Archive for January, 2006

Against Alito

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

Robert Gordon, a Yale Law School Professor, writes the most interesting summary of the case against the Alito nomination I’ve seen. (more…)
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Another nail in the coffin for 35mm film

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

Ethan pointed out to me this press release from Nikon UK that points out that Nikon Japan is getting rid of most 35mm SLR film bodies, all large-format lenses and enlarging lenses, many manual focus 35mm lenses and related accessories.
I emphasize the word “most” because many people are reading this as “all” when, in fact, [...]

The Governator takes a fall

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Huffpost mentions that the Governator doesn’t have a motorcycle license.
Am I the only person who dislikes Arnold Schwarzenegger being Governer of my state who doesn’t understand the political importance of this? Is this a felony or something?
Sounds to me that he was just being stupid.
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A sky full of stars

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

Moritz Petersen took this wonderful photograph on Flickr:

“sunny blossom” by mortiz™

This sparked a discussion on C.A.F.E. on how he managed to get the wonderful star pattern on his night shot. (more…)
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