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Continue reading →: More 1D Mark III Information
Here’s some more links about the newly announced Canon EOS-1D Mark III: Official Mark III Flash Website Mark III White Paper (from RobGalbraith) Video presentation of Mark III (in French) Getty Images editor’s thoughts on Mark III Sample Mark III images One thing that I’ll miss in the Mark III…
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Continue reading →: Amgen Tour of California Stage 3
I haven’t been following the Amgen Tour of California all too closely, but today they are riding from Stockton to San Jose in Stage 3. Since I’m pretty close to where they’re finishing in San Jose, I think I’ll head downtown for the conclusion of the race today. Around 2:45…
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Continue reading →: Helo, Chief, and Anders in SF!
The highlight of this weekend was on Saturday, when Aaron “Chief” Douglas, Michael “Anders” Trucco, and Tahmoh “Helo” Penikett, stars from our favorite TV show, Battlestar Galactica, descended to Pier 39 for an autograph signing appearance at the Antiquities of California shop. BSG fans had to work their way through…
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Continue reading →: March 2007 COBA Information
The March meeting for the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, March 14, 2007, in Cordura Hall 100 at Stanford University from 7:30-10:00 pm. PMA Roundup Chris Pedersen will be returning from PMA with a roundup of the latest announcements and products.…
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Continue reading →: More Chargers Post-Marty Firing Thoughts
Here’s food for thought. Suppose we won this year’s Super Bowl. It’s entirely likely that the same coordinators would have left for the exact same jobs. Phillips to Dallas. Cameron to Miami. Chudzinski to Cleveland. Manusky to San Francisco. The success of the Super Bowl would have given coordinators plenty…
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Continue reading →: Marty Fired!
WTF? According to new reports, Dean Spanos has fired Chargers head-coach Marty Schottenheimer on Monday evening, despite leading San Diego to a 14-2 regular-season record. “Today I made an extremely difficult decision: Marty Schottenheimer is no longer the head coach of the San Diego Chargers. “This decision was so hard…
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Continue reading →: Einstein and Relativity: The Transition (Part 2)
Sir Izaac has posted the second part of Paul Guyot’s Einstein presentation from the 2006 WorldWide Newton Conference.
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Continue reading →: In the American West: Photographs by Richard Avedon
The same day that we’re having our first COBA meeting of 2007, Stanford will be hosting the conclusion of the 20th Anniversary Tour of Richard Avedon’s In the American West. The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University will be holding the exhibition from February 14-May 6, 2007. From the website…
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Continue reading →: Switching to BlackBerry (sorta)
The Sony Ericsson t68i phone that I had dropped over a month ago had recently started some dropping on its own. Plagued by dropped calls, I decided to do something about it. I had these used AT&T BlackBerry and Nokia phones at the house that I wanted to use as…






