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Continue reading →: Wedding Bells
Just one more day to the big day. I’m not nervous, but I am slightly stressed with all of the work that remains to be done! Still, with friends and family helping, things will surely run smoothly tomorrow. In case you haven’t seen them already, we’ve produced six different invitations…
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Continue reading →: Tripods at COBA
The June 8 meeting of COBA featured a hands-on demonstration of tripods. Many COBA members brought in their tripods, heads, and accessories to show to the group. I’ve been using my Gitzo 1228, and I never knew how to remove the center column until Jeff demoed it right in front…
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Continue reading →: DVF 2005 End Year party
It’s the end of another year at the Digital Vision Fellowship Program at Stanford University. This past year whizzed by so quickly; it seems like only a few months ago that I was saying goodbye to Heather, Segeni, Joe, Raphael, and everyone else from my program year! Once again, the…
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Continue reading →: Dana Elcar and Contacts
Dana Elcar, most famous [to me] for playing MacGyver’s boss, Pete Thornton, died on Monday of complications from pneumonia. He had a long and productive life, but I’m still feeling sad. MacGyver was my favorite TV show growing up. Pete and Mac had great chemistry together up until the last…
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Continue reading →: Petrice's Graduation
From the time that I first met Petrice, she’s been studying for her Masters in Nursing from UCSF. This past Friday, we celebrated her graduation from the program with her friends and family! The commencement was held at a packed Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco. Rae and I…
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Continue reading →: Apple and Intel
It’s official, Apple will be transitioning to Intel-based Macs in the next two years. The “soul of the Mac” is the operating system, not what processor or hardware the computer runs on. That said, how different is an Intel-based Mac from a stock PC running Windows or Linux? The $999…
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Continue reading →: June COBA Meeting
Details on next week’s COBA meeting have been posted. Sorry for the delay in getting this out. Wedding planning has been very busy. We’re looking for presenters to talk about uploading photos using pbase and Flickr, along with any other third-party image gallery sites that are out there. If you…
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Continue reading →: Beta Testers Needed!
Update June 2, 2005: The beta list is now closed. I’m looking for a few people to test out a new piece of software that I’ve written. Requirements for the beta test are that you (1) are running Tiger, (2) are a regular user of Apple Mail, (3) make heavy…
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Continue reading →: ReadyNAS Deal Details
Update: 4 more people needed to qualify for the deal! We have 6 people signed up! The promotion ends on June 30. I posted details of the ReadyNAS 600 Deal that’s going on right now for COBA members. $200 off the 1TB ReadyNAS with 4x250GB drives. You can specify WD,…
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Continue reading →: Annotation Copier
Last week at COBA, I presented on my annotated image library. After one and a half years, I have reached the end of arduous task of annotating 77,500 images. I’ll write about what I covered in the presentation in a future entry; right now, I want to talk about a…






