BurningbirdRecovered from the Wayback Machine. Sunday, I discovered that the Switzer Building was being destroyed starting on the 14th; the first wrecking ball would fall at 10pm. This was my last chance to take pictures of the building I’ve come to be fond of. As I was taking pictures, others would show up from time […]
I was surprised to read in Digital Photography Rreview that it had been bought by Amazon. I would assume this signals a major move by Amazon into the digital photography field, competing against that granddaddy of photography sales, B & H. I purchased my Nikon D200 through Amazon, but getting it was somewhat a mistake. When […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The Missouri river flooding is enough to raise the Mississippi, though not to the same levels. The water along the St. Louis waterfront rose to the level of the road, but luckily no further. Enough, though, to drown the area where I normally park, as these two pre-flood and flood […]
You thought that we techs could be fanatic about our likes and dislikes, loves and hates, you should see photographers and their cameras. The Online Photographer reports on the responses to his review Leica M8: Well, naturally I’ve gotten raked over the coals in many of the Leica forums this morning, for insufficient worship… of the M8. […]
Here’s a great rumor to start: too much cellphone use makes one think and act like Tiny Tim: Tiptoe through the window By the window, that is where I’ll be Come tiptoe through the tulips with me. Oh, tiptoe from the garden By the garden of the willow tree And tiptoe through the tulips with […]