The scene: 9:30am, Sunday morning. Our hero got to sleep past two am due to annoying kittens and a large indian food dinner. The phone rings. Alan: Hello? Virus Infected Ex-Coworker: Hi there, did I wake you? A: Not really… [yes] VIEC: I have a virus on my computer and I was hoping that you […]
How Not To Start Sunday Morning Read Post »
Well, it’s almost midnight and I’m still not tired (so much for going to bed at ten) so I’m going to bitch about why doing anything money related with friends is a bad idea. Right now I think I’m owed almost $1000 from various people with no payment date in sight. About half of this
So tonight I decided that it might be interesting to see how sharp my four lenses are, and how they react at different apateurs. Good idea. Sadly this good idea was plagued by several bad factors, leaving 30 minutes of picture taking pretty much down the tube. No tripod, everything handheld Nowhere near enough light
The Wrong Way to do Lens Testing Read Post »
So today I put up a post on ufies with great picture of ad-aware on a badly infested system. The parent post used the headline of “friends shouldn’t use friends use windows”. I thought it was funny. Anyway, Dana took offense a bit and pointed out that this post was silly and you can run
Windows Can Be Secure Read Post »
Today was really low energy for some reason. Just no desire or drive to do anything. I hit the gym even though all I wanted to do was hit the couch at home, but that didn’t help either. I made it through my workout but was more exausted at the end than normal, and not
Some links (with pictures) on how to clean your digital SLRs digital sensor. CCD Cleaning Sensor Cleaning on Luminous Landscape
D-SLR Sensor Cleaning Links Read Post »
I’m glad to see that someone has finally written a comic based on my life. I did this exact thing not that long ago, and still have the drawer full of non-identical socks to prove it!
I spent some quality time this weekend with my camera and my first SLR lense ever, a manual SMC 50mm 1.7, some Vivitar close up lenses (No. 1, 2 and 4, in all combinations) and the foliage on my porch and outside the apartments front door. Click more for my other favorites….
Weekend Macro Shots Read Post »
Is it just me, or does Sunday morning at 8am just seem like the wrong time to be using a noisy skill-saw? Across the lane from an apartment building full of people? Or maybe that’s just me and my old-school values. Morons. Oh well, I was already mostly awake from the cats anyway.
Sunday Morning Rudeness Read Post »
Bad – going to bed late for the second night in a row. Worse – waking up 5 minutes before you normally leave the house. Worst – getting halfway to work (thinking that being only a few minutes later than normal won’t be that bad) and realizing that your laptop is still sitting beside the