Archive for June, 2007

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Thursday, June 21st, 2007

(No, I haven’t tried Safari 3.0.)
At work yesterday we were talking about how slow Firefox has become. You’re chugging around, opening a few tabs and then, after a few hours, you notice that everything takes like a second to respond. Has anyone else noticed this? It’s also been crashier of late—to the point where I’m [...]

Aperture supports Panasonic/Leica

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

I noticed in the release notes of the Mac OS X 10.4.10 update today:

Adds RAW image decoding support for the following cameras: Panasonic DMC-LX1, Panasonic DMC-LX2, Leica M8, Leica D-LUX 2, Leica D-LUX 3, Fuji S5 Pro, Nikon D40x, and Canon EOS 1D Mk III.

Since Apple Aperture uses the same RAW decoding. That means that [...]

The Bat Cowl

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Overheard S— talking today. Here are some snippets:
“You know how you see a girl with a hat and sunglasses on, and you think, ‘She’s pretty hot.’ Then she takes it off and she goes from pretty to ugly in like that! “That happened to me today, and I realize that’s why nobody knows who Batman [...]

2007-06-14 My ten seconds at WWDC

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

A friend of a friend hooked me up with a WWDC pass. Shhh… The real reason I went there was to meet a friend, but he had to miss out that day because of bugs and a release. (I won’t name names, but you suck!)
Unfortunately, I was too tired from driving back from Lunch 2.0 [...]

I just like hearing my name

Monday, June 18th, 2007

As I told Ed Finker,
“Newbie, did I forget to tell you he just likes it when people say his name?”
—Dr. Cox, Scrubs Season 5
Unfortunately, Ed didn’t oblige me like he did last time. But luckily for me, Sean and Paul did.
With Cal’s PHP Abstract now on the air, the busy developer may be [...]

Calling *professionals* who use Facebook

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Inspired by Holly’s post, I was hoping you could help a friend out from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the only cool paper in Pittsburgh
Can you speak to the changing demographic on Facebook — is that indeed the case? Are you seeing a changing demographic — why would the biz crowd be attracted to the [...]

Wedding Videos? I can’t help

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

For the eighth time(!), someone has managed to contact me out of the blue though random Googling about C—. My flickr photos seem to be the largest single culprit and the fact that I’m pretty free with my own contact information doesn’t help matters.
If it is about weddings. I can’t help you. I broke up [...]

Samplings from friday night

Friday, June 15th, 2007

There is no way I can roll with the hip Asian lingo…
G—: Damn, you drop two hunna on a Boss shirt and you wear shoes like that?
G—: Fuck you. I’m half black. I’m black from the waist down, bitch.
(After Q— gets bounced trying to enter a strip club)
G—: C’mon, let’s got to C—.
H—: I don’t [...]

The Wedding Lens Song

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

Haven’t blogged on photography in a while. Sorry
On [2006/12/31 6:48PM], I sat on an article that I started months before. Good thing! because it would have been embarassing to blog on something I wouldn’t get until six months later!
Back then, Boris speculated on what my next lens was going to be.
Here is the answer:

Ahh, New [...]

Ethan’s Baptism and Party

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

Mother and son
St. Joseph Parish, Mountain View, California
Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-.56G VR
1/60sec @ f/5.3, iso 3200, 120mm (180mm)
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Dave invited me to his son’s baptism. I put on a shirt and tie and drove down to South Bay.
I showed up early, had to drop off some stuff at Goodwill, and ended up loitering outside the [...]