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In this series of posts I am commenting on an article sent to me by a member of the studio audience. These are, in a sense, notes written in the margin as it were as I highlight passages in the…

The Digital Camera has a number of natural predators - things that in just a few seconds could snuff out it’s life and render you camera-less. Learn to identify your camera’s predators and take a…

I was in fine lecture form, I think. Probably one of my best teaching days ever. I started with a girl laughing in Tanzania, went into the meaning of laughter, and from there went into a long talk…

The debate still rages regarding what effects you can achieve digitally in post production and which ones you have to get from specialized glass.  Tools like Photoshop have certainly come a…

Immunization denial is one of the most morally reprehensible idiocies in the idiocy bin. It would not rank as high as global warming denial, but it certainly is worse than holocaust denial, 9/11 and…

I wrote to the Discovery Channel, home of Mythbusters, to complain about about the presence of Ghost Lab in their lineup. This is what I got in return.

Dear Viewer:

Thank you for contacting…

Go here.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113746160&ps=cprs

There, I have saved dozens of lives.

HJ

I can only do so much at a time, folks, so in lieu of an actual post tonight, I thought that I would introduce you to someone who will actually believe anything. Anything. The prerequisite seems to…

Before discovering pre-made templates for Photoshop, I spent hours on end creating new blank layers and painstakingly lining up images to create collages. At some point, I fell across The…