James Duncan Davidson
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Room with a View
--After such a rocky start to the trip, boy was I happy to check into the Mövenpick in Amsterdam. We arrived a bit before check in time, but after wa...
An Inauspicious Start
--I've travelled a lot in my life and had some interesting experiences along the way. In a half million miles of flying, however, August 20th is a da...
Time for a New Drive
--My Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro has had several scary incidents of late. There's been no concrete verdict on the issue, but it seems like a bad hard driv...
Using Instruments for Bug Reports
--The release of Lightroom 2.0 has been great to work with. But, as happens with major releases, sometimes issues make it out into world. For exampl...
1D Mark III Focus Shifts
--The issue with the Canon 1D Mark III autofocus is well understood as a bright light, fast motion problem. I’ve run into the problem in one other ar...
Inkonomics
--Printer ink is expensive stuff. In fact, over the lifetime of any photo printer, you will spend more on ink than you did on the printer in the firs...
A Day in Printerville
--Last week, I had the chance to spend some time with Macworld editor-at-large Rick LePage in the of Printerville testing lab. While there I got to s...
A Day in Printerville
--Last week, I had the chance to spend some time with Macworld editor-at-large Rick LePage in the of Printerville testing lab. While there I got to s...
A Day in Printerville
--Last week, I had the chance to spend some time with Macworld editor-at-large Rick LePage in the of Printerville testing lab. While there I got to s...
HP B9180 Problems
--In 2006, I bought one of the very first HP B9180s to arrive in the United States. It was a dream printer to use. Best of all, it delivered for a lo...
Two HP B9180 Problems
--In 2006, I bought one of the very first HP B9180s to arrive in the United States. It was a dream printer to use. Best of all, it delivered for a lo...
Two HP B9180 Problems
--In 2006, I bought one of the very first HP B9180s to arrive in the United States. It was a dream printer to use. Best of all, it delivered for a lo...
Pinar’s Orchid
--While P??nar is away in Europe this summer, I’ve been keeping watch over her orchids. They’ve dealt with a drive up to Portland and my unpracticed ...
Pinar’s Orchid
--While P?nar is away in Europe this summer, I’ve been keeping watch over her orchids. They’ve dealt with a drive up to Portland and my unpracticed e...
Pinar’s Orchid
--While P?nar is away in Europe this summer, I’ve been keeping watch over her orchids. They’ve dealt with a drive up to Portland and my unpracticed e...
D3 vs mk3: A Single Fast Comparison
--Today, while shooting OSCON 2008, I got the chance to handle a Nikon D3 for a few minutes. Seeing a quick opportunity to shoot a comparison shot, I...
D3 vs mk3: A Single Fast Comparison
--Today, while shooting OSCON 2008, I got the chance to handle a Nikon D3 for a few minutes. Seeing a quick opportunity to shoot a comparison shot, I...
D3 vs mk3: A Single Fast Comparison
--Today, while shooting OSCON 2008, I got the chance to handle a Nikon D3 for a few minutes. Seeing a quick opportunity to shoot a comparison shot, I...
AT&T 3G, Now With Different Bars
--So far, I’ve been pretty impressed with speeds on the AT&T 3G network when I’m out and about time. I’ve noticed, however, that 3G...
AT&T 3G, Now With Different Bars
--So far, I’ve been pretty impressed with speeds on the AT&T 3G network when I’m out and about time. I’ve noticed, ...
AT&T 3G, Now With Different Bars
--So far, I’ve been pretty impressed with speeds on the AT&T 3G network when I’m out and about time. I’ve noticed, however, that 3G...
AT&T 3G, Now With Different Bars
--So far, I’ve been pretty impressed with speeds on the AT&T 3G network when I’m out and about time. I’ve noticed, however, that 3G...
Two Small Reasons for an iPhone 3G
--After installing the iPhone 2.0 software update on Thursday, I found myself debating whether or not 3G speed and a GPS chip were really enough to j...
Two Small Reasons for an iPhone 3G
--After installing the iPhone 2.0 software update on Thursday, I found myself debating whether or not 3G speed and a GPS chip were really enough to j...
