tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74109112024-03-13T06:09:58.834-04:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410911.post-1118413523368051062005-06-10T10:24:00.000-04:002005-06-10T10:26:43.746-04:00

Do you really need to know anything else?

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I like having my camera around when I'm with a group of friends, because I can shrink into a corner and get some nice shots while they're interacting with each other. Lighting's a challenge indoors, because if I really want to remain invisible, I can't use flash more than once. On the other hand, I enjoy seeing how long I can keep the shutter open and still get good results without a

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All the insects reminded me of this shot. It's Rob's old Kawasaki ZX-9R, which, unfortunately, was stolen. Even though it only contains about 3 million pixels, this photo made quite a nice 20x30 poster, which I gave to Rob a couple of years ago. He also uses it as a desktop background, as did I, for a while. Now he has a gorgeous ZX-6RR (also in Kawasaki Green), so I need to make him a

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Sticking with the insect theme, this week (and the last--I figure 8 photos can cover two weeks) I've posted butterflies. I think this takes care of my large batches. From here on out there'll only be one or two per week.

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Some members of the Leica User's Group have been doing "a photo a week" since 2000--shooting and sharing one good photo online each week. The original idea was to encourage everyone involved to get out and shoot more. So I thought I'd give it a try, but my rule is simply to post one good photo a week.My goal is slightly different from that of the Leica folks. I've already got dozens of photos

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I realized recently that I'm cheap. Apparently I enjoy paying, say, $15 for certain items that many people happily buy for $50 or more. It logically follows that I like paying nothing for things that others would pay something for. But I'm neither a thief nor a complete miser--I demand quality and ask permission. So I was very intrigued when Wil Wheaton posted his bit about Comfort Stand

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One of the dumbest innovations of the web is "free registration", whch seems to be popular among news sites for some reason. Whether or not you believe that "information wants to be free", there is no rational basis for requiring users to register for unpaid access because the process is so easily circumvented (I keep a couple of fake email accounts expressly for this purpose). In the end, the

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Pepe's egg curry is one of my favorite Indian dishes (second only to a good tandoori chicken); I liked it even more once I learned that it was also my grandfather's favorite. The first time I made it, I thought I was doing it wrong. At each step of the way, the coarse ingredients and concoctions before me looked nothing like the rich, savory final product. Then, in one of my most memorable

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Pepe Originally uploaded by nandu. My grandmother was born Prema Vaidya, but when she married my grandfather, he changed her first name to Jyotsna. No one seemed to notice, though, as everyone continued to call her "Prema" or, affectionately, "Prematai" (the suffix -tai ordinarily used to refer to an older sister). Her first grandchild, my cousin, had a little trouble with "Prematai", and

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I just added a Robosapien and a USB aquarium to my ThinkGeek wish list. I don't understand my desire for such items. But I do understand that I must have them.

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Here's a bit I caught in a West Wing rerun yesterday: Bartlet: Stevie, fourth grader, PS 31, Manhattan, asks, "What is the temperature on Mars?" Well, Stevie, if one of our expert panelists were here, they would tell you the average temperature ranges from 15 degrees to minus 140. C.J.: That happens to be wrong. It ranges from 60 to minus 225. Bartlet: I converted it to Celsius in my

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