Posted in Landscape on Dec 31st, 2007 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. We took a hike in the woods the other day and found numerous leaves that must have been stuck on trees and had fallen off after a recent snow.
Some of us may miss summer and find winter hard going but let this leaf be your icon for the fact that the winter solstice [...]
Posted in Art and Design on Dec 31st, 2007 No Comments »
Adventures in Stacking blocks.
I was a block fanatic as a kid, spent a lot of time building things. Later, as a potter I built a lot of kilns with corbeled arches (among other arch techniques like catenary).
[via kottke.org]
Posted in Social Software on Dec 31st, 2007 No Comments »
Folkstr looks like distributed facebook: a social networking tool that each user installs and customizes.
[via David Clark]
Posted in Social Software, Tech Stuff on Dec 31st, 2007 No Comments »
End of Support for Netscape web browsers
It’s amazing how far we’ve come in ten years. Many millionaires were made when Netscape went public and look what happened to their flagship product. Of course, look what happened to AOL.
[via Longboard]
Posted in Photo Gear, Travel on Dec 29th, 2007 No Comments »
New rules for checking spare lithium ion batteries on planes
Okay to carry on, not okay to check. Wow, this is an important new rule. Read the link for details.
This means that those of us who are photographers will not be able to check spare LION batteries for our cameras and must carry all of them [...]
Posted in People, Places on Dec 29th, 2007 No Comments »
New York City. Gary and I went into New York last night to ride the Staten Island Ferry and take some shots of the city lights from the water as well as walk around the financial district at the tip of Manhattan. It was a lot of fun but I must say, every photo outing [...]
Posted in Photo Gear on Dec 28th, 2007 No Comments »
The B+W Filter Catalog is useful overview of different types of filters, what their effects on lenses are and how to care for them. I like and use B+W filters but the information in their catalog will be useful for folks using any brand.
Posted in Photo Resources on Dec 28th, 2007 No Comments »
More than six megapixels = Noise on a small sensor
The small sensors in compact digital cameras can only hold so many pixels before an artifact of crowding them in affects images: digital noise. Six megapixels is the limit for the small sensors in compact cameras.
One of the many reasons the Canon 5D and 1Ds cameras [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Social Software, Tech Stuff on Dec 28th, 2007 No Comments »
Apple Seeks Patent For Wireless Order Processing For Cafes
Apple is seeking to patent a system that would make it possible for a person to use a wirelessgadget to place an order at a cafe or fast-food restaurant and pickup the order without waiting in line.
They’ve already got integration with Starbucks with their WiFi Music Store [...]
Posted in Landscape on Dec 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Washington, Connecticut. A new lookout has been built in Macricostas Preserve and Gary and I trudged through the snow to check it out. It’s ten feet off the ground which gives a photographer or bird watcher a nice perspective of the surrounding landscape. This is the east end of the swamp which is filled with [...]
Posted in Landscape on Dec 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Washington, Connecticut. The landscape at Macricostas Preserve is full of photographic possibilities in spring, summer, and fall but winter presents a bit more of a challenge. This dried grass was the first thing that caught my eye and its color was echoed all day as we saw this color and texture in meadows and marshes.
Another [...]
Posted in Landscape on Dec 23rd, 2007 4 Comments »
My friend Gary is visiting and he made this exceptional image of the little church in Cornwall, Connecticut last night.
Posted in Landscape on Dec 23rd, 2007 2 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Anne (my wife) rolled her eyes when Gary and I announced at 11:30 pm we were making a night run down to the lake to attempt some shots. It was pitch black when I took this but a tripod allowed me to leave the shutter open long enough to capture some light. The [...]
Posted in Objects on Dec 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. For Kay (mathteacher). Salt and pepper 8′ from me, christmas tree 30′ behind. 135mm at f/2 (wide open). Notice the focus strip on the table which shows you how shallow this is. Believe it or not, that’s Gary on the couch on the right.
Posted in Ideas, People on Dec 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
At 71, Physics Professor Is a Web Star
Walter H. G. Lewin, 71, a physics professor, has long had a cult following at M.I.T. And he has now emerged as an international Internet guru, thanks to the global classroom the institute created to spread knowledge through cyberspace.
[via Gary Sharp]
Posted in Food, Objects, Places on Dec 21st, 2007 No Comments »
New York City. Six of us had a great Ethiopian dinner in Greenwich Village last night. The restaurant is below ground level so shooting this clear water glass enabled me to angle up and catch the light on the street.
Posted in Architecture, Ideas, Places on Dec 21st, 2007 5 Comments »
Greenwich Village. New York is loaded with this stuff: seemingly decorative wrought iron the sole purpose of which is repelling humans or pigeons. It’s a well known fact that you can’t pee anywhere in New York and here we have proof that it’s tough to sit down as well.
Posted in Landscape on Dec 21st, 2007 4 Comments »
New York City. While waiting to get into The Blue Note Jazz Club in Greenwich Village we took a walk around the block and bumped into an edge of Washington Square park. The mood that lights at dusk creates reminds me of scenes in the various "Bourne" movies, especially scenes shot in Berlin.
Posted in Architecture, Ideas, Video on Dec 18th, 2007 3 Comments »
This is incredible.
[via Coudal Partners Blended Feed]
Posted in Ideas on Dec 18th, 2007 3 Comments »
The Claim: A Little Alcohol Can Help You Beat a Cold
Alcohol will not help cure a cold, though moderate consumption may reduce susceptibility.
[via Brad Willett]
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