Monthly Archives: December 2006

My cousin Ivan

Posted on 31 December 2006 by tychay

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 … Continue reading →

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Cingular’s new smartphone

Posted on 31 December 2006 by tychay

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?

Posted on 30 December 2006 by tychay

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 … Continue reading →

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That Teflon causes cancer thing

Posted on 26 December 2006 by tychay

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 … Continue reading →

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Photoshop CS3 Beta

Posted on 25 December 2006 by tychay

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 … Continue reading →

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My christmas present

Posted on 25 December 2006 by tychay

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 … Continue reading →

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Hoya-Pentax

Posted on 25 December 2006 by tychay

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 … Continue reading →

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Lens QWERTYUIOP

Posted on 25 December 2006 by tychay

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 … Continue reading →

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Got a new iPod for Christmas?

Posted on 25 December 2006 by tychay

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 … Continue reading →

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Nikon going full frame

Posted on 24 December 2006 by tychay

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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