Two Small Reasons for an iPhone 3G
--After installing the iPhone 2.0 software update on Thursday, I found myself debating whether or not 3G speed and a GPS chip were really enough to j...
Two Small Reasons for an iPhone 3G
--After installing the iPhone 2.0 software update on Thursday, I found myself debating whether or not 3G speed and a GPS chip were really enough to j...
NY Times on American Energy Policy
--In this Sunday’s New York Times, Nelson D. Schwartz takes a look at the current oil situation in an article titled American Energy Policy, Asleep a...
NY Times on American Energy Policy
--In this Sunday’s New York Times, Nelson D. Schwartz takes a look at the current oil situation in an article titled American Energy Policy, Asleep a...
NY Times on American Energy Policy
--In this Sunday’s New York Times, Nelson D. Schwartz takes a look at the current oil situation in an article titled American Energy Policy, Asleep a...
NY Times on American Energy Policy
--In this Sunday’s New York Times, Nelson D. Schwartz takes a look at the current oil situation in an article titled American Energy Policy, Asleep a...
The D3, D700 and Canon
--As has widely been reported around the net, today marks the introduction of the new Nikon D700. In my eyes, this release pretty much seals the deal...
The D3, D700 and Canon
--As has widely been reported around the net, today marks the introduction of the new Nikon D700. In my eyes, this release pretty much seals the deal...
The D3, D700 and Canon
--As has widely been reported around the net, today marks the introduction of the new Nikon D700. In my eyes, this release pretty much seals the deal...
The D3, D700 and Canon
--As has widely been reported around the net, today marks the introduction of the new Nikon D700. In my eyes, this release pretty much seals the deal...
The D3, D700 and Canon
--As has widely been reported around the net, today marks the introduction of the new Nikon D700. In my eyes, this release pretty much seals the deal...
Changing Your Point of View
--A sure way to photographic dullsville is to take a picture from the same point of view that everyone sees the same scene from day in and day out. I...
Changing Your Point of View
--A sure way to photographic dullsville is to take a picture from the same point of view that everyone sees the same scene from day in and day out. I...
Changing Your Point of View
--A sure way to photographic dullsville is to take a picture from the same point of view that everyone sees the same scene from day in and day out. I...
Changing Your Point of View
--A sure way to photographic dullsville is to take a picture from the same point of view that everyone sees the same scene from day in and day out. I...
Changing Your Point of View
--A sure way to photographic dullsville is to take a picture from the same point of view that everyone sees the same scene from day in and day out. I...
Feeds, Republication, and Copyright
--Derek Powazek has yanked out full blog entries from his syndication feeds and is now providing simple summaries. He apparently hit his saturation p...
Feeds, Republication, and Copyright
--Derek Powazek has yanked out full blog entries from his syndication feeds and is now providing simple summaries. He apparently hit his saturation p...
Feeds, Republication, and Copyright
--Derek Powazek has yanked out full blog entries from his syndication feeds and is now providing simple summaries. He apparently hit his saturation p...
Feeds, Republication, and Copyright
--Derek Powazek has yanked out full blog entries from his syndication feeds and is now providing simple summaries. He apparently hit his saturation p...
Feeds, Republication, and Copyright
--Derek Powazek has yanked out full blog entries from his syndication feeds and is now providing simple summaries. He apparently hit his saturation p...
The Longest Week
--I started out this week like many of my friends, attention solidly placed on WWDC and the Stevenote on Monday. P?nar and I shot the keynote and the...
The Longest Week
--I started out this week like many of my friends, attention solidly placed on WWDC and the Stevenote on Monday. P?nar and I shot the keynote and the...
The Longest Week
--I started out this week like many of my friends, attention solidly placed on WWDC and the Stevenote on Monday. P?nar and I shot the keynote and the...
The Longest Week
--I started out this week like many of my friends, attention solidly placed on WWDC and the Stevenote on Monday. P??nar and I shot the keynote and th...
