Jesus, enough with the sunset/sunrise/moon/clouds/water/water on pavement shots. Very nice–they’re all pretty–but only the first hundred or so. After that, they fall into the category of, “Christ, not another one!” Just stop. Yes, we love the moon, and you shot it well, and the sky turns pretty colours when the sun goes down but ENOUGH […]

I’m a “sensing” (as opposed to intuitive, like my beloved) sort of person, and I have a good sense memory. A goddamned good sense memory. I notice details. I suck at faces (not entirely face blind, but facial recognition is not my forte and I usually remember people by voice or walk or a scar/birthmark […]

That’s pretty cool. I had known that Ubie’s “big bite” picture made Explore back in April because someone put, “You made Explore” (or something like that) into the comments. That was my first image ever to make Explore, and I had thought it was the only one. This morning, one of my Flickr contacts sent […]

I “liberated” this from BugGuide because it’s hysterically funny. Damn if this thing doesn’t really look satanic! Reminds me of the way V. used to walk up to random strangers in the mall and say (in a weird, “possessed child” voice), “Satan?” 😆 Bless his heart; M. is so goddamned cute. Were he ten years […]

Okay, this r00Lz!! I found a firmware hack called CHDK for my Canon (actually all with the DigicII chip) that allows shooting in RAW mode. Yes, RAW, just like it should have been able to do when Canon rolled it out, but couldn’t because it was a $500 model, not a $700 model. Also other […]

This is one of the funniest goddamned things I’ve ever read. He’s right, too–I never knew when I was supposed to use dative, or even what it meant!

If you select multiple files in Windows and accidentally open them instead of copying them, Windows will dutifully open each one. So will Linux. The difference is that if you decide you’d rather not click the close button 102 times, Windows will make you bring up the Task Manager, find the application and try to […]

Why can’t identifying insects be my full-time job? Aside from going out to chase them around with a camera, there’s not much I like more than solving insectile and arachnid mysteries. Occasionally, I can get a plant, but the insects are by far the most fun. I leave the group page up and come back […]