December 21st, 2009 | 
Some of you (older readers of this blog) might remember the old Saturday Night Live skit that aired in 1976 with Dan Akroid, Gilda Radner and Chevy Chase in which they argue whether a canned substance by the name of New Shimmer is a floor wax or dessert topping. As you’d expect from an SNL [...]
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Way back before digital photography, when dinosaurs roamed the surface of the planet, families packed themselves into smoky living rooms to watch trays full of color slides projected onto uneven plastered walls. These photo viewing sessions along with some of the most outstanding print photography in history were brought to you by Kodachome, Kodak’s long-lived [...] When it comes to my data, I’m a suspenders and belt kinda’ guy. It can’t be in too many places or have too many layers of security. As with investing one’s hard-earned cash, diversification is critical to success. As such, I have loads of internal backup and security methods that are part of my routine. [...] In an obvious move to get more of the technologies being worked on inside Microsoft into our grubby little hands as fast as possible (think Google’s success with it’s perpetual beta solutions), Microsoft has released a couple of new tools/technologies for us to try. One of these is StickySorter and another is Seadragon. StickySorter is used [...] When I saw the coming out demo of Microsoft’s Photosynth technology done at the TED Conference over a year ago, I was totally blown away.
Photosynth automatically assembles a set of individual photos of a particular subject into a three dimensional, explorable universe of the scene. The more photos, the more detail and the [...] The latest generation of prosumer DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex) cameras are not only about taking great still photos, but also about taking great video. While video has been available in point-and-shoot cameras for some time, it’s been ignored in higher-end cameras – for some market reasons and for some functional ones. Any excuses that existed before, [...] In the world of photography, I am a Canon guy. It’s not only that I like Canon photographic products, but I have a big investment in Canon lenses which makes it difficult (read: expensive) to change to cameras from other manufacturers. My current photographic weapon of choice is Canon’s 5D D-SLR (Digital Single Lens [...] Network cameras are unlike their webcam siblings in that they are self-contained, IP-addressable units that can operate without an attached PC. Generally speaking, they have a built-in web server and an FTP client. They often support telnet and DDNS (Dynamic DNS) as well. Most also have a small amount of memory. They are, basically, small [...] Jeez, I completely missed this one last week. Apparently, Amazon acquired Dpreview.com on May 14. The DPreview press release is here. For those uninitiated, Dpreview is a one-stop shop for in-depth reviews about photographic equipment. Phil Askey started the site in 1998 as a hobby, but the level of detail in his reviews and his completely [...]
I spent the better part of the last two weeks of 2006 traveling throughout the Galapagos archipelago with my family. It’s a trip that my wife and I have wanted to do for years, but only convinced our teenage kids that it could be fun as well as educational late in 2005 – it’s [...] |
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