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Jack Baty – Director of Unspecified Services

1984

I didn’t realize the woman with the sledgehammer in the 1984 Apple ad was wearing an iPod.

Retro Lounge

For all things retro, there’s Retro Lounge. Don’t miss the link to adflip.com

Train

Jay didn’t believe that a train actually ran on these old tracks by the office. I nearly froze to death trying to prove him wrong.

Web Design References

Web Design References contains several thousand links to pages concerned with web design, accessibilty, standards compliance, etc.

Equipment Wanker

Just bear with me while I get through the equipment wanker stage. [photo courtesy Steve Lewis] For the record, Leica M6 TTL in black chrome, 35mm Summichron f/2 ASPH. Some say this combination is God’s own camera. If that’s true, I hope he doesn’t want it back any time soon.

Fondle This

Today, I officially stopped wanting a better camera. Believe the hyperbole – I already do, and haven’t even run a whole roll through it yet.

Photo/Geek Ratio

So why has the photo to geek ratio taken such a turn around here recently? I think it’s because in the geek world I can’t seem to find anything new to talk about. Everything that was new or unknown or exciting a year ago is now just an assumption and talking too much about any of them is simply rehashing tired threads. Weblogs, RSS, CSS, Flash, Open Source, you name it.

Spot the firetruck

Here’s what happens when you’re used to shutter lag and try to snap a speeding firetruck. See that blur on the right? That’s the truck coming into the frame.