The Longest Week
--I started out this week like many of my friends, attention solidly placed on WWDC and the Stevenote on Monday. P?nar and I shot the keynote and the...
Pragmatic Screencasts Debut
--In another launch of a new product today, my friends over at the Pragmatic Programmers have launched Pragmatic Screencasts with four screencast ser...
Pragmatic Screencasts Debut
--In another launch of a new product today, my friends over at the Pragmatic Programmers have launched Pragmatic Screencasts with four screencast ser...
Pragmatic Screencasts Debut
--In another launch of a new product today, my friends over at the Pragmatic Programmers have launched Pragmatic Screencasts with four screencast ser...
Pragmatic Screencasts Debut
--In another launch of a new product today, my friends over at the Pragmatic Programmers have launched Pragmatic Screencasts with four screencast ser...
Pragmatic Screencasts Debut
--In another launch of a new product today, my friends over at the Pragmatic Programmers have launched Pragmatic Screencasts with four screencast ser...
Strobist on DVD
--This weekend, as I prepped photos for the store, I was also watching a very special set of videos put together by David Hobby, AKA the Strobist. Da...
Strobist on DVD
--This weekend, as I prepped photos for the store, I was also watching a very special set of videos put together by David Hobby, AKA the Strobist. Da...
Strobist on DVD
--This weekend, as I prepped photos for the store, I was also watching a very special set of videos put together by David Hobby, AKA the Strobist. Da...
Strobist on DVD
--This weekend, as I prepped photos for the store, I was also watching a very special set of videos put together by David Hobby, AKA the Strobist. Da...
Strobist on DVD
--This weekend, as I prepped photos for the store, I was also watching a very special set of videos put together by David Hobby, AKA the Strobist. Da...
Lack of International Print Shipping
--Just a few hours after announcing the store and a snag has appeared with the print store. Unfortunately, it seems that orders are currently limited...
Lack of International Print Shipping
--Just a few hours after announcing the store and a snag has appeared with the print store. Unfortunately, it seems that orders are currently limited...
Lack of International Print Shipping
--Just a few hours after announcing the store and a snag has appeared with the print store. Unfortunately, it seems that orders are currently limited...
Lack of International Print Shipping
--Just a few hours after announcing the store and a snag has appeared with the print store. Unfortunately, it seems that orders are currently limited...
Lack of International Print Shipping
--Just a few hours after announcing the store and a snag has appeared with the print store. Unfortunately, it seems that orders are currently limited...
The Store is Open
--After a long time of wanting to do something like this, and after asking for your opinion about what photos to include, I'm happy to say that as of...
The Store is Open
--After a long time of wanting to do something like this, and after asking for your opinion about what photos to include, I'm happy to say that ...
The Store is Open
--After a long time of wanting to do something like this, and after asking for your opinion about what photos to include, I'm happy to say that as of...
The Store is Open
--After a long time of wanting to do something like this, and after asking for your opinion about what photos to include, I'm happy to say that ...
The Store is Open
--After a long time of wanting to do something like this, and after asking for your opinion about what photos to include, I'm happy to say that as of...
Surprised about Oil Prices? Really?
--Oil broke $135/barrel last night. $4/gallon gas is definitely here in a big way and that's going to have major impact on America's suburb...
Surprised about Oil Prices? Really?
--Oil broke $135/barrel last night. $4/gallon gas is definitely here in a big way and that's going to have major impact on America's suburb...
Surprised about Oil Prices? Really?
--Oil broke $135/barrel last night. $4/gallon gas is definitely here in a big way and that's going to have major impact on America's suburb...
Surprised about Oil Prices? Really?
--Oil broke $135/barrel last night. $4/gallon gas is definitely here in a big way and that's going to have major impact on America's suburban lifesty...
Adding Depth Strobist Style
--When photographing conferences, sometimes I have more than enough light to work with on stage. Sometimes I don't. When I don't have enoug...
Adding Depth Strobist Style
--When photographing conferences, sometimes I have more than enough light to work with on stage. Sometimes I don't. When I don't have enoug...
