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last year
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oscar
Time to blow the cobwebs out this piece! Starting about 2.5 weeks ago I came down with a nasty flu. Fortunately there was no vomiting, but I had the fevers, aches, crazy cough, and the cloudy head. It took a solid 10 days to get back to the point where I was remotely capable of […]
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day one
Kicked things off at the Big D today! Ben’s first day; At my father-in-law’s suggestion I had meant to pick up an apple for teacher but I just didn’t have time this morning. I left early but people were driving slowly in the ‘bad weather’. Today was your usual stuff – got my office, ID, […]
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not so fluid yet
The money train continues! My folks were kind enough to pick me up a more stable tripod this Christmas. The first tripod I purchased was aimed at lightness of weight and fleetness of foot as we planned our trip to Alaska and beyond. Of course I immediately threw on the heaviest geared head you can […]
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as compared to
I broke down, well I didn’t really break or fight particularly hard against it – but I did order the new iPhone last week. I was told to expect it this weekend but it has not come, which is fine because we were out of town. The AT&T website is classically useless in providing any […]
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glacier and yellowstone
We just returned from a trip out to Glacier, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. I infamously took Amy up one of the tallest peaks in the White Mountains for an overnight camp with some friends, very early in our relationship, and ever since we’ve enjoyed getting out into the woods together. Our trip to […]
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head trauma
There’s unrest in the Middle East? Weird. The Guardian has photos of some of the make-shift helmets that Egyptians are cooking up to protect themselves from flying debris in everyone’s new favorite rally place that is square – Tahrir. In case you hadn’t heard yet, Tahrir means Freedom everybody. Also, Liberty. Don’t let the symbolism […]
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post apocalypse
While we’re on the subject of natural disasters – you may have heard that The Dirty Souf has been devastated by as many as two whole inches of snow since the weekend. Turns out, bringing a city to a halt isn’t all bad. And it’s funny to those of us who live under the constant […]
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undercity
You may have heard about this on the radio or seen the video already. It’s been circulating around the webs, and I thought I’d pass it along too. The story is about an urban explorer who crawls and climbs his way into some of the hidden areas of a city. The thing that resonated with […]
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all fits
The lens arrived unexpectedly yesterday so I only had a chance to tinker briefly with it last night. So far my impression is that it’s very well constructed, the actions are very smooth for a still lens, and the IS makes a very noticeable difference when trying to keep it steady. So I brought the […]