Entries Tagged as 'Technology'

Running Routes for One and All

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I offer today less in the way of prose and reflection, and more in the way of data. Since the beginning of November, I have mapped and saved my longer runs: November 2nd – 9 miles in 1:07:22 November 5th – 6.35 miles in 48:00 November 10th – 12 miles in 1:34:23 November 16th – [...]


Quick Brain Dump

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Finding a new place to live is hard. Seriously. This is why I love Web 2.0: Hi, Carlos d'Avis. Hammer (MCHammer) is now following your updates on Twitter. Check out Hammer's profile here: http://twitter.com/MCHammer Best, Twitter Sometimes, mostly while eating triple cream Brie, I have a difficult time with the dilemma presented at Paganello two [...]


Tilt-Shift Photography of American Commuting

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Check out Vincent Laforet's beautiful work. Let me give you an explanation of the tilt-shift miniaturization technique and more of Laforet's work, this time a selection of tilt-shift sports photography.


Photography Links

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I would like to offer a quick round-up of photography links that I've found interesting over the last few months. The Cleverest compares a Canon Powershot G9 and a Canon 5D for image quality. The G9 fares well, especially at less than a quarter of the prices of the 5D SLR kit. An older, professional [...]


To Read or Not To Read

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Virgil Griffith created a simple mash-up of average SAT/ACT scores and top ten favorite books, as listed on Facebook, for US universities and colleges. He presents these data as Books That Make You Dumb. I'm amused to see that "I don't read" correlates to higher scores than do The Holy Bible and Fahrenheit 451. And [...]


Giving In to Flickr

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Well, I have never been quite happy with Gallery or Gallery2 so I am ready to jump on the bandwagon and use my Flickr account. Whit's coming with me. I will see if the Flickr tools (combined with Lightroom) increase my upload throughput and if the social hooks increase my investment.


Sunday Evening with a New Kitty

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I intended to work on various web projects this weekend---specifically today---but found these plans derailed by glorious disc golf and social activities and recovery thereof. My dreams of being an Internet mogul are nothing more than fantasy and whim, victims to the harsh reality of my Ultimate lifestyle. I will, however, spend the rest of [...]