Category: blog
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Fools Rules Regatta 2008!
I must admit, I’ve lived in (or very close to) Jamestown since 1991, but I had never been to the Fools Rules Regatta. I knew about it, I knew Chris Powell was the “chief fool” (he runs the regatta) and I knew the basics. I’d just always had other commitments the day of the event…
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New Gear: Canon G9!
Well I sold the leica a few weeks ago and was planning on waiting for the new P&Ss at photkina in september… But then I found out about canon’s loyalty program. If you have an old non working canon camera, you call them and you get a few options in terms of refurbished cameras for…
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SMASH!
Last night was yet another Tuesday night race. It was the perfect wind and the perfect course for us. We won the start (I nailed a port tack start) and were second to the weather mark boat for boat and in the lead on corrected time. We were planning on a gybe set and had…
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For Sale: 420EX (x 2) & ST-E2.
I’m selling both my 420EXs and my ST-E2. I rarely use flashes at all, so having this stuff sitting around is a waste for me. I also was traded a 580EX II (and cash) for my Leica so I’m keeping the 580II and selling all my old flash gear. I’ll have these for sale on…
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Elias is a scooter!!!
Well Elias can officially move himself around now. Not far (yet) but he can scoot on his belly across his blanket on the floor. He’s now chasing down the toys he’s most interested in including Moseley! Mo has been very good with Elias. The only issue so far is he loves to lick Elias including…
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Elias 5 Month update.
Elias is getting bigger and more coordinated by the minute it seems. He’s not crawling, but we fear that’s around the corner. He can maneuver himself around the floor pulling himself along with his arms if he’s on a blanket, and he can continually roll himself over to get to things. It’s fun to watch,…
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2008 Newport Folk Festival (featuring Jimmy Buffet!).
We had an awesome day on Sunday. Elias got to go for his first boat ride and ended up going for 2 boat rides! We went to the Newport Folk fest. The first ride was Grandpa Jake’s dinghy out to the second boat, Pop pop’s Whisper. Dad and I went for a sail on sluff…
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Elias’ 21 week update.
Elias seems to be growing and growing every day lately. We’re working on feeding him real food. He doesn’t seem to love it, but he does it about half of what goes in (the other half comes back out onto his bib). We’ve been doing rice cereal, but this week we’ve tried sweet potatoes and…
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Fishkabobs!!!
Why fishkabobs? Because it’s a fisheye on a stick! Just having some fun with the camera, Nikki, Elias, and Moseley in the backyard tonight after work. The stick is the tripod because I’m testing an idea for a monopod, but it’s all I have right now. I was basically shooting these shots from ~6′ away…
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Elias turns 20!
Well 20 weeks at least. It’s been another fun, eventful week around the house with Elias. He’s getting more coordinated every day. He can now grab things as he wants. He can take is nuk out and put it back in (upside down most of the time though). He’s rolling over every which way now…
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3
Panasonic announced a new P&S I’m very interested in. It’s the Lumix DMC-LX3 which is an update to the LX2. The LX2 is the pannasonic version of my Leica D-Lux 3… It’s improvements are LESS MP, a LARGER sensor and a 24-60mm f/2.0 lens. So I’d lose a tad on the long end, but I’d…
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EAJ Week 19 Update!
Another week, another update! (Yes, the third in 2 days, but for those not checking regularly, they won’t know ) This past week Elias has been learning some more new tricks. Over these past 2 updates he’s learned to sleep w/o being swaddled and he’s learned to eat from a spoon… Well his newest trick…
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FOR SALE: Canon 16-35mm L II!
Putting this bad boy up for sale. It’s just too much lens for what I need and I’m going back to the 17-40L. update: sold, 17-40L ordered!
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Tuesday night sunset!
Well this past Tuesday we had another beercan race. The wind dropped out pretty bad so our little boat didn’t do very well (it’s won’t by design, but our rating hurts as well leaving us over 8 minutes behind the guys in SECOND TO LAST!). We had a GREAT sail though, we played the shifts…
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Week 18 update!
Yes, this is the second of three updates coming this weekend… I know I know, I’m a terrible father for being so behind. NOT! The website/PAD project has actually been a lot of fun, I just hate doing the photoshop end of the photos because my computer is getting old/tired/slow, so that makes that end…