Review: Nikon Coolscan V ED - Still Awesome!
First, as always, the story. Scroll down for my 'review'. As a film shooter I've been struggling a lot lately with getting my images converted to digital. I have tried two scanners, the Epson Perfecti...
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One Guy's Approach to Being More Healthy
I'm not a doctor. I'm not an expert. I know only what I've been doing and how it's been going for me. I'm not telling anyone what to do or making a recommendation. This is what I've been doing for the...
Back Burner Blogging...
I know it seems like the blog here is dead. It appears Twitter has taken over and I've given up writing longer form articles. It's as though my world has moved from 1400 words, to 140 characters. When...
Food, Inc. Is Worth a Trip
Most movies dealing with the business of food are jam packed with horrible images and generally scary content. They typically seem hell bent on scaring you and then the movie just ends. This was not t...
The Low Power Atom Server
Time for another incredibly exciting post about linux servers and their power use. I have built and tested my Atom server and I'm pretty excited to note that it uses 33 watts when idle and a whopping...
Building a Low Power, Atom based Server
As a geek and IT person by trade I have a somewhat unique setup at my home, in terms of computers. I have several web servers, a mail server and a large storage array that I keep running for my person...
Video Production has begun!
This past Saturday we began building our first poly tunnel. This project also signaled the start of filming for the upcoming video podcast. I enlisted some filming and photography help from a friend o...
Starting a Video Podcast...
I'm preparing to go out on a limb here. I've ordered a camcorder, some various bits of kit and I plan to embark on a project to create compelling footage that is both entertaining and informational ab...
A.I.G. Sues US for $306 Million, so what?
I'm not an especially political person. I exersice my right to vote here in the US and I stay current with what is happening but I generally try to avoid political discussion. This story on the NYTime...
Grow Your Own, Season 2
Spring is begining to come upon us here in the northeast of America. Over the past few weeks we've seen some warm temps, climbing into the 60s; We have also seen about a foot of snow in the past 10 da...
I like 35mm film, and I'm not ashamed.
If you look around the internet you will find what almost appears to be a bit of a film renaissance. People all over the internet are adding film back into their photography. It seems people are not a...
Into the Sky... Again!
I recently had a chance to go for another flight in the Cessna 180. The weather around here has been very cold lately so there were some concerns that the plane would not be willing to come to life. D...
Fuji Superia 400 Film Review
When I first bought my Nikon FE I canvased a few people I know that have or do shoot film to find out what they recommend for a general use film. Something that I could use for whatever might come my...
pfSense and the ALIX.2D2
In a recent post I detailed my current saga of server trouble. This time around I was having router trouble causing this website, and others, to fall offline. Not that much fun... When life hands you...
Servers, You Gotta Love them...
My home network is more complicated then most. I host some web sites, my email servers, and various other ancillary services that the average person doesn't need, or want to worry about. As an IT pers...
Film, and why I like it.
I've been shooting a lot of film as of late. Nothing fancy, just standard 35mm film. I have not, nor do I plan to stop shooting digital it's just that I've started shooting film as well. To be honest...
Norco DS-1220, Linux, and Green Hard Drives...
I've had my Norco DS-1220 for six or seven months now and have some time to adjust to it and really feel out it's performance. When I first setup the system (transitioning from the Thecus), I had a 2T...
Into the Sky
On November the 3rd I took my first flight in a small aircraft. Specifically it was in a Cessna 180 tail-dragger from the mid 1950s in beautiful condition with new upholstery and a traditional avionic...
Music I'm listening to...
It's been pretty quiet around here on the blog lately which, as always, is an illustration of the inverse in my life. Work is busy, life is busy, plus it's fall here so I'm spending as much time looki...
Fujifilm Neopan 1600 Black & White Film Review
I ordered this film to allow me to shoot in dark environments and also to capture in black and white. This is a 'professional' film designed to be shoot at ISO1600 but can be 'pushed' to ISO3200. 'Pus...