I’m re-evaluating the online communities I’m dialed into now - some of them are just a chore, some aren’t relevant to what I’m doing any more, and some have become cruft.
I was on several email lists at home regarding UNIX security. While it’s nice to feel connected to that scene, it’s really not a part [...]
I’m always willing to take people’s old computer hardware and find some use for it after Windows has passed it by - my domain host for years was a cast-off Pentium Pro machine (still in my garage), followed by a cast-off Pentium II (still in my garage) upgraded by my brother-in-law.
An ex-client of mine moved [...]
My Nikon D70 showed up today - despite the status page showing “Bill” and not “Shipped”. As an added bonus, it came back with an extra battery - a third party battery. You’d think the Nikon guys could get a pretty good deal on Nikon branded batteries…
I’ve been filling up a memory card taking random [...]
I migrated my web site to Dreamhost last week and have been EXTREMELY impressed with their servers, support, and offerings. I still kept my mail server running at home but decided last night to migrate it over.
I killed my fetchmail job on my home box, archived 300 megabytes of mail in mbox format into a [...]
I’m more than set for photo gear, but I’m jonesing for an old, mechanical Pentax M42 screw-mount SLR - something like a Mamiya-Sekor DTL 1000, an old east German Praktica, or something from that era. M42-mount lenses are dirt cheap, and I’m a firm believer that old glass is usually better than new glass.
If I [...]
Google Pedometer
What is this?
This is a little hack that uses Google’s superb mapping application to help record distances traveled during a running or walking workout.
I had a banner day at the junk shop. Find Number One was a Yashica 35 GSN with a fresh battery, accurate meter, and working shutter. And, it’s got the hard-to-find Yashica press-on lens cap for authentic 70’s goodness and pleather “never-ready case”. In a classic lesson of “if it ain’t broke…”, I opened the [...]
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