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Hot for the apocalypse
Kurt Andersen has written a great piece over at NY Magazine. Titled “ The End of the World As They Know It ”, it dives into culture and attitudes obsessed with apocalypse. Five years after Islamic apo…
Rentglass and lens envy
I've been curious to try out some other lenses and different ranges for my Rebel Xt. The problem is that unless you have a friend that owns one of these, its unlikely a store is going to let you wande…
Travel from your desk
I'm not sure if reading about other's travels is a cure for itchy feet, or the cause. Either way, here are four: One of my favorite travelers: Michael Palin tags along with a photographer friend acros…
Digital Rangefinder
It has only been relatively recently that I've taken a serious interest in photography. That interest have almost exclusively been through (relatively budget) digital SLRs, so I've never had the chanc…
CO2 round-up
The NYTimes has a good article about California's push to produce 25% carbon dioxide by 2020 . They are attacking the problem several different ways: - No longer buying dirty electricity - all those c…
EXIF, GPS, and Gallery updates
I've finally got around to fixing the caption structure on most of my gallery , and cleaning up a lot of the albums. With the help of the Map Module , I've also tagged a lot of them with GPS data. The…
Fruit for the people!
One of the things I love about California is that you can grow pretty much anything here. I don’t own a patch of dirt, but I’ve got a patio with potted fig, mandarin, lemon, and avocado trees. The yie…
Barona Powwow
(All photos for this post can be found here: 2006.09.01 Barona Powwow) A few weeks ago Anna and I started hearing some ads on KPBS for the Barona Powwow . The event is free (including free camping), s…
NYTimes does TJ
The NY times has put up a pretty good travel article about Tijuana. As expected, it focuses mostly on the newer art spots and trendy eateries. But it also goes a little further to talk about the city …
Canon Rebel XTi (400D)
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…