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Halloween in The Village
Last year after Dina and Brian went to The Village for Halloween, I did some research on this tradition and decided we would go whenever things worked out. Well, this year was that year so we decided to spend Halloween night in Greenwich Village in NYC’s Manhattan. But, first, we rewind once again to last…
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365 Project Update
Due to missing some photos on the weekend or extremely busy weeks, I’ve now completed 155 days as of the time this is being written. Here are some of my favorite photos since my last update in August. To see the entire project, visit my 365 Set on flickr.
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Yesterday’s Most Viewed Photos
A mixture of the old and the new.
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Yet Another Strange Bit of Web Behavior
This photo has suddenly become my daily most viewed photo for the past 10 days or so. Yesterday it had 32 views. It had 30 a couple of days before that. As of 2100 on 21 Oct, it has 22 views. [Almost] All of the views have been coming from Google and Yahoo image searches. …
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Apparently I mostly shoot wide
Heard about Jeffrey Friedl’s lens focal length plot plugin for Lightroom and decided to check it out. Here’s what it produced from my entire library. Nearly 60% of my photos are in the wide to short telephoto range and nearly 40% is exclusively wide. Now, I do have SOME photos from others in my Lightroom…
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Shenandoah National Park
Your Browser Doesn’t Support Iframes” Three years ago I was discussing photography with a fellow photographer, pictured below. We were discussing places for good photography in the DC-Baltimore vicinity and he mentioned Shenandoah Valley. He also showed me some photos of deer he had gotten there. He was pretty impressed with how close he got…
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Bird Feeder Update
It’s been nearly a month since I put up the bird feeders in our house and I have been enjoying them nearly every day since then. In fact, the only negative has been the cost of bird food. But, as my mother-in-law put it, I get the benefits of having birds without the hassle of…
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New Revenue Models
While listening to The Command Line Podcast a few weeks ago, they started talking about how digital distribution allows for innovations in publishing. I don’t remember what they mentioned exactly, but the prior link should take you to the show notes. The talk started a series of synapses firing in my grey matter culminating in…
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Second Photojojo for Oct
Wow, it was a lot warmer this time of year last year. Right now it’s in the 40s-50s outside. Couldn’t dress like this now. See the photojojo page on the web.
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Happy Columbus Day!
Enjoy your day off government (and other) employees!
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The “Look at Me” Culture
I came to a disturbing realization the other day – I’ve come to feel that whatever isn’t online isn’t real. This came about thanks to the Wii’s insanely stupid online policy. Everything about playing online with the Wii is an exercise in frustrating the user. Rather than always be connected to the net when the…
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Most Interesting Photos (according to flickr)
Things have changed a bit since last time, so I decided to once again cover what flickr thinks my 20 most interesting photos are.
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Tetris: An Introspective Review
Tetris is the first video game I was unable to shut off on command. Players of Sid Meier’s Civilization are familiar with the problem of “one more turn”, similar to the bookworm’s “one more page”. Tetris was my first “one more turn” game. I first played Tetris when I was five or six and received…
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Landscapes and Loneliness
A few days ago, Mai told me that photos of landscapes make her feel lonely. That really caught me by surprise. The usual response to photos such as the one above is one of awe. People usually feel a new appreciation for nature and/or that spot. And, sometimes, people express a desire to visit that…
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Early Oct Photodojo Email
My latest Photojojo capsule.