories of when I was a kid. http://www.xeomage.com/Photos/dunes-woods Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:56:07