Andrew Nelson, recording artist
My friend Andrew approached me to do something I've wanted to do for some time; design album cover art. Andrew's new album, gonna scccrrrape you sucka, drops in a couple of months…
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Canon Digital Rebel XTi
Finally taking the time to go through each page in the manual. Eliza and I have had this camera since last fall and although I've been using it, I'm just now getting…
Embracing your limitations
In the world of photography there is a mantra that you'll sometimes here about; embracing limitations. It is where, even though you are only equipped with a camera that isn't feature rich…
Please use the suggestion and money boxes
Help expand my echo, echo, echo chamber, please. I try to link to things I find interesting in hopes that you too will find them interesting. However, my view of the world…
Apple’s iPhone takes Flickr top spot among camera phones!
All of the mobile photos you see here on my site are taken with an Apple iPhone and then emailed to my Web site for publishing. It appears that Flickr users are…
Public night at the Astronomical Observatory
Last night Keystone College's Thomas G. Cupillari Astronomical Observatory was open to the public, and so Eliza, Chris, Andrew, and I took the short ride out to take advantage of the exceptionally…
All I know about Moscow, I learned from a book
Sadly, the title of this note, is mostly true. The World's Cities: Moscow. To help quench my perpetual thirst for knowledge about things I know nothing about (the very definition of learning,…
Galaxies Gone Wild!
GGW! Normally that accronym would be reserved for late-night commercials about incredibly inexpensive DVD-sets with future women that will sue Joe Francis. But not this time. This time GGW refers to NASA's…
Jeffrey Zeldman: The vanishing personal site
Jeffery Zeldman on the trend of personal sites, or the one-stop URL for each person's published goods online, going the way of the dinosaur and how more and more people are publishing…
The Mended Spiderweb series
I know it isn't even 10am yet, but lets just call this the "link of the day" shall we? Nina Katchadourian decided, in 1998 no less, to repair broken spiderwebs around the…
Review: \”Times\” a new feed reader
The Apple Blog's Bob Rudis reviews a new feed reading application called Times which is set to be released at the end of this week. As Bob states; feed readers are pretty…
Eight new header images!
Just a quick note to say that this site now has a total of nine header images. To see them all, just refresh the page and a new, random header image should…
\”Internet Asshattery, Armchair Scaling Experts Edition\”
Leonard Lin takes out the laundry. Lin decides not to sit idly by while "tech journalists" and "experts" tee off on some of the engineers and programmers behind a few of the…
Newton rec
Where I sometimes shoot the rock. It doesn't look like much, but it is always available, free, and never crowded.
Sake!
Date taken: April 28, 2008 Dinner at Mirakuya in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Delicious.
The Ansel Adams Gallery Blog
Ansel Adams, considered one of the best American West photographers, had a studio which is still owned by his family and is named The Ansel Adams Gallery, now has a blog. Still…
The Eliza drink
Since it has no name, that is what I'm going to call it. Either way, it is darned good. Simple. Refreshing. And contains vodka.
Understanding Depth of Field
You know when a photo gradually gets more "blurry" as the distance from the camera increases? That's the Depth of Field. Here is a better way to describe it. "Depth of field…
Regarding writing style when messaging instantly
Some time before the turn of this last century I began to pay much more attention to my writing style in everyday communications. My email correspondence needed more attention to detail, editing, and focus….
Timeframe, a better calendar
Timeframe is "Click-draggable. Range-makeable. A better calendar.", and is open-source. It is thoroughly impressive, a great implementation, and works best in Safari! Timeframe demo The demonstration (pictured) is by far the best…
Highway growth
Under I-78 between Hellertown and Bethlehem, PA the trees are blooming.
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk
The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, is a natural phenomenon worth researching. The hows, whys, and whens are not as stunning as just sitting back and looking at it though. This series…
Can you help cure juvenile diabetes?
This Sunday my friend Chris Fehnel will be helping out a few of his friends, by walking in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's "Walk to Cure Diabetes". Chris is trying to raise just $100 through…
Hacking Pownce’s view count
Fun, harmless, hack. You can hack Pownce's view count on links by clicking anywhere near the link. Here is a video (that you can see on Pownce) to show you how. [viddler id-4ae7133c…
Midday tennis
When the weather is perfect and you need a quick break from work, tennis is a good choice. Thanks for taking me along Andrew!
Drainage
Date taken: April 18, 2008 A storm drain.
Spring is budding
Date taken: April 18th, 2008 The trees are waking up.
Twitter is definitely down, sorta
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech\_news/Not\_seeing\_your\_Twitter\_updates\_Here\_s\_the\_very\_simple\_fix'; Over the past few days the number of Twitter statuses popping up from those I follow on Twitter have been scarce. At first I thought it was because I…
Diner food
It may not be good for the body, but it is good for the soul. Now to play basketball to work it off.
iPhone moon
So glad I took my telescope out for a few minutes. Really nice weather and a clear sky for a good look at the moon.