Archive for June, 2009

DIY High Speed Photography

One of the first photo projects I can remember my dad and I working on was stopping the splash of milk dropping into a dish.  Nothing spectacular, but we did wind up with some pretty cool shots.  Shattering light bulbs and popping balloons work pretty well too.  And if you try the balloons, be sure [...]

What to do with 1,500 hard drives

How to revive a dead Western Digital MyBook

I’ve had some bad luck with external hard drives.  For a while I was using a 100gb as my primary photo drive.  Well, it died.  Fortunately I was able to take it apart and plug the drive into an EIDE controller and keep the data. It was backed up on DVD, but getting it off [...]

Need a repo man for a 747?

If you need a repo man to take back a Pinto Nick Popovich is not the guy to call.  If you need a Lear Jet repossessed from an armed group of white supremacists give Nick a call.  Nick is a super repo man that specializes in repossessing very high dollar items like jumbo jets and yachts.
“You move another inch [...]