Monthly Archives: February 2006

March 2006 COBA Meeting

Posted on February 28, 2006 by Adam Tow

The March 2006 meeting of the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) from 7:30-10:30 pm. PMA Roundup Uwe Steinmueller will give us … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Origami

Posted on February 27, 2006 by Adam Tow

Lots of buzz in the press about the products that Microsoft and Apple are going to release tomorrow, February 28th. People suspect Origami is a new device that’s bigger than a handheld computer yet smaller than a laptop. Leaked video … Continue reading →

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Aperture 1.1 Details

Posted on February 26, 2006 by Adam Tow

Apple is showing off Aperture 1.1 at PMA this week. MacWorld has a good article detailing some of the new features. Better RAW decoding, sharpening, and noise reduction algorithms are the ones that I’m most interested in. I’ve been using … Continue reading →

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Sierra Road

Posted on February 24, 2006 by Adam Tow

Felix has a great story about Sierra Road, the 3.8 mile, 1800 feet climb that pro cyclists raced up earlier this week during Stage 2 of the Tour of California. Having discovered the painful pleasures that is Redwood Gulch Road, … Continue reading →

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Canon Announcements

Posted on February 21, 2006 by Adam Tow

Canon announced some new products today in advance of the PMA conference. The 30D, not to be confused with their original consumer digital SLR, the D30, is a refinement of the EOS 20D. The 85mm f/1.2L Mark II lens updates … Continue reading →

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Mashup Camp Day 2

Posted on February 21, 2006 by Adam Tow

Day two of Mashup Camp is underway. I have brought the Sharpcast Photos demo in case anyone wants to see it in action. At one point in the morning, there were three Adams and one Alex in the entire auditorium. … Continue reading →

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Mashup Camp

Posted on February 20, 2006 by Adam Tow

I’m blogging from Mashup Camp at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. I’ve created a Flickr stream of photos that I’m taking at the event. You can see other photos from the event here on Flickr. There are so … Continue reading →

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Showing the teaser in WordPress sub-pages

Posted on February 15, 2006 by Adam Tow

Been working on a WordPress problem that’s been vexing me for the past few weeks. Since I use WP to run the entire websites, I typically place the blog section as a separate sub-page under the website root. My site … Continue reading →

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Adobe Lightroom Beta 2

Posted on February 14, 2006 by Adam Tow

Adobe released Beta 2 of Lightroom today. Some of the new and improved features include: Now available as a Universal Binary for compatibility with Intel-based Apple hardware Crop and Straighten tools included in the Develop module Ability to add music … Continue reading →

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Sharpcast

Posted on February 7, 2006 by Adam Tow

The cat is out of the bag. I’ve been helping out the folks at Sharpcast for the past year, and at the beginning of this year, I made my relationship with them formal! My most recent project with them has … Continue reading →

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