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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Continue reading

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