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Continue reading →: mpire widget
Hey Matt and Greg have done some cool Web 2.0 work, so you can see what folks are buying on eBay and Amazon. Here’s a sample of watching digital cameras being sold: Mpire Widget – Trend Watch – Mpire.com Get your own free shopping widget! Here is the mover and…
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Continue reading →: Professional DV Cameras
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about getting a high definition DV camera. Kenny has some good suggestions on the Sony line. Right now, the Canon HV20 probably makes the most sense, but the big brother or the Sonys mentioned like the HVR A1 are probably best for prosumers if…
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Continue reading →: Giant Bicycles in Shanghai
Someone was asking me where the Giant Bike shop is. This from Ken: There is a Giant shop near Carrefour in Jinqiao. Stella, who speaks English, has procured bikes for a lot of us. Her email and a map are below. She has good Giant bikes on the premises, but…
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Continue reading →: Other great photo sites
Branch reminded me that he is a photography buff. I am getting ready to dive into doing panorama shots, but trying to figure out which HW and SW I should use. I just downloaded RealViz’s software (http://www.realviz.com/ ) since a bunch of pro’s seem to like it. I am also…
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Continue reading →: Doubly Special Relativity
Calvin and I have been reading a really interesting book about the politics of physic (yes there is such a thing called) “The Trouble with Physics”:http://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Physics-String-Theory-Science/dp/0618551050/marketingplaybook-20 about the big issues with string theory. Thanks to Peter for sending to me. He describes a really interesting theory called “Doubly Special Relativity…
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Continue reading →: Best Seattle Restaurants
Someone was asking me for the best restaurants of Seattle. Lots of controversy, here, but The “Seattle Times”:http://edb.seattletimes.nwsource.com/ae/scr/st_res_sr.cfm?a=0&ah=0&o=1&cui=0&winSize=50&chunkSize=10&oo=2&p=0&s=3&d=n&oh=y&alpha=&beer=f&smoking=&ckBox=&keyw= has their best list. Notable new ones as opposed to boring old ones (but they are still great like the Herbfarm or Rover’s) are: * Beato Food and Wine. It’s more of…
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Continue reading →: Indoor Sports Lenses 135mm F/2 or 100mm F/2 or 70-200 F2.8
Well with the lenses I know I have, I cover just about every situation well but indoor sports for things like basketball. The 100-400 is just too slow but has great zoom with the 1.6x lense factor, so everything looks blurry. The 24-105 F4/L is also too slow as I…
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Continue reading →: Blackberry Curve Launches June 7th
“Boy Genius”:http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/05/26/blackberry-att-rock-the-curve-launch-event-june-7th-confirmed/ reports that the Curve launches June 7. New Macbook Pros launch June 11 and the iPhone right after. It is going to be a great June! Powered by ScribeFire.
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Continue reading →: Disc Golf in Seattle
Here are some great things to do if on a rainy day you want to play frisbee (a.k.a. disc golf). Here are some resources: Places to play. Seattle Parks and Recreation: Mineral Springs Park (formerly North Seattle Park) Mineral Springs Park is home to one of Seattle’s two disc golf…


