25MPH grab shot while driving, camera in right hand extended toward the passenger window. Never mind about my left hand. Click for larger image (you know you want to)

For further proof that you don’t need a way-too-expensive camera to create great images, take a look at 640×480.net. He uses an Eyemod, the low-res add-on camera thingy for your PalmPilot. It’s almost embarrassing.

Al Kaplan, long-time photographer and Leica fanatic is becoming something of a phenomenon. Or more precisely, the following photo of him is… T-shirts with the above portrait are selling like crazy nation-wide. Al is a very helpful and friendly contributor to numerous Leica mailing lists and seems quite the opposite of what that image suggests. He does clean up pretty well, though. Here’s a photo of Al and Jeb Bush as proof.

At last week’s baseball game, they let a young boy throw out the first pitch. Apparently he’s something of a local hero. Why? Because he found a $100 dollar bill in a store restroom and returned it to the store manager. That’s sweet and all, but since when does not being a thief make you a hero?

The Station Agent My favorite from last year, now on DVD. Bad Santa Billy Bob starts out nasty and never gets much nicer. Funny throughout. Also, John Ritter was great in his final role. The Office Not technically a movie. Why didn’t anyone tell me about this? I just watched the complete season (DVD) and it’s Hilarious. Watch it.

Okay, so it wasn’t even two weeks, but I was right about Tracy’s story being interesting. I wonder if the problem is that They never get to the point of actually having names. Referring to “Them” as “Red light guy” and “hot tub guy” has got to sort of make everything a little clinical, no? Or maybe it’s just a lot safer that way. I’ve been trying to come up with generic labels for a few of my ex-whatevers and although I probably shouldn’t share the results, I’m sure laughing my ass off trying!

I went with my dad and family to a Whitecaps game today. I’m not a baseball fan, but I enjoy actually going to the park and watching a game now and then. This is the first time that the advertising really got to me. I don’t think there was a single sentence spoken by the announcer that didn’t contain an advertisement of some sort. “In the [company name] bull pen…”, “Welcome to [company name] ballpark”, “Now it’s time for the [company name] three-legged race.

I saw all 99 Rooms. It’s just the right mix of surreal, beautiful, and WTF?!

Had an enjoyable lunch today with Matthew. It’s suprising how much fun it is to have some good food and just go nuts on things like XSLT, practical uses of surrogate keys (and of course a little Kung Fu and theater.) Turns out I actually like being a geek.

In keeping with what seems to be a retro trend, I want one of these retro turntables.

Jay sent me this, and given my recent foray into martial arts, I think it’s hilarious! Rumsfeld Fighting Techniques

Jessica’s team took first place in a local 3-on-3 tournament.