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Entries from July 2009

Negative Musings

July 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

A photographic negative is a powerful artifact. It carries a magic more than it’s small size and thin aspect would suggest.
It seems crazy that I’ve only been shooting film for about a year. It feels like a lifetime already. It’s been even less that I’ve been doing my own developing, and this far [...]

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Five Happy Things

July 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Kendra tried to cheer me up by asking me to list five things that make me happy. I think it worked.
First-) Two dollar used books
Second-) Sportstalk radio
Third-) A massive tiki tumbler of iced tea that’s more ice than tea.
Fourth-) Strangers who let me take their picture
Fifth-) “Root Down” by the Beastie Boys. (Get well [...]

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3D Melanie

July 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

More fun with the ImageTech 3D camera. Here’s Melanie with her new M5

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Getting Serviced

July 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Getting serviced

Originally uploaded by Mick O kciM

A few trusted friends have pointed out that some recent work of mine has been plagued with a lot of crud on my digital sensor. I’ve huffed and puffed and rocket-blown the heck out of it. Alas, the gloop persists. I have all the materials to clean the [...]

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Letter to Eric

July 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

From: michael <emayoh@xxxxx.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 11:50:36 AM
To: Eric F <erock_f@xxxxx.com>
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Greetings my friend,
What a time trial this morning, eh? Astana were viciously professional. Contador told me you texted him last night with some advice, but he wouldn’t tell me what you said. I’m dying to know.
I still remember you in ‘77 with the [...]

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Photographing Hear NoHo

July 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Music permeates North Hollywood Arts District on the first Thursday of every month with Hear NoHo, a nascent showcase of local musicians performing in community venues spanning the community. I’d written about the series debut a few months ago. I even took photos then. My work makes up the bottom banner at HearNoHo.com. But, [...]

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That’s Thinkin’ With Your Dipstick, IBM

July 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

The serious Scottish doctor is working hard to create a smarter IBM-powered world.

But, I wonder if he runs around the laboratory smacking fellow docs with a dipstick?

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Building a Sound Trigger: Part I

July 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

I ordered a kit to build a sound trigger with variable delay from HiViz.com. It comes as a bag filled with loose electronic capacitors, resistors, and wires. Fun! But, I fired up the detailed instructions and got after it.
The instructions are very clear. But, the kit assumes you have an extra PC sync cord [...]

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