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Continue reading →: Low-Key Hillclimbs 2007 #1: Montebello Road
Now that was much better. The Low-Key Hillclimbs are back for 2007! Once again, the series began with a return visit to the slopes of Montebello Road last Saturday. In last year’s ride, I suffered greatly, having went out too fast in the beginning with the misguided intent of wanting…
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Continue reading →: Smugmug DGrin Glacier Shootout and Cycling Photography
The October meeting for the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, October 10, 2007, in Cordura Hall 100 at Stanford University from 7:30-10:00 pm. Agenda 19:00-19:30: Sign-in and mingling period 19:30-20:15: Smugmug DGrin Glacier Shootout 20:15-21:00: Cycling Photography and Welch Creek Road…
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Continue reading →: Australian Film Critic Uses Newton
Grant had a tweet pointing to an article on Australian film critic, Paul Byrnes, who was recently awarded the Pascall Prize for Critic of the Year. What’s cool about his story is that he writes all of his reviews on an Apple Newton MessagePad. Earlier in his career, he suffered…
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Continue reading →: Death on Easy Street
After a year of living in Palo Alto following graduation, I moved to Easy Street in Mountain View. I stayed there for four years before moving to Cupertino and eventually Santa Clara. I was forwarded this article about a gun death on Easy Street this past weekend.
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Continue reading →: Dust at Burning Man
After I came back from Burning Man, one of the most common questions I heard was, “How did your camera hold up to the dust?” My Canon EOS-1D Mark II held up quite nicely in the harsh conditions of Burning Man 2007. Following the trip, I analyzed my photos and…
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Continue reading →: Sorry Display by the Chargers
That was the sorriest display by the Chargers since the 2003 season when they went 4-12. Unlike previous years, the Chargers looked unprepared and out-of-sync throughout the entire game. If this is an indication of how the rest of the season will play out, I’m scared. Let’s hope that the…
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Continue reading →: iPhone Store Credit Details
Apple has posted details about the iPhone store credit program for early iPhone adopters. Get your $100 credit while it’s hot!
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Continue reading →: September 2007 COBA: Burning Man and DSLR Wars
The August meeting for the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, September 12, 2007, in Cordura Hall 100 at Stanford University from 7:30-10:00 pm. Agenda 19:00-19:30: Sign-in and mingling period 19:30-20:15: Surviving the Burn: Photography at Burning Man 20:15-21:00: DSLR Wars Heat…
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Continue reading →: Palm Cancels the Foleo
One day after I get back from Burning Man, I hear that Palm has canceled the Foleo. Though the product hadn’t even shipped yet, it was in such a late stage of development. Palm made the right decision, but the announcement still comes as a shock to me. Very few…
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Continue reading →: More on Air Free Tires
There’s a good comment on Felix’s site from another user of Air Free Tires: George wrote: OK, I put around 200mi on the HP tires. They are: – much rougher riding than my normal tires @ 90psi (yes, that’s what I run as I only weigh 140lbs). You can feel…






