Well, this camera is hardly going to be news to people who are interested in it, I figure that anyone who would want one of these already knows it exists. I’ve been struggling lately with what to do with my (significant) investment in film cameras. One of the areas that causes me serious is how …
Monthly Archive: January 2006
Jan
27
Jan
27
Now Reading (Slowly) : The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
I’m slowly working my way through this book. It’s been on my `reading’ list for quite some time, but it gets pre-empted quite regularly. Only beacuse it’s too big to fit in my briefcase on business trips, therefore I find it a bit too much effort to lug around. I’m really learning that I prefer …
Jan
27
Upgrading to WordPress 2.0
I’m about to attempt an upgrade to WordPress 2.0, which is now released to the public. Obviously I’ll update this once I’m done and we’ll see how well it all works out. Update: Wow, well it appears on the surface that I survived the upgrade. I’ll look around and see if anything is obviously broken, …
Jan
22
PoTW : Ekr, No Photos
Exposure Information Title: Ekr, No Photos? Exposure Information Focal Length, Aperture, Shutter 5.8mm, f/2.8, 1/60s Light Ambient with Fill Auto Red-Eye Flash Camera Canon PowerShot SD200 I’m chaning things up a bit and moving to a picture of the week. Too much stress to keep a meaningful photo each day, the idea here is to …
Jan
20
Blazing mouse sets fire to house
Blazing mouse sets fire to house: “A lesson in Instant Karma™” Rough summary: Man finds mouse in house, Man throws mouse into burning leaf pile, Man finds mouse in (now burning) house, House destroyed. (Via HTMLoTD.)
Jan
20
Konica Minolta Exits Photofinishing and Camera Business
According to this press release from Konica Minolta, they are exiting the camera and photofinishing businesses. …in today’s era of digital cameras, [...], it became difficult to timely provide competitive products [...] skipping 1. Camera Business In camera business, we have reached an agreement with Sony Corporation(Sony), [...] , to jointly develop digital SLR cameras …
Jan
18
PoTW : Stanley Theatre
Title: Stanley Theatre Exposure Information:Light: Ambient Light (Daylight) Focal Length, Aperture, Shutter Speed: 50mm f/2.0 1/8000s Film / Gain : ISO 200 Equiv. Description: The Stanley theatre is a wonderful old-school theatre that started out as a live stage, evolving into a Famous Players theatre from the Second World War through to modern times. I …
Jan
18
PoTW: Sisters – Imogen and Ramona
Title: Sisters — Imogen and Ramona Exposure Information:Light: Ambient Light (Tugsten) Focal Length, Aperture, Shutter Speed: 50mm f/1.4 1/60s Film / Gain : ISO 800 DE* * Digital Equivalent Imogen (2), Ramona (4) are daughters of a good friend of ours. More Pictures of the Week (PoTW): link
Jan
14
MTV : They’re Sorry
Perhaps MTV is just a sorry excuse for a consumer choice provider. Dave points out that they are all about choice, as long as you choose Windows™. Following his lead, this is what I get when I head over to their download page to watch some teen-candy: In order to offer a broad selection of …
Jan
10
MacBook Pro
I was going to resist, but I am very excited to see that the new MacBook Pro is from the Pro line and not an updated iBook. This will be blogged to death and reported on for weeks, but I might as well chime in: I’m keen. I wonder what the plans are for the …