Funny lens review

Here is a camera review where I lifted this summary from PhotographyBLOG. “Bottom line, the Canon 24-105mm f/4 L is a really excellent optic, but one that struggles a bit along the edges and in the corners with full-frame bodies. As such, it’s an almost ideal candidate for use with DxO Optics Pro, particularly if […]

A photosynthetic world

Microsoft is working on Microsoft Live Labs photosynth, which sounded like a version of AutoStitch on steroids, but is actually something else entirely. Watch the video.

Quick PHP caching

I received a question today: I have some quick caching questions. What is the quickest way to get data into a PHP script? I have some data, I could store it in a database, but I want to avoid that dependency and slow down. I want PHP to compile the file into some data that […]

Microsoft iPod moneypit

An interesting article came via iLounge about Microsoft’s investment in Zune. I wonder if they sunk “hundreds of millions of dollars” in order to get flash RAM at a competitive price? If so and the Zune is a bomb, that’s a big fucking write-off.

Compact Flash madness

With two cameras now, I needed a third memory card. Now I have a Lexar Professional 133x 4GB CF card to complement my other two: a 2GB SanDisk Extreme and a 1GB SanDisk Extreme III. With the announcement of the SanDisk Extreme IV I realized the whole deal has gotten quite confusing to the average […]