Monthly Archives: August 2006

Ohh G5 Why Do You Hate Me

Apparently my G5 tower has discovered all the free time I’ve been dedicating to photography rather than computers. And it’s angry. It has decided that 40% packet loss is a perfectly acceptable situation for my gigabit ethernet and that I shall see no less than that. Boo.

Thankfully, I have an airport card in

I’m interesting

Whee! I made it into interestingness. Actually, I should say, I made it in again. I first made it back in February with this image:

I came in at a whopping number 302 for the 5th of February. Not fantastic, but cool nonetheless.

Well I did it again! This time for my

War-Torn Middle East Seeks Solace in Religion

Man, the onion nailed this one on the head.

Scottsdale is a Death Trap!

In Scottsdale this morning we had quite a bit of rain.  In Scottsdale proper, we had about 1 inch in 2 hours.  For Scottsdale, that’s a lot.  We have basically zero drainage.  So this afternoon I got stuck in a residential area for half an hour waiting for traffic to slow down so I could

So how bad is it?

Today, I ventured forth in the middle of a monsoon storm (That trapped me in a small neighborhood for half an hour) to my doctors appointment for the ominous news of my spine.

So while I wasn’t able to get as much discussion in as I would have liked (I was almost half an hour late),

Mushroom Management

This is one of the chief reasons I left apple. I was constantly starved for information needed to help customers, and like the recently fired Apple Retail schlubs, I often went to other sources to find it.

The Culprit Revealed!

As many of you know to exhaustive detail, about 2 months ago I went through a lot of ouchy time with my neck and shoulder. I went to a chiro for about a month, and was wasn’t making a lot of progress. So I went to see my doctor. My doctor, being

The Reason Bush is still in office

Here’s a good reason Bush is still in office. It’s also another reason I’d like to move to Denmark. Christian Fundamentalist wha?

The Gigantic Update

Lots of stuff since the last update, so lets get right down to it.

Colorado The trip to colorado went very well, and involved a portrait of about 30 people that I needed to light. Having never lit a group this large, I was a little stressed, but all was well. I read up a

More Photo Gear Stuff

So, if you’re not into photo, this post might bore you. Be warned.

Photography gear is what I like to euphemistically refer to “retarded expensive”. Which is why e-bay rules.

I recently got what would normally be a $100 softbox for about $30 or so off e-bay. Now, it needs a different speed ring