This will make you lose your frickin’ mind. A loop of endless Caruso one-liners. You’ll learn to realize Roger Daltrey is screaming in pain, not excitement.
This is a linkdump of info about Nikon Lens Compatibility, Nikon D70 specs (Particularly lens information), a better compatibility chart and accompanying review, another review of the D70s.
The Dot-Com Archive claims to be a collection of stories and memories from the Web 1.0 boom and bust. I’d like to actually read some of the stories, but I can’t do it yet. (via)
I found a website that graphs the voltage in legacy flash units and makes recommendations for usage in newer DSLRs. (Older flash units use higher voltages in the trigger circuit.) I have a Vivitar 550FD, given to me by my father for my Minolta SLR, and I’d love to be able to use it with my digital cameras.
Here’s a handy guide for setting up Parallels on OS X from Lifehacker.
Our friend Dave hipped me to this technique: HDR photography, which is the process of taking multiple bracketed photos of the same subject and combining the data from all to produce a highly detailed, contrasted image.
This week we met with a client who has a 17″ G4 Powerbook, and I fell in love with it. Hrmm. A BTO 17″ MacBook Pro with a 100GB 7200-RPM drive (minus $99 from the stock price, but a faster drive) with the educational discount is $2509, vs. $2699 at the regular price. That’s a lot of clams. (a 2.3Ghz 15″ with the standard 120GB drive is $2499. Would I pay $10 for more screen size? Hell yeah.)
This is some cool McGuvyer shit. Build a solar powered iPod charger from simple parts in about 15 minutes. I’d try this in a second.
Computerworld has a great article about the state of elections countrywide. Here’s the entry for Maryland.
Make sure your vote is counted. Register for an absentee ballot (Maryland) today and make sure you return it before the due date. With all the bullshit surrounding Deibold touchscreens and reports of fraud, this election counts more than ever.