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Continue reading →: Off To Europe!
Rae and I are off to Europe for the next couple of weeks, starting this Wednesday. Our first stop will be just outside of Paris, where we’ll be attending the wedding of Jean-Philippe and Anna. I’ve known Jean-Philippe since we were both in an exchange program with each other’s schools.…
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Continue reading →: COBA Lighting Workshop
The topic for yesterday night’s COBA meeting was lighting. We had the usual discussions and debates on the merits of portable flashes versus studio strobes. Brian demoed a host of cool accessories that he uses, from Magic Arms to PocketWizards to his homemade sync cables. Alvin and I demoed a…
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Continue reading →: COBA August 2006 Meeting
The August 2006 meeting of the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held this Wednesday, August 9, 2006 in Cordura Hall 100 at Stanford University from 7:30-10:00 pm. NOTE: Sorry for the extreme tardiness in the meeting announcement. Originally, we were scheduled to cover aerial…
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Continue reading →: WordPress Camp Recap
7:30 am in the morning, and I’m getting ready to shoot Andy and JooHee’s wedding in Belmont and Palo Alto. Yesterday, I attended WordCamp, the inaugural WordPress conference in San Francisco. WordPress has definitely grown up from its humble beginnings as a branch of the b2 blogging software. There was…
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Continue reading →: Landis B Sample Confirms A
The news is out this morning that Floyd Landis’ B sample has confirmed the adverse reaction of the A sample from his Stage 17 victory in the Tour de France. Landis maintains his innocence: I have never taken any banned substance, including testosterone. I was the strongest man in the…
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Continue reading →: Dreaming Through The Noise
I’ve been listening to Vienna’s new album, Dreaming Through The Noise, on repeat for the past several days. This is how I experience her music, letting it leave a permanent imprint on my auditory sensors and memories. The album at first glance appears to be a departure from her first…
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Continue reading →: Free Floyd Landis
Lots of information on T/E testing on FreeFloydLandis. Lots of press coverage on the incident, far more than there was when he was winning the Tour de France.
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Continue reading →: Landis Training Ride compared to Stage 17
Great comparison on PezCyclingNews that demonstrates the differences (or lack thereof) between Floyd’s training rides and his epic Stage 17 performance in the Tour de France. Training Ride: Duration: 6:04 (hrs:min) Distance: 115 miles Average Speed: 19.0 mph Perception of Effort (1-10): 7 Average Power: 247 Watts Total Work from…
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Continue reading →: Newton vs. Samsung Q1 UMPC
Now for some good news… CNET UK recently did a mano-a-mano battle between a Newton MessagePad 2100 and a Samsung Q1 UMPC. Despite the 10-year age gap, the Newton comes out of the ring victorious! The Newton weathered several blows from the Q1’s color screen, Windows application support, and sync…
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Continue reading →: WTF? Landis Positive A Test
This is not what I wanted to hear when I heard that one rider tested positive during the Tour de France last week. Floyd Landis tested a positive A sample following the 17th stage, when he single-handlely decimated the peloton and rode himself back into contention. I’m still siding with…
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