Blog posts

#photogeeks, the new #photography

It’s official. #photogeeks is the new #photography. If you do happen to join #photography on irc.freenode.net, it should even bounce you to the new channel.

The fate of #photography

As you may or may not be aware, #photography has been affected by the (relatively) new policy at Freenode. There has been a lot of discussion, both on IRC and also on my website.I had a conversation with Rob Levin (lilo) Saturday night (after he was invited into our IRC...

#photography is moving? huh?

For the past few years, #photography on freenode has been the place for us computer/camera geeks to talk about cameras and photography. I registered the channel way back in January of 2003, in fact.Yesterday, it was made known to me that channels had to be re-registered. I went to fill...

Email working

I have not really mentioned it here yet, but my personal email address is now working again (it’s the one which has my first name before the at sign, and linuxart.com at the end).In not-so-unrelated news: Woo-hoo Hula. (: </p> (I switched my mailserver to Hula and now my email...

Making the most of cold weather

Some people make the most of cold weather by taking advantage of the freezing temperatures… then go climbing.It’s a neat concept illustrated by some nice photos, and it looks like fun.Meanwhile, we just got another big blanket of snow up here in Massachusetts. Brr.

American Mile Markers

A guy named Matt Frondorf drove all the way from New York City to San Francisco and took pictures at every mile marker. His results are 3,304 different pictures forming the “Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers” project.It’s an interesting way to see America, one little photo slice at...

Photos: Utah Arches

Not too long ago, I visited the big offices in Provo, Utah. While out there, I met up with Ryan and Josh to venture out and take pictures. I mentioned this all before.I would like to annouce the official arrival of the photos on my website.Here is just a sampling...

Nice little Linux-powered photo/media device

Linuxdevices.com has the scoop on a nice little device called the Giga Vu Pro, a media transfer and storage device. It will handle all of your JPEGs and raw photos, play audio and video, and will let you play DOOM on the go. Most importantly, it has an open SDK...

Canon’s latest camera: The Digital Rebel XT (350D)

Canon has just announced the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT (350D), the latest version of their Digital Rebel. It looks like it would be a great camera upgrade. DP Review already has a nice review of the camera, complete with tons of specs.I personally need a wheel on the back...