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Monthly Archives: December 2008
An Ode to the Domke F-3XB
Christmas brought the new Canon EOS 5D Mark II to my camera collection. I’m looking forward to exercising its 1080p video and high ISO capabilities. In addition, I’m pleased by its reduction in size of my current 1D-series cameras. For … Continue reading
Posted in Journal, Photography
Tagged 1D, 5D Mark II, bag, Canon, Domke, F-2, F-2B, F-3XB, F-4AF, J-1, Photography
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Detroit Lions 0-16
Went to Old Pro in Palo Alto today to watch the Detroit Lions fall to a historic 0-16 for the season with Joon-Mo, Felix, and Johnny. I never knew that there were two Old Pro’s in Palo Alto. I once … Continue reading
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WP-SmugMug 2
WP-SmugMug 2 is here! This plugin completely replaces the previous version that I wrote several years ago. It has a number of great new features, including the ability to display photos from multiple galleries within the same post or page … Continue reading
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COBA Holiday Party Photos
The final meeting of 2008 and the last meeting in Stanford’s Cordura Hall was held last Wednesday. Members heard two great presentations from Oliver Klink on the parallels between wildlife and people photography and Edward Casati on the San Francisco … Continue reading
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Felix’s Birthday Party
The Rising Sun lives to dawn another day! A week ago, we celebrated Felix’s birthday party at Dashi’s in Menlo Park, a Japanese restaurant that was highly regarded on Yelp! Johnny, Felix’s brother, brought Felix early to the semi-surprise dinner, … Continue reading
Updating Seagate 1.5TB Drive Firmware
I recently bought three Seagate 1.5TB drives from NewEgg. Before I bought them, I had read the reports of drives freezing under certain operating systems and conditions, but I was crossing my fingers that I wouldn’t experience any such issues. … Continue reading
COBA Meeting Location in 2009
I’m looking forward to seeing everyone at our final COBA meeting of 2008. Tomorrow night’s presentations by Oliver and Edward are going to be great; plus, it’s our end-of-the-year Holiday party! Longtime COBA members will remember we had to change … Continue reading
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Tagged Camera Owners of the Bay Area, COBA, Meeting, Photography Club
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Backup Strategy
2010-12-29: I’ve updated my backup strategy post here. I’ve been making backups since I started using computers back in the early 1980s. Software at the time came on cassette tape and 5 1/4-inch floppy disks before transitioning to 3 1/2 … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, ReadyNAS, Tech
Tagged Apple, backup, Carbon Copy Cloner, Drobo, FireWire, hard drive crash, Infrant, Mac Pro, RAID, ReadyNAS, RTX400, SuperDuper, WiebeTech
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COBA Holiday Party Reminder
This is a reminder that the final meeting of the year and holiday party for COBA will be held this Wednesday. Bring snacks, food, and drink and learn about bird photography from Oliver Klink and dance photography calendars from Edward … Continue reading
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Palm Content and Access Reunion Party
As is traditional this time of year, the former gang from Palm’s Content and Access division got together for its annual holiday party. Big thanks go out to Fanny for continuing to round up the troops. This year, we had … Continue reading
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