Archive for the 'Fun' Category

The Holiday Time-Off Project

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Finally finished it:

Any for those wondering about what kind of barrel distortion there is on the wide end of the Nikon 18-200 VR lens, this shows it pretty nicely.

Full of Win

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

I’m not one to use the phrase ‘full of win’ too often, but today’s xkcd certainly qualifies for anyone with a little SQL knowledge:

Via WWDN

Shooting With a Nikon VR Lens

Friday, September 28th, 2007

I brought my camera, along with my new VR lens, to the Blue Man Group concert (more performers should explicitly allow cameras like they did).
The VR certainly worked as advertised, I was getting sharp pictures at 200mm with only a 1/30 shutter speed (one elbow on the chair back for stability but otherwise handheld).
Of course, […]

Newer Wallpaper

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

I went back to the Rockies and re-shot my previous waterfall, this time with a slower shutter speed:

Sam Waterston Save Us!

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Last night I found out my parents were going to an analog auction and I thought it might be fun to hold up a paddle while an auctioneer on speed called out prices, so we packed up the kids and headed over to join them.
The first thing I learned is that small kids and an […]

Alberta Bound

Friday, July 27th, 2007

Yes, another YouTube blog post. This is the song I play on the way home (to Alberta Canada) from all my trips.

Sometimes This Is How You Respond To A Bug…

Friday, July 13th, 2007

And my apologies to the developers who I occasionally do it to before I realize what I am doing.

New Desktop Wallpaper

Monday, June 4th, 2007

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Juxtapose

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

Juxtapose: to place side by side

Just Because it Made me Chuckle

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007