Hot on the heels of the release of other SLR’s, Cannon seems to be pulling out all the stops on the new Rebel. The new camera is known as the Rebel XTi/400D, and will go on sale in September for $800 (body). It is almost exactly the same body as the XT, but it has …
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Berkeley fundraiser for an amazing project – tonight!
As I said last year, I’m taking a year off from Burning Man. I was getting too jaded, bitching about the work of getting there, rather than being giddy about the sights to come. It turns out I have other things I need to attend during the labor day weekend anyway. I figured there would …
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GreenBuilt
It is almost that time of year again, The GreenBuilt Tour 2006 is set for September 16-17. The tour features 14 sites of varying shades of green. Some sites are almost self contained and built green from the ground up with straw bales or adobe. Other sites are water friendly landscaping and some solar panels. …
I don’t want the good old days.
This article at the NYTimes was a really good read: So Big and Healthy Grandpa Wouldn’t Even Know You. This will probably be behind a pay wall soon, so I’ll snip some of the text: Over the past 100 years, says one researcher, Robert W. Fogel of the University of Chicago, humans in the industrialized …
Photosynth
I’m a fan of autostitch, and use it quite a lot to make panoramic shots. Microsoft Labs has hit on a great idea that takes this to a new level: Photosynth. Of course, the name tells you nothing. The product sorts through a bunch of photos, and figures out their relationships with each other. It …