September 2007
10 posts
yokimbo: Jimmy’s Krazy Greek Restaurant rocks!!!! (via Twitter / yokimbo)
August 2007
74 posts
yokimbo: Reading Strobist’s Lighting 101 (via Twitter / yokimbo)
Duncan's Funny Recollection of Sun Idiocy →
Thom Hogan's Commentary on Nikon's Announcements →
Thom Hogan on the D3,
“Overall, this looks like a very nice followup for both D2h and D2x users. It gives the D2h user the megapixels they asked for, it gives the D2x user the noise handling they asked for.”
Hogan on the D300,
“Overall, take a D200, which is a very nice handling camera, and stuff some key new components into it and you have something that’s as fast as a...
"Three new super telephoto Nikon AF-S VR lenses" →
Nikon AF-S 14-24 mm and 24-70 mm F2.8G ED →
Nikon D300 →
Nikon D3 →
Nikon Digital Learning Center on Flickr!! →
From the press release,
Nikon’s Digital Learning Center on Flickr offers live interaction with Nikon sponsored pros—including Rosanne Pennella, Cliff Mautner, and Nikon School instructors Reed Hoffman and Bill Durrence—who post images, interact with the community, explain the techniques used to achieve their end result, provide tips, and answer questions for those looking to improve their...
NASA Rolls with Nikon →
Nikon news coming tonight? →
According to Thom Hogan, “Nikon seems to be saving up its big announcement for the Osaka Games (starts August 26th; the formal announcement is apparently scheduled for the afternoon of the 23rd in Japan).”
The afternoon of the 23rd in Japan is later tonight for us (Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of Phoenix). “Curiously, what we’re about to get appears to be what photographers...
"How a Linux Server Gets Turned into a Zombie" →
Federal Govn't Demanding States Adopt RealID, Or... →
“17 have passed legislation rejecting REAL ID, and many others have such legislation somewhere in process.” - Schneier
Photographer Chase Jarvis's blog →
via JDD
Apple's iPhone Changing the Game in Europe →
“The deal gives manufacturers of handsets for the first time a direct share of the revenues a mobile phone operator makes from calls and data transfers, marking a shift in the relationship between the parties.”
Rational Atheism by Michael Shermer →
“As long as religion does not threaten science and freedom, we should be respectful and tolerant because our freedom to disbelieve is inextricably bound to the freedom of others to believe.”
US Should Learn From Fall of Rome →
American Association for the Advancement of... →
Another worthy cause.
"Class Action Initiated Against RIAA" →
I hope the RIAA gets creamed.
Diebold Rebrands Instead of Fixing Problems →
Why is the media hell-bent on f*ing with climate... →
"Understanding evolution is crucial to debate" →
Do teachers need a Cliff Notes guide to evolution & developemtnal biology? Does the AAAS or NCSE have such a guide?
“stupidity is not harmless because it is so easily exploited”
– Christopher Hitchens from the Point of Inquiry podcast with Hitchens
Something to Check Out Later →
A buddy sent me this link today. I breifly read parts of it. Looks interesting. The title of the site is “Why Won’t God Heal Amputees?” Simple enough question.
Another Reason to Love Netflix →
Netflix chose to eliminate email as a customer service tool. They switched to using a call center. And, not some off-shore call center. They built one in Portland, Oregon because a survey showed that they had the least offensive accents. Netflix rocks.
Stop Using Anti-Bacterial Soap →
I guess this isn’t news since it gets repeated at least once a year.
The team looked at 27 studies conducted between 1980 and 2006, and found that soaps containing triclosan within the range of concentrations commonly used in the community setting (0.1 to 0.45 percent wt/vol) were no more effective than plain soaps.
Additionally, failing to kill the bacteria can lead to mutations in it...
Adobe to Compete with M$ Office →
This story is popping up all over the web today. I think Cringely wrote about it recently too. I have to ask though, with M$ Office, Open Office, Apple’s iWork, Google Docs, and who knows how many smaller suites available, why enter the market? Can we pick an open standard and stick with it? Then have everyone use whatever document creator they want and everyone will be able to read...
Lighting 101 →
I need to start reading this series again. If you haven’t read this yet, you should. The Strobist also started a Lighting 102 series. The fun never ends.
New iPhone Ads Coming Soon →
Ok, normally I wouldn’t blog about an ad, but I can’t stand the friggin’ music in the current iPhone ads. Please tell me the new crop won’t use that.
"MIT Team Creates Cancer Stem Cells" →