RIP Albert Hofmann
April 30, 2008 | Arts & Culture | People & Society
At 102.
Twistori
April 30, 2008 | People & Society
Most wonderful new Internet toy, twistori.
US politics snapshot, all you need to know edition
April 25, 2008 | Business & Commerce | Governance | People & Society
Quote of the Day
April 15, 2008 | Arts & Culture | Business & Commerce | People & Society
Scott Heriferman: "Sadly, no time to really get into Twitter. For me, to stay healthy AND lead a needed meme (meetup to go from 5M to 500M people, ~$10M to $100M+ rev, and 20K to 200K successful meetup groups), can't get sucked in."
Revolution Fashion Show 2008
April 14, 2008 | Arts & Culture
Saturday we went to the Revolution Fashion show in White River Junction (VT). I brought the new camera, and I learned a lot about using it. Witness the top 30. I made 300 photos, culled 100 that were junk, and tried to select the top 30 to tell a story through the titles.
Tech details: Nikon D300 w/Sigma 30mm/1.4 lens, @ ISO 3,200 without flash. For the runway show, I used Aperture mode, set at f1.4. For the dancing I used Shutter mode at 1/60. On the runway I was a lot happier once I figured out center-weighted metering. The matrix metering was blowing out the highlights, and the spot meter was hit or miss on the moving target. Auto-focus was set to dynamic AF (21 points) continuous, and that worked really well. Active D-Lighting was set to 'normal,' which is supposed to bring the highlights down and the shadows up at the sensor, prior to recording.
I should say I'm not entirely pleased with the quality, especially of the skin tones. But, it was dark in there, and the stage lights were bright, and I was the only person shooting without a flash. And, I'm learning!
Thriving Office
April 12, 2008 | Arts & Culture | Business & Commerce | People & Society
Home businesses know they must seem successful to become successful. So they play Thriving Office while on the phone. This valuable CD, which is filled with the sounds people expect to hear from an established company, provides instant credibility.
It's amazing what the world has come to.
Shine A Light
April 4, 2008 | Arts & Culture | People & Society
Martin Scorsese has a new film opening tonight, a musical documentary on the Rolling Stones, filmed in 2006, called Shine A Light. It's big news in the Intertubes Classic Rock spaces. Here's the trailer (2:44):
And here's Jumpin' Jack Flash, the (complete) first song from the movie (4:10):
What strikes me most is how healthy they look. Even Keith. Well, he's a little worse for the wear, but judged by his own standards even Keith is lookin' good.
To gain some perspective on all that, check out this version of Honky Tonk Woman from 1969 in Hyde Park (3:09):
Now, that is some classic rock, eh? Meanwhile backstage, here's an amusing outtake from an MTV television ad from the 1980s (1:48):
Kids, don't try this at home.
