Discerning among LCD monitors

I’ve been looking at various LCD monitors lately, because I’d like to get one for my laptop. Truth be told, I’m more confused than when I started. There’s a dizzying array of prices among various brands, in the same size display, and not a whole lot of explanation as to why that is. Sure, every [...]

Winter’s nice but spring is better

Taken last month, in the last throes of winter, in North Bethesda, MD.

Videos about photography

I thought I’d share a few of my favorite videos about photography with you. The first video is called “Miniature Earth”, and the photos used in it are really powerful.

This next video took two years to make. It’s called “Koya Moments”, and chronicles the changing weather, light and seasons over Edinburgh, Scotland.

Dove put out a [...]

Funny animal videos

This video of two otters holding hands has been viewed over 5,000,000 times on YouTube. I think that makes it a hit.

A dalmatian watching Disney’s “101 Dalmatians” howls along with the movie dogs. The poor thing thinks something bad has really happened.

A man in Japan has invented a deep fryer that houses a [...]

Civilized society? Bah, humbug!

Ligia likes to walk to her studio sometimes, particularly in nice weather. But for the past couple of years that she’s done this, she’s gotten whistled at, leered at, and yelled at by moronic asses that can’t keep well enough to themselves. There she is, minding her own business, walking quietly along the sidewalk on [...]

Interesting sports

I played rugby in college for about two seasons. It was enough play time for me to break my nose and tear my right ACL, necessitating surgery… Would I play it again? Absolutely not. Rugby is a dangerous sport, and I think only certain people can play it — the ones built for it. I’m [...]

Resolute

I really like this photo of mine. It’s so grainy you might think I took it with a cheap digicam, but I didn’t. I used my Exakta EXA Ia SLR, and I think I had 100 ISO film inside. Yet it is this excessive grain that I like here. It lends a wonderful atmosphere to [...]

Stumping

As the 2008 presidential candidates start making their rounds and speeches (stumping), it’s important to remember that a lot of their promises are dry and empty, much like this stump.

Price wars are bad for everyone

I believe a lot in equitable pricing. A product’s price should be able to net its creator a decent profit — not a huge profit, not a tiny profit, because that makes it hard to go on, and certainly not a loss. That’s why I’m really annoyed with the recent price wars in the hardware [...]

Fly to me

Broke through 250,000 views over at Zooomr today. It’s a nice milestone: a quarter million views. My thanks to those who viewed, faved or commented on my photos! I reached 100,000 views back on February the 3rd, so it’s quite a delightful surprise to see that I got 150,000 views in little more than 2 [...]

Finding inspiration

I think these following videos are wonderfully inspirational. We all know about Michael J. Fox’s fight with Parkinson’s Disease. What we may not know is that he’s a very gracious person, and a real inspiration to others. Watch this segment of an interview with Katie Couric, and you’ll see what I mean. I also wrote [...]

Strange and scary videos

Here are a few videos of stuff that I wouldn’t want to see or experience in person. First, an old (but still gut wrenching) video of a man getting hit with a cannonball. Watch the expression on his face as he goes down. Is that a smile I spy? What kind of a guy do [...]