Monthly Archives: December 2006

My cousin Ivan

Morning coffee seemed like a good idea. I never have a regular sleeping schedule, I had 18 holes ahead of me (for the first time in two years), and it was 7 in the morning.
My father says hi to man … Continue reading 

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Cingular’s new smartphone

Since I don’t get to watch broadcast/cable TV much, I’m getting my fix from my father’s new DISH Network. Besides the obvious debut of hard alchohol adds, one for

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Leica and Aperture. Don’t you think it’s about time?

Some of you remember my my strange hack for getting the LX1 working in Aperture.
A year later, and I still have to do that. This model has since been replaced with the Panasonic DMC-LX2 (a.k.a. Leica D-LUX 3) which on … Continue reading 

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That Teflon causes cancer thing

What did I cook this in?

Sweet & Sour Chicken closeup
Sunnyvale, California
Panasonic DMC-LX1
1/30sec @ f/2.8, iso 200, 6.3mm (28mm)

From: 11/24/05 11:24 AM
Yesterday at work, I had a long discussion on whether or not Teflon causes cancer. The paranoia is best outlined … Continue reading 

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Photoshop CS3 Beta

Sent this to some of my friends two weeks ago…
I don’t know if I remembered to mention this but Adobe CS3 is in public beta. It requires your Adobe CS2 authentication to use past two days.
One big thing is that … Continue reading 

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My christmas present

Well I’m stuck in the Bay Area for Christmas before I drive home to San Diego tomorrow.
What do I find but a photo of mine finally made the Flickr Explore frontpage!

Thanks for the Christmas present, Flickr (and Leviathor for pointing … Continue reading 

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Hoya-Pentax

Catching up on some of my RSS newsfeed, I see that Hoya will buy out Pentax to create Hoya Pentax HD Corporation.
I think this makes a lot of sense, Tokina (a Hoya trademark) already markets Pentax-designed lenses for the Nikon … Continue reading 

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Lens QWERTYUIOP

Found on Flickr:
Ok so the deal is right now I’m looking at either a Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 or a nikkor 80-200 2.8. But I see there is the AF-D and the AF-S version of the Nikkor. I can’t find the … Continue reading 

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Got a new iPod for Christmas?

iLounge has a great overview of their site’s resources.
Their Free iPod Book and Buyer’s Guide are my favorite because they’re drool-ready and a free download. Remember when this stuff was published in book (and later magazine) and you had to … Continue reading 

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Nikon going full frame

The origins of this rant begin with a question about Canon’s camera roadmap that occurred during a Christmas party. It built up steam when reading Ryan’s excellent series on camera purchasing and overtopped my levies of tolerance when I was … Continue reading 

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