Archive for May, 2006

Frugal Photography

Saturday, May 27th, 2006

I’ve was thinking aobut putting up a blog devoted to DIY/cheap photographic equipment. It would link to the large number of DIY projects already on the web, and I’d add my own personal thoughts and ideas. I’m not positive it would be much of a resource though. If anyone’s interested in reading such a blog, [...]

Kingdom of Heaven: Director’s Cut

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Normally, I’m a fan of director Ridley Scott, so I had eagerly anticipated the theatrical release of his latest film, Kingdom of Heaven. But the mixed feedback from early reviews and initial public reaction turned me off to the film. I waited to see it until the movie made a quick transition to DVD, and [...]

Photographic Equipment

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

As some might have noticed on the photoblog, I’m back taking pictures again – abeit at a much slower rate than before. Truthfully, I’ve managed to reach a new part the cycle of photographic equipment insanity. Common wisom is that novice photographers go through several stages of gadget lust before getting to a point where [...]

The CREATE USB Interface

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

Ok, this looks kick ass. It’s an interface board to allow direct connection of sensors or other electronic inputs via USB (they also have a bluetooth version) without the need for custom device drivers. This is totally cool. I wish these had been around when I was a kid, I might have wrecked fewer controllers/computers/stuff. [...]