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I get the National Geographic Picture of the Day in my iGoogle and they are usually fantastic nature shots.  However, I can’t help but call shenanigans on this particular one.

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Wish I had a better camera at a better vantage point to better capture the action from this all female roller derby league - but I did the best I could.

Continue reading "Windy City Rollers." »

I find the headline for this NASA story to be incredibly misleading.  I thought we were going to get into some serious discussions about long-term space travel and the carnal nature of mankind (and I was hoping for an update in the FAQ).  Instead it’s just a bunch of hooey about rockets.

However, it’s a fascinating look at the future of NASA moon research.

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Kodak will discontinue its famed Kodachrome film - leaving this man to be the last person on the planet to shoot the last roll.

See entire Wall Street Journal article here.

Sexy. Yes.

Gizmodo has been talking this camera up quite a bit.  It finally got official specs and a release date today.  I’m curious to know what everyone thinks about this.

Continue reading "DSLR Alternative - Olympus E-P1" »

This is such an awesome idea - I think HLAR might have to get together and make one of these guys.  Thoughts?

130 Megapixel camera via Gizmodo. Via like 3 others.

I snapped this photo in the fall of ‘08.  I was able to take enough pics for an HDR.

So I’ve been working at a building on the south end of Grant Park - One Museum Park. Great views. It’s still under heavy construction and as we were working in the one of the 5 basement parking levels we encountered something.

Continue reading "Museum Park Dig." »

My brother and I went to an amateur wrestling match at a high school out in the suburbs to watch my brother’s coworker participate. He left us ringside tickets at the door and luckily I brought my Mino HD camera with me and caught some great footage. It was a great time - far exceeded expectations. Highlight of the night was the ’shopping cart match’ in which wrestlers wheel shopping carts full of their favorite weapons (ie. folding chairs, thumbtacks, barbed wire) out to the ring and have at it. Guitar + lighter fluid + spark = Rock ‘n ROLL!!