Archive for the '101 things' Category

Of photo club and practice

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Last week, I managed to swing by a Terrapin Photo Club Meeting (#60). I had a pleasant enough time, though I was struck by two things: Man, these people are young. There were surprisingly few photos of people I know taking pictures of people is difficult. You have to overcome the inherent sense of voyeurism, [...]

101 things update

Monday, February 5th, 2007

The last couple of weeks have seen small progress. Just a couple of small items on the list and a movie or two. remaining: 92 items, 85 movies, 52 lbs. in the next 965 days.

Week 3: It all goes down the tubes

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

After starting off with 2 great weeks on the 101 things list, week 3 was a disaster. I should start off by pointing out that: I’m sick (flu-like symptoms, and I spent most of the week running mild fever) I had a colleague in town, so I had to go to the office everyday I’m [...]

Week #2

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Time (actually very late) for another update on the 101 things list. I sent my Rolleiflex camera in for service (#55), it works out that the taking lens has a small chip in it (grrr…), but apparently it’s pretty minor, and I went ahead and approved the repairs to the mechanicals (shutter and transport overhaul [...]