Archive for January, 2007
DC FAN Meetup last night
Ligia and I attended the DC FAN (FeedBurner Ad Network) meetup last night. It took place in downtown DC, at Capitol City Brewery. It started around 6:00 pm and lasted well after 8:30 pm. It was lots of fun and we really enjoyed it. Got to meet the cool folks from FeedBurner, without which my [...]
» Go to this postHacking the GN calculations when using manual flash
Here’s how to hack it when you’re stumped as to what guide number to use with a manual flash. This is useful when you’re using an analog SLR that won’t sync the flash power automatically, or you’ve got a DSLR and want to fine-tune the amount of light the flash puts out. I can’t stand [...]
» Go to this postMySpace no more
MySpace, I knew ye well, and boy, you were a dump. As of 5:42 pm today, I no longer have a MySpace account. I cancelled it, at long last. I’ve been thinking about doing this for some time, actually from the first day I signed up for that same account. I did it just to [...]
» Go to this postDigitizing my VHS library
Over the past few months, whenever I get some free time, I stick in an old VHS tape into my trusty Samsung SV5000W VCR, and using my Plextor ConvertX PVR (PX-TV402U), I digitize it. I’m really mostly interested in my library of Disney movies (feature-length animation). I have tapes from as early as 1992, and [...]
» Go to this postParis Kohanim: the pursuit of beauty
Apple Pro Profiles currently features eminent photographer Parish Kohanim. With an impressive career that spans 30 years, his photographs speak for themselves. Here’s a quote:
“Every image he shoots is animated by a single urge. ‘My obsession is to capture the beauty life offers,’ says Kohanim. And despite the way contemporary critics often measure artistic significance [...]
Bran Castle up for sale
The UK Telegraph reports that Bran Castle, the temporary residence of Vlad Tepes (aka Vlad the Impaler and Dracula) is up for sale. Its current owner, a descendant of the von Hapsburg family, lives in the US and isn’t interested in keeping it. I remember visiting the castle in 1991, before I came to the [...]
» Go to this postMinuscule equals great animation
The Minuscule series of animated shorts are fantastic. Not only are they very well-animated and combine live-action and CG animation seamlessly, but their plots are well-written and overall, they’re very funny. To me, they prove that animation can still be wonderful, not depressing and disgusting, like much of the so-called animation we see on TV [...]
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