PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) — It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. Carnegie Mellon professor Scott E. Fahlman was the first to use the 🙂 in a computer message. 🙂 Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman says, he was the first to use three keystrokes […]
Monthly Archives: September 2007
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Saturday morning my colleagues and I flew out for Boston and a whirlwind trip that I am calling “The Patriot Tour.” We are taking our campaign case to some of our most ardent supports of the College. Our first night was at the Colonial Inn, established in 1716. They had […]
Tomorrow morning I will be hitting the road for the next five days (making the rounds and making our case for the capital campaign). While getting ready I have been listening to the BBC’s “Thought for the Day.” For Yom Kippur the Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, had a wonderful piece. […]
Last night I went to campus with the kids for a walk. We started playing with long exposures and had the following fun. (Follow the link by clicking on the picture for more examples.) It was quite late and fairly dark which is how we were able to do the […]
For those just returning to Targuman, I haven’t completely changed modes of blogging, it is just that I received a new camera (Sony Alpha D100) and I have having a great time using it. To that end, I thought I would share my pictures with you all. The new version […]
A picture of a dried rose, white balance set to “tungsten,” and then de-saturated. If you use a flash with the tungsten setting you get surprising results: 🙂
These are just lights we strung on our back porch. This time, playing with both depth of field and lighting conditions. If anyone likes any of my images and would like to use it for a desktop image/wallpaper, simply email me with the resolution you would like and I will […]
I heard this on “Thought for the Day” from Radio 4, Sept. 11, 2007. Thy word is all, if we could but spell. George Herbert (1593-1633) The entire commentary is quite good, and since it is available online, I encourage you to read it here (or subscribe to the podcast).
(Via Amber Mac.) Gmail passed from person to person in person Google’s Gmail team launched this collaborative video project a few weeks ago. The search engine giant asked fans to create short videos of themselves passing a Gmail envelope from left to right in a creative way. After more than […]