Olympus has been working on their new flagship DSLR, the “new E-1″, for some time, and word is that it’s going to be launched later this year, possibly in November, or sooner. I’ve seen some concept photos of the new E-1 body, and it looks pretty sweet. They’re not the final version of the camera, [...]
» Go to this postHere are seven interesting documentary-type videos found on YouTube:
You’ve probably heard that Geek Squad technicians snoop around on customers’ hard drives and copy photos and other files for their own use. But have you also heard that they overcharge ridiculously for simple little repairs? Have a look below:
The metro bridge over the river Tyne at [...]
» Go to this postOver the last few days, I’ve been making small changes to the site design. You may or may not have noticed them. Here are a few:
Made the header graphics smaller, to reduce page height. This change was subtle, but it did save about 80 pixels.
Moved the byline and feed flares to the top of each [...]
Last week, I had a very distasteful experience with Microsoft Support which involved my day job. I’d scheduled an outage to some of our production servers to do some work on SharePoint. I’d also scheduled a call with a member of the SharePoint Support Team, to ensure smooth sailing through a tight maintenance window, doing [...]
» Go to this postSeveral days ago, I posted photos from the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, and promised I’d post some more blooper-type tennis photos. I got around to it today, and spent a couple of hours sorting through and processing some pretty funny photos. You’ll need to look at the photo titles to get the jokes (just mouse [...]
» Go to this postLigia and I were taking a leisurely walk on Beach Drive last night (Friday), when we were confronted with the overpowering smell of spilled fuel. On our way there, we’d seen a fire engine, but we didn’t think twice about it. This time, I thought I’d inquire, camera in hand. After walking through 100 yards [...]
» Go to this postI get digest emails from the Economist every Thursday, on politics and business. Two things caught my eye in today’s edition.
Chrysler appointed Robert Nardelli as its CEO. This is the same guy that left Home Depot after employee and investor dissatisfaction with his management and personal style, with a severance package worth about $210 million. [...]
» Go to this postThis photo was taken at the house of Ion Creanga, near Iasi, Romania. He was a famous and dear writer of folklore and fairy tales, among other things (see Wikipedia for more details). This was his country cottage. It’s called “Bojdeuca lu’ Creanga” in Romanian. I took it last summer during a whirlwind tour of [...]
» Go to this postIIS (Internet Information Server) doesn’t have a way to automatically redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS if SSL encryption is enabled for a site. So if you’ve got a site that users are supposed to access by typing in https://www.example.com, but they type in http://www.example.com or www.example.com or just example.com, they’re going to get a pretty [...]
» Go to this postAt the same Olympus PR event I attended last week, Michael Bourne from Mullen demonstrated the new Olympus Stylus 770 SW (Shock and Waterproof camera). It’s a very sturdy camera, enclosed in an all-metal housing that can not only withstand drops from up to 5 feet and water pressure up to 33 feet, but can [...]
» Go to this postLogged into my Technorati account late last week to check my profile settings, and guess what I saw on my photo page? Granted, the message wasn’t for me, it was for every Technorati user, but I thought it was hilarious nonetheless:
For the benefit of those of you that can’t see the image above, let me [...]
» Go to this postYou can go to Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, MOM’s, Safeway, Giant, Publix — you name it — and buy the most expensive tomatoes, but they’ll still taste just as flat as the cheapest ones you’ll find. I don’t care if they’re organic, hydroponic, vine-ripened or whatever — they still have no taste.
It’s a fact of [...]
