jgilbert on April 26th, 2009

Comparison of my childhood home at the time my parents bought it and today.

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jgilbert on April 26th, 2009

its funny how quickly we re-anchor; an early night now is a night that i make it to the hotel before the 11pm room service cutoff #
How many times does a 737-700 bounce when you drop it over a runway in boston? Apparently quite a few times. #
RT @Yishai_Knobel Best email signature of [...]

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I use Adobe Lightroom as my primary image management software on both the PC and Macintosh. One of my persistent frustrations has been the “creeping slowness” issue, especially on an extended shoot. For instance, on day one of my trip to Africa last year, my catalog had about 8000 images and was nice and speedy. [...]

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jgilbert on April 13th, 2009

Check out this 360 degree panorama on a clear day from near the top of El Yunque National Rainforest, Puerto Rico. The day I went up there, there were no clouds and no rain, resulting in a view that apparently is very rare to enjoy. Altogether, I ended up with a 116 megapixel image, stitched [...]

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jgilbert on April 12th, 2009

Staffed, at last. Post-merger integration team, here I come! #
Elated to see that its still light out at 7:00. Does this mean Boston is now a temperate zone or is that too much to ask? #
client has a special suite in their office for us, with a secret unmarked doorway. I feel like [...]

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jgilbert on April 6th, 2009

Many thanks to my buddy Luciano Tourn for his blog post on Wordle, the cool java app that produces these tag clouds..

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jgilbert on April 5th, 2009

Recently completed an unusual gig as a mystery shopper. #
Love this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra…..etter.html #
@AaronRackoff Sweet! Look forward to seeing you! in reply to AaronRackoff #
A nauseating but essential cab ride back home, rain-avoiding, traffic dodging #
Is stranded cold and wet on the front porch of his nice warm dry home. Next time [...]

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Ever wonder why the word “laser” is in the term “Laser Printer”? Is it an actual laser, or is this just some gimmick to sell more printers?
To find out, I painstakingly disassembled the guts of a 1990’s era Apple Laserwriter 16/600 printer. My approach: keep removing hunks of metal, motors and plastic until I found [...]

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jgilbert on April 1st, 2009

Enjoy!
Full gallery here.
You might be also interested in photos of Meatball, taken on the same trip.

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