Monthly Archives: July 2006

50mm luck

Posted on 19 July 2006 by tychay

The 50mm group has a bi-monthly contest. I threw a photo in and won. My lucky day!

Yellow flower backlit
Point Lobos, California
Nikon D70, Lensbaby 2.0, Tokina macro adapter
DxO (lighting, noise), Adobe RAW, nik (pro contast), Photoshop (flipped)
1/800sec @ f/5.4, iso 200, … Continue reading →

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The LX2

Posted on 19 July 2006 by tychay

I’ve owned an LX1 for a while now and a number of my friends were wondering why I admonished them not to purchase it.

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I guess the GPS works

Posted on 18 July 2006 by tychay

As part of my evil plan for world domination and assorted avoidance of doing real work, I purchased a GPS. (There is a reason, but that’ll be a future blog entry.)
During my failed commute, I accidentally had the tracklog turned … Continue reading →

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Uploading maps onto a Garmin “x”

Posted on 18 July 2006 by tychay

I ended up wasting a lot of time trying to get my Garmin 60CSx working on a PC when it turned out I didn’t even need it now. So for one of you out there trying to get maps to … Continue reading →

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The middle

Posted on 17 July 2006 by tychay

“When the President wants to dismantle our Constitutional system of checks and balances, what’s the moderate position? To dismantle HALF the system?”
—pericles, a comment on ”The Radical Middle”
…it is not that the “middle” has been forsaken. It is that the … Continue reading →

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Criticism and debate

Posted on 17 July 2006 by tychay

“The test of democracy is freedom of criticism.”
—David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), Founder of Israel
From “A Beautiful Friendship?: In search of the turth about the Israel lobby’s influence on Washington, The Washington Post.

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More white lens madness

Posted on 15 July 2006 by tychay

“The problem solved by a white lens casing is exactly the one you mock. A black lens heats up at a different rate from the lens elements and other mechanical parts. There are little motors in there, and plastic and … Continue reading →

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Liebermann

Posted on 14 July 2006 by tychay

“Evidently low approval ratings can be contracted by saliva.”
—Steven Colbert on Joe Lieberman’s primary challenge

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A typical response

Posted on 14 July 2006 by tychay

“Five ropes, five robes, five trees.
Some assembly required.”
—Mischa, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, on what to do about half of the Supreme Court ruling