Well well well…it appears ol’ Zep may be getting back together. Nothing’s official, and Plant isn’t yet on board, but all the instrumentalists are recording new material. That has to count for something 
Some Led In Your Diet
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
My Next Camera
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Well, the Nikon D90 is official. It may not be full-frame, but it’s a whole lot of everything else - so much, in fact, that I believe Val and I will pass on the D200 when the time comes.
The ability to use quality photographic camera lenses to shoot HD video (720p at 24fps) pretty much sold me, and the rest of the camera’s specs make me comfortable with the choice. Not only would Valerie and I be able to produce quality images in a host of conditions, but I could finally put video on the computer that’s better than my crappy point-and-shoot digicam provides
The only question now is how soon I can talk Val into letting us get this thing…We have a destination wedding to attend next summer (possibly in LONDON!), so maybe it’ll be an easy sell!
The Bigger They Are…
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Well it seems, heading into the 2008-9 NFL season, that my Giants are dropping like flies. We lost a number of key starters over the summer, and Osi Umenyiora is out for the season with a serious knee injury.
And now we’ll be without Super Bowl show stopper David Tyree for at least six weeks…
Let’s hope Tom Coughlin and Steve Spagnuolo can hold it together - it’d be a shame to fall apart after such a brilliant finish last season.
Quiksilver Is My Sauce
Monday, August 25, 2008
So first thing’s first…I’m not a surfer, and I never was. I’m not likely to be, either, now that I live a fair clip inland. But growing up near the Jersey Shore I, like nearly every kid around me, wore surf wear brands like Rusty, Ocean Pacific, Billabong, and my personal favorite, Quiksilver.
Additionally, while I like a nice time piece, I’ve never been obsessed with fine watches the way many fellas seem to be…but today I saw The Ray:
I’m sure when this drop in November it’ll sell out quicker than I can blink at a price I can’t afford, but I can still appreciate the chrome and ebony.
American Look
Friday, August 22, 2008
This spectacular video highlights American design in the late 1950’s:
The funny thing here is that the film was sponsored by Chevrolet. It makes me sad that American car manufacturers can’t seem to recapture that emphasis on design outside of a few concept cars.
(via shiphome)
It’s a perfectly cromulent word.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
I was viewing some photos as a slide show on Flickr when I noticed a link for “Options” in the top left of the screen. I clicked it, thinking perhaps I could view images in a random order. Alas, that’s not the case, but here’s what I saw:
This sort of reference exemplifies the nerdy attention to detail that makes me love this site.
Life on a strip of plastic…
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Some new medium format shots hot of the press, viewable on my Flickr account. The shot above was completely unaltered after scanning other than the automated dust removal.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we playin’ basketball.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
After yet another brutal manhandling of the opposition, can we stop using the feeble appellation of “Redeem Team” for our men’s Olympic basketball team? Sure, we don’t have the gold yet, but with our worst performance so far a 21-point victory over Angola (and our best a thorough trouncing of Germany by 49 points), do we really have much to fear for the semi-final or final rounds?
So good, cats ask for it by name!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Flickr user Marion Doss has a whole set of photographs showing strange objects found in cat food cans. Sometimes strange, often gross (I mean, it’s cat food, after all), the most disturbing aspect of the whole group is the feeling that there’s a seriously low bar for quality control in pet food processing. I don’t know what’s weirder - the computer chip, the insulation, or the electrical wire.
Suburban Malcontent
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
The American suburb is ideally suited to driving alone and being a little sad about things you haven’t bought yet.
