Jeremy Brooks

Last night, I took apart some recessed lighting trim in order to make it work with LED light bulbs that we wanted to use. It wasn’t very complicated, but I put together an Instructable for it anyway. You can check it out below.

LED Bulb Retrofit For Halo 998 Eyeball Trim – More DIY How To Projects

I’ve just finished reading Cory Doctorow’s latest novel, Little Brother. It’s a story about how fragile freedom can be, and the importance of fighting for that freedom. I don’t want to spoil the story by saying much more about the plot or the characters, so I will just let you read it for yourself.

The book is available for purchase or as a Creative Commons licensed free download at craphound.com. I encourage you to grab a copy and read it. It’s worth your time.

Last night, Cory Doctorow was at Borderlands Books in San Francisco promoting his new book, Little Brother.

He spent some time answering questions from the audience on a variety of subjects, from his opinion on the Orphan Works Bill (he is in favor of it) to what is the definition of a young adult (depends on the kid, but generally 12-14 years old). He then read an excerpt from Little Brother, followed by more Q&A and then book signing.

It’s always a treat to hear Cory speak. His enthusiasm for technology and the relationship of technology to social structure is infectious. I heard him read the same except at SF in SF about a year ago. He still reads the story with the same enthusiasm.

If you would like to learn more about Little Brother, or any of Cory’s work, you can find it over on craphound.com.

Screaming Howler over on flickr contacted me recently to ask for permission to use a photo of mine as a background texture. The photo he wanted to use was this one:

All my photos are licensed under the Creative Commons, so of course he was welcome to use the photo. Today, he posted the finished product:

It’s a great feeling when somebody else can make use of one of the images that I have posted.

The All Day I Dream About Photography blog has featured one of my photos in their article “15 unique stairs pictures”.

I really like the Creative Commons license model. I like that other people can use things that I have created. Photography should be something everybody can enjoy, and it’s a great feeling to see other people use my work.

Oh, the photo that was featured is Zero, which is a photo I took after seeing Thomas Hawk’s version.

This photo was just chosen to be included in the schmap.com Travel Guide to Nice, France. It’s listed under the Nice Sporting Events page.

This was taken in Nice at the beginning of the final stage of the race. Alberto Contador with the Discovery Channel Team went on to win the stage and the overall race.

It’s pretty neat to see something I took used on another site. Gotta love the Creative Commons license.