Posted in Landscape, Places on Nov 30th, 2008 No Comments »
An Apollo 15 Panorama: Astronaut Exploring (don’t forget to scroll laterally, this is a panoramic view) Amazingly, this mission took place in 1971. Check out the Mission Overview for more detail. [via Digg]
Posted in Events, Ideas, Places, Travel on Nov 28th, 2008 3 Comments »
Good friends of ours lost a cousin and his wife in a restaurant in Mumbai in this terrorist attack. We are so very sorry this happened and wish them our deepest condolences. These same friends generously sent me to India ten years ago and because of them I now have many friends all over the [...]
Posted in Aerial Photography, Photographers, Places on Nov 25th, 2008 No Comments »
The Big Picture: The International Space Station turns 10. I can’t get enough of shots like these. We’ve come so far in some areas and are so behind in others. International cooperation on projects like this give me hope.
Posted in Ideas, Movies, People, Photographers on Nov 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
Wisdom is both a book and a film by Andrew Zuckerman. It’s a collection of biographical sketches of a diverse group of folks, some famous and some less well known but all fascinating. It’s worth spending some time with this site, wonderfully inspirational. [via David Darling]
Posted in Beer, Humor, Ideas, Objects on Nov 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
Santa Monica, California. No doubt this tall glass of IPA is all about the old Piagetian conservation idea that a given amount of liquid will remain constant no matter the shape of the container. The taller the glass, the more arrested development types like me will think we’re getting more than a typical glass of [...]
Posted in Objects, Places on Nov 22nd, 2008 2 Comments »
Los Angeles, California. If LA has fall, this is what it looks like. I love these leaves and I must admit I had to look up the spelling: Ginkgo.
Posted in Photographers, Photojournalism on Nov 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has two excellent photography shows up right now that are well worth seeing. Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913–2008 which includes work for the magazine by Cecil Beaton, Harry Benson, Julian Broad, Imogen Cunningham, Annie Leibovitz, Man Ray, Mary Ellen Mark, Steven Meisel, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Edward Steichen, [...]
Posted in Beer, Objects on Nov 21st, 2008 6 Comments »
Los Angeles, California. I know, real beer drinkers don’t drink Corona but to be honest, after drinking some of the motor oil-weight beer I drink at home in New England a Corona with a lime hits the spot. Add an enchilada or two and life is good.
Posted in Photographers, Photojournalism, Places on Nov 21st, 2008 No Comments »
The Big Picture continues coverage of conflict in Congo: Congo’s crisis worsens. Picture #7 is one of the most haunting images I’ve ever seen. That boy’s face… how can that be a child? He has the face of someone who has seen terrible things.
Posted in Humor, Macintosh, Politics on Nov 20th, 2008 3 Comments »
The Apple iCar No doubt it would have a mighty mouse instead of a steering wheel.
Posted in Ideas, Opinion, Photographers on Nov 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Wear Good Shoes: Advice to young photographers Advice from Magnum photographers to those getting started. [via Gary Sharp]
Posted in Photo Resources, Photojournalism, Social Software on Nov 19th, 2008 2 Comments »
LIFE photo archive hosted by Google Wow, this is a huge collection of images, many infamous that are now easily browsed and searched. What a fantastic resource. [via Daring Fireball]
Posted in Ideas, Macintosh on Nov 18th, 2008 5 Comments »
Show Me Your Dock Wow, this is about as personal as “show me your desktop.” Some of those icons are pretty wild, god knows what they launch. [via Coudal Partners Blended Feed]
Posted in Events, Landscape, Photographers, Places on Nov 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
The Big Picture has an incredible set of images of the California wildfires (yet again). I hate to say it but these are some of the best wildfire images I’ve ever seen.
Posted in Ideas on Nov 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
Apple has made a great collection of educational materials available through iTunes: An Introduction to iTunes U. Lectures, speeches, movies, and more. Wow. Visit iTunes U now. [via kottke.org]
Posted in Creativity, Ideas, Opinion, People, Social Software, Stories, Video on Nov 16th, 2008 10 Comments »
Jason Fried did a fantastic talk at the Business Innovation Factory Conference on sharing and teaching as a business practice. Jason is the Founder and CEO of 37signals. Tony Hsieh did another talk at same conference on customer support. Tony is the CEO of Zappos. Jason Fried’s talk Tony Hsieh’s talk I’ve now watched each [...]
Posted in Ideas, Politics, Social Software, Tools on Nov 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Lose the BlackBerry? Yes He Can, Maybe But before he arrives at the White House, he (Obama) will probably be forced to sign off. In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official record and ultimately up for public review, and the threat of [...]
Posted in Macro, Photographers on Nov 14th, 2008 No Comments »
The Big Picture has a fantastic set of photo micrographs: Peering into the micro world. These were done with a scanning electron microscope. Dang, I gotta get me one of them there scanning electron microscopes, these are fantastic. Those pollen are killer amazing as is the surface of the black walnut leaf. Wow.
Posted in Creativity, Events, Ideas, Video on Nov 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Jason Fried talks at the Business Innovation Conference I think this is a terrific talk about the use of teaching and sharing as a business model. Too bad the comment thread under the post digresses into criticism of his use of some off color language in the talk. The talk is great independent of the [...]
Posted in Opinion, Photo Gear on Nov 13th, 2008 2 Comments »
James Duncan Davidson’s D700 Field Report from Web 2.0 Summit. Davidson is a long time Canon user and in a word he loved the Nikon D700′s high ISO capabilities, better auto focus and the selection of Nikor lenses he used. This is a meaningful review. Very meaningful. [via Daring Fireball]
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