Monthly Archives: June 2009

Link juice from Ars

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 because of … Continue reading 

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Speaker repair

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

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

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 dementia” … Continue reading 

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

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

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 this … Continue reading 

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Bag rack

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 gave away four … Continue reading 

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John Hodgman on Obama

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 almost exactly … Continue reading 

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Find my iPhone

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 until … Continue reading 

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WWRD?

“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 their … Continue reading 

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