Posted in Opinion, Tech Stuff, Tools on May 18th, 2009 No Comments »
For Wired, a Revival Lacks Ads The magazine was started in 1993 to herald the digital revolution, and, caught up in dot-com frenzy, Condé Nast bought it in 1998 (though, perhaps missing the point, the company neglected to buy the Web site for another eight years). Mr. Anderson, who took over in 2001, expanded Wired’s [...]
Posted in Aerial Photography, Places, Social Software on May 17th, 2009 No Comments »
View Larger Map I was just listening to an NPR Marketplace piece on retiring in Sun City. I wasn’t quite sure where it was so looked it up with google maps. Wow. Not sure I’m going to retire here. Nice patterns though but do they work for human beings? I’m not sure.
Posted in Objects on May 17th, 2009 2 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. It took me all morning to get a decent shot of these bowls. I have no clue why, just having a hard time figuring out how to focus I guess. Bowls with flared tops stacked remind me of a reverse pagoda and I love that form. Note to self: do more with stacked [...]
Posted in Objects on May 17th, 2009 4 Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. It’s raining which means its a perfect day for table top glass shots. Experimenting with an extension tube which allows me to get closer which should allow shooting at smaller apertures while still burring the background. It seems to have worked.
Posted in Macro, Objects, Photographers, Video on May 16th, 2009 2 Comments »
Bryan makes this as simple as it can be. Very well explained. Everyone should try this although maybe not by a freeway and maybe on a day that’s not so windy. Great stuff. Check out some of Bryan’s other videos on YouTube.
Posted in People, Photographers on May 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Slate’s Magnum photos has a nice set on “primping:” Make Yourself Up.
Posted in People on May 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Geffen Is Seen as Still Eager for Times Stake Wow, my initial reaction on reading the headline was great, Geffen will keep the Times alive. But, after reading the article he sounds more like the Gordon Gekko of the music and movie business. No wonder the Sulzberger family is putting him off.
Posted in People, Photographers, Photojournalism, Places on May 15th, 2009 No Comments »
Vietnam photographer Hugh Van Es dies Mr. Van Es’ most famous picture showed US citizens queuing on a rooftop to board a US helicopter during the evacuation of Saigon in 1975.
Posted in Social Software on May 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Hate Goes Viral On Social Network Sites Militants and hate groups increasingly use social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube as propaganda tools to recruit new members, according to a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The number of trolls on sites with open commenting who seem to be carrying out Rush Limbaugh’s [...]
Posted in People, Photographers, Places on May 14th, 2009 No Comments »
In Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood Plays Defense An incredible set of images by Dominic Nahr of life in Egypt.
Posted in Art and Design, People, Photographers on May 14th, 2009 No Comments »
How Avedon Blurred His Own Image Run the audio slide show (left column) full screen. Incredible. The International Center of Photography is having a show of the late Richard Avedon’s fashion photography: Avedon Fashion running from May 15th through September 6th. No doubt a must see.
Posted in Photographers, Reading on May 12th, 2009 No Comments »
The Photographer, Into war-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders In 1986, Afghanistan was torn apart by a war with the Soviet Union. This graphic novel/photo-journal is a record of one reporter’s arduous and dangerous journey through Afghanistan, accompanying the Doctors Without Borders. Didier Lefevre’s photography, paired with the art of Emmanuel Guibert, tells the powerful [...]
Posted in Opinion, Politics, Social Software on May 12th, 2009 No Comments »
A Blog Geared to Women Yields a New Site for Slate DoubleX The new site, Double X, which is set to start publishing Tuesday, grew from a group blog created on Slate in October 2007 called The XX Factor, after the pair of X chromosomes in women. The blog featured commentary on politics, sex and [...]
Posted in Photo Gear, Video on May 12th, 2009 1 Comment »
This is an excellent instructional video.
Posted in People, Politics, Social Software on May 12th, 2009 3 Comments »
The “NewsHour” team: Jim Lehrer, center, with (from left) Ray Suarez, Margaret Warner, Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill and Jeffrey Brown. NewsHour on PBS to Get Makeover We watch this show every night and we feel like these people, Lehrer, Suarez, Warner, Woodruff, Ifill, and Brown are part of our family. We trust them (me more [...]
Posted in Opinion, Social Software on May 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Trolling someone online? Bill would slap you with jail time A new cyberbullying bill aims to punish those who intend to cause “emotional distress” online with fines, jail time, or both. The problem—as usual—is the vague language used in the bill, which leaves many critics concerned that it could be used to censor speech on [...]
Posted in Ideas on May 9th, 2009 No Comments »
Brain Gain Margaret Talbot at The New Yorker has an incredible piece on the use of drugs like Adderall and Ritalin to give “regular” non-ADHD students a competitive edge by allowing them to concentrate. New psychiatric drugs have a way of creating markets for themselves. Disorders often become widely diagnosed after drugs come along that [...]
Posted in Tech Stuff, Tools, Travel on May 7th, 2009 4 Comments »
Wi-Fi to Go, No Cafe Needed But imagine if you could get online anywhere you liked — in a taxi, on the beach, in a hotel with disgustingly overpriced Wi-Fi — without messing around with cellular modems. What if you had a personal Wi-Fi bubble, a private hot spot, that followed you everywhere you go? [...]
Posted in Events, People, Photographers, Photojournalism, Politics on May 6th, 2009 2 Comments »
President Barack Obama meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres in the Oval Office Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza This is a wonderful perspective on a historic meeting. What interested me about this shot is that the White House Photographer, Pete Souza used a Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II for [...]
Posted in Photography, Places, Video on May 6th, 2009 2 Comments »
Through Panama Canal In 75 Seconds Love those locks.
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