January 2009
26 posts
Camera tutorial →
21 Settings, Techniques and Rules All New Camera Owners Should Know
Digital Cameras seem to be one of the gifts of choice this year for Christmas if the questions in my inbox are anything to go by.
As so many new camera owners are starting out with photography in the new year I thought I’d compile a list of photography tips and techniques that new camera owners might like to work through in...
December 2008
21 posts
Dreams
I had a dream that my 40D turned into a 5D Mark II…
WatchUbiquity looks pretty awesome. I am tempted to switch back to Firefox…
Zappos CEO →
jingc:
“Everything I know about business I learned from poker”:
Just because you win a hand doesn’t mean you’re good and you don’t have more learning to do. You might have just gotten lucky.
Amazon price tracking with love. →
camelcamelcamel is a free tool for tracking product prices and availability on Amazon.com. You choose the product and price, and we email you when we detect desirable changes.
It has plots of price history!
The case for AppleCare →
Alpha Bravo →
(I used to work for a call center that handled an American credit card account. My coworker relayed the following transaction to me.)
Customer Service Rep: “Okay, I have your account here; could you verify your full name please?”
Customer: *garbled name*
CSR: “I’m sorry, sir, I didn’t quite catch that… could you spell it for me please?”
Customer: “T…O…Wee…”
CSR: “Sorry, was that P?”
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Happiness and the Art of Innovation →
This essay nails it.
jingc:
Be sure to check in frequently to make sure your initial assessment of challenge vs. ability was on target. How do you know? Day to day, a flow-inducing assignment will feel more like a climb up El Capitan than a stroll through Central Park. It should induce moments of breathlessness balanced by episodes of sheer delight, even rapture. If temporary setbacks and...
Microsoft Offers Seadragon App for iPhone →
Omg Seadragon Mobile is so awesome!
Gizmodo Explains Hard Drives →
You might’ve noticed hard drives are often labeled as IDE or SATA or PATA or PITA (kidding), with specs like 5400RPM or 7200RPM, plus they come in various sizes, like 1.8, 2.5 or 3.5-inches. Confusing, no? So here’s all that crap means.
Auditorium →
It’s an awesome game!