January flies like Mercury

by | Feb 4, 2006 | General, Personal, Photography

Wow I haven’t written here in a long time. There have been things I’ve felt like writing, but other stuff usually gets in the way. A couple of things have been on my mind lately. Most recently it’s been this controversy over cartoons featuring the...

Feeling clever

by | Jan 20, 2006 | General, Personal

I embarked on a massive procrastination project yesterday, and I’m pleased to announce it has all worked out for the best. It all started because I’ve always been fighting with the computer that I have hooked up to the TV to play movies. The picture...

Chronicles of Kong

by | Dec 30, 2005 | General, Personal

I saw two movies this week: The Chronicles of Narnia and King Kong. One was a good movie. The other one was great. The Chronicles of Narnia was made from the C.S. Lewis’s very well known book, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. I get the feeling that after...

Election time

by | Dec 27, 2005 | General

I bought three types of tiles yesterday. I laid some of them out on the window sill to get a feel for them. I’ll probably go with a grey grout between them. All three are kinda natural-looking stone, which appeals to me. The other option is to go with glossy...

The future of photography

by | Dec 4, 2005 | General, Photography

Plenoptic light field rendering is the future of photography. Basically the image is captured by a grid of thousands of microlenses. Each microlens captures a grid of pixels, and you use a computer program to choose which pixel in each grid is used to make up the...

All points west

by | Dec 1, 2005 | General

I’m packed and ready, ahead of schedule. It’s a bit of a weird feeling. I don’t know what’s gotten into me. I even managed to get everything into the small suitcase, including snow pants and ski jacket. After numerous trips this year,...