Monthly Archives: June 2009

Link juice from Ars

Posted on 30 June 2009 by tychay

Ed politely informed me that Ars used a photo I took of him: No rights were violated in the using of this photo. The article might be very interesting to any Palm Pre developers out there. I’m just linking it … Continue reading →

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Speaker repair

Posted on 29 June 2009 by tychay

The movers damaged something… Broken binding post South of Market, San Francisco, California Nikon D3, Lensbaby Composer, +10 Diopter f/4 @ 1/60 sec, iso 11400, 50mm

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Undo

Posted on 29 June 2009 by tychay

Undo Varnish Fine Arts, South of Market, San Francisco, California Nikon D3, Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D, SB-800 f/1.8 @ 1/60 sec, iso 1600, 50mm Tinna told me her friend made them. Ironically, they appeared in Fubiz today!

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Mild dementia

Posted on 25 June 2009 by tychay

Reading this article on the new Voigtländer 50mm f1.1 Nokton, I was surprised to find out that the English translation of the Japanese word bokeh is “mild dementia.” Definitely a Backstroke of the West moment there. Check out the “mild … Continue reading →

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Who has put the pubic hair on my Supreme Court bench?

Posted on 25 June 2009 by tychay

Another 8-1 decision and Guess who was the lone dissenter? After they confirm Sotomayor, I hope they sit her right next to Clarence Thomas. Maybe some of her much-maligned “empathy” will rub off on the hypocrite “strict-constructionist.”

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Amazon’s Kindle screen failure and warrantee woes

Posted on 23 June 2009 by tychay

Not cool. I finally got around to calling Amazon about this. They claim it’s “impact damage not a manufacturing defect” so I have to pay $200 to replace it. “Amazon trains us, we’ve seen a lot of reports of just … Continue reading →

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Bag rack

Posted on 20 June 2009 by tychay

A year and a half later: Why is it that a notebook computer is designed completely differently from a dSLR camera? To torment me? Any other photo/computer geeks and nerds out there way too many bags? And yes, I recently … Continue reading →

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John Hodgman on Obama

Posted on 20 June 2009 by tychay

Surprising that it didn’t occur to me that Obama is the first Nerd Presdient: So disappointed he didn’t know Shai-hulud, a thumper, and the Water of Life. But then again, I have an edge with these questions. John Hodgman is … Continue reading →

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Find my iPhone

Posted on 19 June 2009 by tychay

Well this solves one problem in the morning… By the way, despite having purchased the iPhone 3G the day after release day, having a plan which I never use with infinite texts stuck on, I don’t qualify for discounted pricing … Continue reading →

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WWRD?

Posted on 17 June 2009 by tychay

“What Would Ronnie Do?” asks the conservative blogs. My favorite response comes from Martin: Reagan would have nuked them, of course. So would have Jesus. If we are so lucky to have them resurrected at the same time, they’ll do … Continue reading →

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