Regular Posts
Apr
02
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 …
Mar
25
OK Adobe Lightroom Team, Apple Aperture team, are you listening? I’ve just spent the last 10+ hours doing something manually that belongs in your products (Lightroom & Aperture): Correcting the perspective and lens distortion of photos non-destructively. Here’s the problem: I have about 30-40 photos that need to undergo this process: Please, will someone out …
Mar
25
I’m taking a break from sorting photos of San Juan to filter down my recent trip to San Francisco. During my trip out there, we were hosted by a bunch of great friends in the Bay Area and SF City itself. It is possible to feel nostalgia for a place you’ve never lived? Clearly we …
Mar
23
Work continues on my photo sorting. Currently I plan a few different collections to share: A geotagged photo gallery, offering an immersive tour inside the old city of San Juan A “best of the island” gallery, oriented towards travel An artistic gallery, slanted to my own perspective on the shapes and colors of Puerto Rico …
Mar
22
The literal translation: “If you continue to take my name in vain, I could always extend rush hour traffic.” Found here, along the coastal road to San Juan.
Mar
22
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Mar
22
Now about 80% through my batch of Puerto Rico photos. I’m still hobbling around, but the “splint” is off and the pain is slowly going away. For some ungodly reason, I’m up at 2:00 AM EST. So what better opportunity to share another photo from the trip?
Mar
20
6 days and 12,000 photos later, Cynthia and I are back in Boston, where it is freezing as usual. I’m about 1/3 of the way through sorting my photos, and taking stock it does seem like I met my goals of <continued>
Mar
19
On my trip to San Juan Puerto Rico, I decided to make my first formal foray into the world of geotagging. On advice of my friend Saadiq, I brought along a GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr, a small USB device that records your location and time. So far, I’ve managed to geotag nearly all of the photos on …
Mar
16
Cynthia and I are back in Puerto Rico, this time staying at El Convento in the heart of oldtown. We’ve been wanting to come here for a while, pretty much since we first walked by the hotel in 2004. I’m not sure exactly what appeals to me so much about this archway in the El …