A few weeks back, I announced my portfolio site, Raoul Pop Photography, and I got positive feedback about it, which was nice.
Now I’ve gone through an extensive process of sorting, winnowing and re-organizing the photos I’ve posted to Flickr, and I’m happy to announce that my portfolio site is all the better for it. You [...]
» Go to this postIt looks like the Montgomery Mall Apple Store did not fix our iMac properly the last time we took it in. That’s on top of the 10-day wait it took them to order parts, replace them, and run “extensive” tests…
It’s been working fine for the last month and a half since I got it back. [...]
For about four years now, Ligia and I have used the same hair care product, and I thought I’d tell you about it. I’m doing it for a few reasons. First, I don’t like pretentious hair care products that cost a fortune and yield the same results as the less expensive stuff. Second, I like [...]
» Go to this postI know Christmas isn’t celebrated by everyone, but if you’re one of those who does celebrate it, Merry Christmas! Even though the origins of the date are pagan, the meaning we have chosen to ascribe to it over time is certainly worth celebrating. For those among us who are Christians, it means our Savior’s birth. [...]
» Go to this postI continued my ongoing effort to replace photos hosted at third party services with self-hosted ones, in order to reduce the dependence of my content on others. As part of that effort, I’m also re-processing some of the photos, and editing some of the posts to make them read better. Here are the posts I [...]
» Go to this postTrevor Carpenter is running the “2008 Challenge“, a project which is meant to encourage people to document their community through photos and to share them online. All it takes is to publish one photo per week (52 in total) to your site or to a photo sharing site. Check out Trevor’s post for the details.
I [...]
It looks like the Zooomr we knew is pretty much done for. A few months ago, I wrote that I was taking a break from Zooomr. The more I stayed away, the more clearly I could think about it, and the more I realized what a colossal waste of my time it was to get [...]
» Go to this postThe Drobo is a new way to store your data. It works like RAID, only better. Made by Data Robotics, the Drobo is an enclosure that can use anywhere from 2 to 4 SATA hard drives of any size and brand to keep multiple copies of your files and ensure against hard drive failures.
It’s all [...]
» Go to this postI thought I’d put together some Christmas abstract photos I’ve taken lately. As mentioned in past posts, I love abstract photos, and I love out of focus photos even more, but only when they’re done right. I’m not saying I own the recipe for making out of focus photos, but I like the way mine [...]
» Go to this postRemember when “school shooters” used to refer to games of cowboys and indians? You probably won’t, not unless you’re over a certain age. Here, this will remind you:
This is a photo taken by a photographer named Arthur Rothstein, at the FSA camp elementary school in Weslaco, TX, back in 1942. Shorpy, everyone’s favorite 100-year-old photo [...]
» Go to this postA few months ago, I wrote this review of the WD My Book Pro Edition II drive. I hereby rescind anything positive I said about it. I am at the end of my patience with this drive, and Western Digital’s technical support has failed me. My three BIG problems with the drive are as follows:
It [...]
» Go to this postI have owned the Kodak EasyShare v610 Dual Lens digital camera for the past year and a half, and I’ve meant to write about it for some time. This will be a nostalgic review, since the camera is no longer being made.
Last weekend, I put together an 8-minute video review, and also took some photographs [...]
The seller was going to send it by priority mail but I requested...