January 2009
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Weekly Assignment
We finished the High ISO assignment this week, and there were a lot of really creative entries. We were able to pick out 3 of our favourite shots, but it was a…
Tales! Of! Interest! →
Do you trust Google? →
Everyone is scared about malware and hacking on the web. There is nothing wrong with this and there really is a genuine threat out there. People need to make sure that their browsing is as safe as…
Digital SLR vs Digital Super-Zoom Cameras on... →
In the past I have worked as a safari guide in South Africa and during that time, not only did I have many opportunities to take great wildlife photos, but many of my guests would come out…
It's the Rod Blagojevich Suicide Watch! →
Ham, Galling and UpChurch →
Don’t Delete Your Digital Photography Mistakes Too... →
A few years ago while on a tour in Morocco with a group of others I sat next to a fellow traveler on a tour bus. He was quickly scrolling through the shots he’d taken on his camera -…
That's it. I'm naming my child "The Edge." →
Keir Cutler's Adaptation of Mark Twain's Is... →
I am fascinated by the question: Who was Shakespeare. I take it as an expression of awe and wonder at a genius who kept almost all of his personal life hidden. It is also an opportunity to know…
Why I'm Hopeful →
Call it hyperbole if ya want but Obama has done more good in his first couple weeks than the Shrub did in 8 years. I will say that Bush was an incredibly influential president, but then again Osama…
Fuck Wall Street →
I suddenly have a little man crush on Joe Biden, you’ll understand when you get to the end of the article. Obama is going after the CEO’s for handing out 18 billion in bonuses, unfortunately…
Gay scientists identify christian gene →
/hattip: No Double Standards Possibly related posts:
37 seconds of pure christian love Mmm mmm mmm. Caution: NSFW - contains very loud swearing…
Finally, a…
104th Skeptics' Circle: There will be a test. →
Clean(er) Coal →
I’ll try to be a realist here for a minute. Clean coal technology, it’s not clean, but it is cleaner. Basically its the same way we’ve been making power from coal for a hundred fifty years, what…
How to Present Your Photographic Portfolio and Get... →
An example Tearsheet
Many of our readers are looking to take their photography from a hobby to something that earns them an income. Today Jonathan Pollack shares some tips on…
BBC: Unfinished hospital is ‘haunted’ →
If any further evidence were needed that, in general, people aren’t at all sceptical when they really should be, then this case of a “haunted” hospital in Derby should provide it.
The BBC reports:
"That's where the minorities live..." →
I hate stupid →
Call me a bigot if you will, but I fucking hate stupid people. I’m not talking about like MR folks, they can’t help it, or even the folks on the lower half of the bell curve in general, I mean the…
The Fatal Flaw of Protectionism →
The Democrats in House of Representatives have put something particularly stupid in the national recovery legislation they have just passed. It is a requirement that none of the infrastructure…
The Certainty of Error →
A few posts ago I mentioned that there was an interview of me up at Common Sense Atheism: CPBD 003: Alonzo Fyfe - Morality without God. The interviewer wrote:
For today’s episode of…
Do You Take a Digital Camera With You Everywhere?... →
This week’s reader poll picks up on some of the discussion we’ve had here recently about improving your photography by taking your camera with you everywhere you can.
I’m interested to see if…
Flatterspam and anti-spam spam →
OK, I’m a sucker for flattery. I even admit to keeping a constantly-updated and re-ranked mental roll call of compliments that strangers pay me in the street. (The more ludicrously undeserved the…
Saddlebacking →
Wow, I have nothing to add to this. Well one little comment, I love that the phrase “santorum” needs no explanation.
The Independent: Johann Hari on oppressive... →
In yesterday’s The Independent Johann Hari had an excellent article describing why he doesn’t respect oppressive religious ideas, or indeed any religious ideas that can’t be backed up by…
Three Faults with Capitalism →
Well, yesterday I looked at three flaws with socialist solutions to a nation’s problems. (1) Decisions are made by people other than those who are the best informed. (2) Decision makers are…
LHC and blackholes →
Questions about the validity of previously calculated blackhole creation probabilities at LHC are discussed in this New Scientist article. The conclusion? We don’t have a clue of what the range…
LHC and blackholes →
Questions about the validity of previously calculated blackhole creation probabilities at LHC are discussed in this New Scientist article. The conclusion? We don’t have a clue of what the range…
9 Nude Photography Tips →
Warning: Lets start this tutorial with a warning. This post is about Nude Photography and does cover a topic that some may find offensive. We’ve only included one very tame image and the post is…
Coincidence? Yep. →
Check out this video! (hat tip to Onegoodmove) You might think about rare happenstances a little differently after getting a good shot of statistics in your brain.
Think about all…
Desire Utilitarianism and Political Libertarianism →
One this issue of the relative merits of socialism and capitalism, one question that I have gotten from the studio audience is:
do you find it possible for me to consider myself a libertarian (free…
A quick note.... →
Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 →
I remember when I bought my first plastic camera that was “sealed” so that I could take it swimming. I also remember, to my horror, opening the back of the camera to take the film out and water…
The horror…. →
fstdt is reliably hilarious. It’s like the old movie Being John Malkowitz - except that in the fstdt case, its a portal into the minds of people who are so barking mad that you wonder if there…
Only Desires Have Moral Value? →
A member of the studio audience has asked me whether, in, desire utilitarianism – the moral theory that sits at the foundation of this blog – it is the case that “only desires have moral value.” I…
Three Flaws with Socialism →
Announcement. I have been interviewed. A podcast of an interview I performed recently is up at “Common Sense Atheism” titled, CPBD 003: Alonzo Fyfe - Morality without God.. Elsewhere, some…
Morality and Law →
I have some questions from a member of the studio audience to address. One concerns a topic related to several recent posts – the relationship between law and morality.
I am used to thinking…
The Existence of Rights →
A member of the studio audience, Janus, had an objection to a recent post of mine in which I wrote that there were two conceptions of rights. The two that I offered were: (1) Rights exist as…
DIY Photoshop Brushes →
One of the most popular searches involving Photoshop on the web is, perhaps not unsurprisingly, for free Photoshop brushes. Photoshop brushes can be used for a range of editing and creative…
Three Flaws with Socialism →
Announcement. I have been interviewed. A podcast of an interview I performed recently is up at “Common Sense Atheism” titled, CPBD 003: Alonzo Fyfe - Morality without God.. Elsewhere, some…
iPoop →
Here’s a gift idea that I shall dub iPoop. Read the comments on this post…
Unadventurous underemployed university underling's... →
Morality and Law →
I have some questions from a member of the studio audience to address. One concerns a topic related to several recent posts – the relationship between law and morality.
I am used to thinking…
Nikon D200 Review →
This review of the Nikon D200 was written and submitted by Randy McKown from New Image Photography.
The Nikon D200 made its debut just over 3 years ago and has since been replaced by…
Don't listen to this at work... →
Wicked Wonderprof Wows World With Awesome! →
Wedding Photography Tips: From a Celebrants... →
Today we have a post on Wedding Photography - from a slightly different ‘angle’ than the normal Wedding Photography tips post - it’s from that of the Celebrant/Officiant/Minister. It is by one of…