Monthly Archives: March 2007

Easy way to find sample images for a new lens

Posted on March 27th, 2007 by Ryan

I’ve been looking at the Sigma 12-24 lens for my set of Canon 10d’s for a while now and have read mostly favorable reviews. The few negative reviews have been on softness and distortion problems that will affect any lens … Continue reading →

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Noisy fans and a new power supply

Posted on March 17th, 2007 by Ryan

The little Linux file server that sits under my desk has been getting louder and louder over the past few weeks. Yesterday it got to the point where I just couldn’t work anymore with the noise, and I was a … Continue reading →

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Flowers at f/2.8

Posted on March 17th, 2007 by Ryan

Last week I ordered a refurb Canon 10d from B&H Photo along with a Sigma 24-70 EX Macro lens. I wanted to see how this lens did at f/2.8 so I took it to Austin and shot around with it. … Continue reading →

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Closer than I should have been

Posted on March 16th, 2007 by Ryan

Ok, so it wasn’t poisonous. At least, not according to the little girl that pointed it out to us. If I could go back I would have shot this at more than f/2.8, but I was experimenting with a new … Continue reading →

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Photo Arts Forum

Posted on March 16th, 2007 by Ryan

For the past couple of years I’ve been a moderator on Pro Photo Forum. Over the past few months PPF has been on a decline and one of the other moderators and I decided that we should start our own … Continue reading →

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Can I freeze that?

Posted on March 4th, 2007 by Ryan

I’ll admit it. I have no idea what food are not safe to freeze. It seems like pretty much anything should be fair game. Milk? Honey? Sour Cream? The National Center for Home Food Preservation has put together a list … Continue reading →

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The history of minesweeper

Posted on March 2nd, 2007 by Ryan

If you are addicted to Minesweeper, or like me play in on your Palm to kill time, you should take a look at the History of Minesweeper.

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Moving WordPress categories

Posted on March 2nd, 2007 by Ryan

Almost every posting you read on how to “correctly” run a blog says you shouldn’t have too many categories. I was guilty of that problem, so I trimmed down my categories quite a bit with the help of a plugin … Continue reading →

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Need a Starbucks fix right now

Posted on March 2nd, 2007 by Ryan

Need a latte, but don’t know where the nearest Starbucks is. Text your zip code to MYSBUX (697289) and it’ll return the 3 closest Starbucks locations. If where you live is anything like Houston, they’ll probably all be withing walking … Continue reading →

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Deligio – Search engine for software

Posted on March 2nd, 2007 by Ryan

Looking for a new program, maybe a free php editor. A new search engine called Deligio may help you out. Enter what you’re looking for an it’ll bring up every program in its database that matches.

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