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Jack Baty – Director of Unspecified Services

Learned Today

Today I learned that you’re not supposed to put fresh flowers in the fridge if there are apples or oranges in there. Didn’t know that.

Summer 82

I’ve been scanning another bunch of old slides. This is from the summer of ‘82. There used to be this great old rope swing up on the Muskegon river.

Google overratings

Twice recently, after reviewing my referrer logs I noticed a large number of hits from search engines that seemed unlikely. For example, searching for Leica Photography shows one of my posts on the first page of results. The other is Used Digital Rebel, where I come up in the number one spot. I won’t complain, but neither of these makes much sense.

in-public.com

Most of the portfolios featured on iN-PUBLiC.com are fantastic. My favorites are those by Nils Jorgensen and Richard Bram. Inspiring.

Easy Rider

According to the Which Classic Movie are you test, I’m Easy Rider. Link courtesy sistercat

Swimming Pool

At the end of Swimming Pool, I just sat there, staring at the screen, knowing I was completely missing something. Nearly a week has passed and I have a few thoughts, but nothing convincing. At first this frustrated me to no end, but now I’m starting to like the feeling. Seems most of the reviewers had many of the same impressions. But in its final frames, “Swimming Pool” leaves us splashing about in a puddle of uncertainty, and a good mystery ought to answer the questions it poses, oughtn’t it?

Ed Wood on DVD

Finally, Ed Wood on DVD. My man Johnny Depp teams with Tim Burton in a film which is going to make me break my no-more-DVDs resolution.

Email is unreliable

I’ve always thought that it was a mistake to send an email and assume that it’s a done deal. Seems I was right – according to an InformationWeek study, up to 40% of all valid emails never reach their destination.

RipDigital

RipDigital: Convert your music CDs to a digital music library $129 for 100 CDs ripped and returned to you on DVD-ROM and/or external hard drive.