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1970s

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

For some reason the 1970s don’t have a fancy label although I remember stagflation. Like the depression, it all started with the 1960s which featured massive deficit spending (to fund the Vietnam War, sound familiar) and loose monetary policy to reduce the sting of the deficit (sound familiar) but which caused a massive bubble [...]

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Canon PowerShot G10 (G9 as a preview)

September 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

This is coming out in October, but is a pretty big update. A reason to wait before buying a LX-3, I think. Popphoto had the notice. The previous G9 did get very good reviews (it is 12MP vs. the 15MP in the new G10)

14.7 megapixels (wow!)
28-140mm 5x zoom
3 inch LCD

RAW support
The biggest advantage of [...]

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Seattle Youth Soccer Association schedules

September 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek

Here is the schedule for soccer for Capitol Hill Soccer Club. It is actually on the Seattle Youth Soccer Association. For some reason it is a PDF instead of a searchable web page.

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Using Raw, DxO and Photomatix together

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Digital Darkroom

Well, as I’ve been using various programs, it is pretty clear that you have to be pretty careful about using the different programs. Some things you want to do earlier and some later. For instance, you probably want to sharpen last as this really changes the bits. Larry Gerbrandt has some recommendations on workflow that [...]

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