…camera equipment-wise. Seems there’s practically a consensus that one of the great combinations for any photography is a Leica M, Summicron 35mm ASPH and Tri-X. I wish that weren’t the case, so I’d have an excuse.

D. Kieth Robinson is Sick of web standards. I’ll quote most of it here… There are basically four reactions to posts on Web standards and frankly more advocacy doesn’t seem to be helping most of them. 1 You Already Get It Well, this one is pretty obvious. You read a post on Web standards, you agree with it and can see all the advantages. I don’t really need to talk to you any more.

Simon Willison writes Let’s face it: web standards are boring! Focusing discussions on them is like taking cooking lessons from a chef who only ever talks about food safety; sure they’re important, but there’s so much more involved in creating a decent meal. I think he’s nailed it. Talking about standards is not the way to the client’s heart. I’ll let you know when I figure out what is, but in the meantime…

My guess is that Tracy should’ve just taken the photo and ran. But on the other hand, I bet it’ll make for some interesting lunch table chat in 2-6 weeks. Hey Tracy, post the picture already!

A few recent shots of the best dog ever.

I think this post on glassdog is funny… Ito, however, in his quote, uses the word “weblog,” a term I’m not familiar with. I think it’s a derivation of ‘blog,' which means “to vomit with vehemence and much noise.”

D’ya ever notice that when someone spouts off on a mailing list or forum or whatever and ends with “‘Nuff Said!” that it seldom is?

It used to be more difficult to see pictures of wartime. On June 6, 1944 Robert Capa, along with what must have been dozens of others, managed to expose a few rolls. Seems that essentially only 11 frames survived of Omaha Beach. Here’s more on that… Also see Magnum’s collection of Capa’s D-Day Photos

According to the Times, retro video games are making a comeback. Oh really?

For those who care, Textpattern 1.19g has been released. There’s a few nice new features, but the big deal is that it’s now fully GPL’ed. This means that no Movable Type bait and switch nonsense can happen. The upgrade on this site went flawlessly and I’ve also imported about 700 entries from my old Movable Type installation. Onward.

Looking at the last few rolls of film I’ve shot, I decided that I don’t really care for the results. Using Ilford XP2 processed by Sam’s Club is quick and easy, but I don’t like the scans. I really like Tri-X. It’s contrasty, has cool-looking grain and is almost foolproof to shoot. The trouble is I have to “get wet” and process/scan it myself. The processing is easy, except for getting things the right temperature.

I’m not smart enough to understand the books I’m interested in reading. I recently finished Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity by David Foster Wallace. Neat, but honestly I only understood about half of it, and I’m unsure which half. A book I’ve started several times but could never get rolling with is Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow. I can tell by the way he practically throws words at me that it’s probably a very good read.