Adding Depth Strobist Style
--When photographing conferences, sometimes I have more than enough light to work with on stage. Sometimes I don't. When I don't have enoug...
Adding Depth Strobist Style
--When photographing conferences, sometimes I have more than enough light to work with on stage. Sometimes I don't. When I don't have enough light on...
Why Auto White Balance Isn't Perfect
--Every digital camera made comes with a promise of making perfect pictures with the click of a button. The algorithms used to deliver on this promis...
Why Auto White Balance Isn't Perfect
--Every digital camera made comes with a promise of making perfect pictures with the click of a button. The algorithms used to deliver on this promis...
Why Auto White Balance Isn't Perfect
--Every digital camera made comes with a promise of making perfect pictures with the click of a button. The algorithms used to deliver on this promis...
Why Auto White Balance Isn't Perfect
--Every digital camera made comes with a promise of making perfect pictures with the click of a button. The algorithms used to deliver on this promis...
Print Store Update
--On April 2nd, I was pretty optimistic that I was just a couple of weeks away from launching an online store with the first of my prints for sale. A...
Print Store Update
--On April 2nd, I was pretty optimistic that I was just a couple of weeks away from launching an online store with the first of my prints for sale. A...
Print Store Update
--On April 2nd, I was pretty optimistic that I was just a couple of weeks away from launching an online store with the first of my prints for sale. A...
Ignite SF April 2008
--As part of Web 2.0 Expo SF 2008, Brady Forrest and company hosted an Ignite SF at the DNA Lounge last night. Ignite nights are always a good time. ...
Ignite SF April 2008
--As part of Web 2.0 Expo SF 2008, Brady Forrest and company hosted an Ignite SF at the DNA Lounge last night. Ignite nights are always a good time. ...
Ignite SF April 2008
--As part of Web 2.0 Expo SF 2008, Brady Forrest and company hosted an Ignite SF at the DNA Lounge last night. Ignite nights are always a good time. ...
MySQL User Conference 2008
--I've been in Santa Clara, California this last week photographing the 2008 MySQL User Conference and Expo. This is the fourth year that I&apos...
MySQL User Conference 2008
--I've been in Santa Clara, California this last week photographing the 2008 MySQL User Conference and Expo. This is the fourth year that I&apos...
MySQL User Conference 2008
--I've been in Santa Clara, California this last week photographing the 2008 MySQL User Conference and Expo. This is the fourth year that I&apos...
Color Temperature and White Balance
--Color temperature gives a way to describe the composition of light, specifically the spectrum of colors in light used to illuminate a subject. Once...
Color Temperature and White Balance
--Color temperature gives a way to describe the composition of light, specifically the spectrum of colors in light used to illuminate a subject. Once...
Color Temperature and White Balance
--Color temperature gives a way to describe the composition of light, specifically the spectrum of colors in light used to illuminate a subject. Once...
Measuring the Color of Light
--White light is composed of different colors and, depending on the type of light, has a different overall color. Incandescent light is more yellow t...
Measuring the Color of Light
--White light is composed of different colors and, depending on the type of light, has a different overall color. Incandescent light is more yellow t...
Flickr Strips Copyright Metadata
--While Flickr loves the metadata that is in your photographs when you upload them, merrily adding the information to its database, it then turns aro...
Flickr Strips Copyright Metadata
--While Flickr loves the metadata that is in your photographs when you upload them, merrily adding the information to its database, it then turns aro...
Crowdsourcing a Catalog
--Last Wednesday, I asked for help selecting images that I should consider launching my upcoming print store with. The response has been awesome. Out...
Crowdsourcing a Catalog
--Last Wednesday, I asked for help selecting images that I should consider launching my upcoming print store with. The response has been awesome. Out...
Help Me Build a Catalog
--I'm within a week or two of opening up an online storefront to offer prints of my photographs for sale. I've tested out all of the vendor...
Help Me Build a Catalog
--I'm within a week or two of opening up an online storefront to offer prints of my photographs for sale. I've tested out all of the vendor...
The Copyright Conspiracy
--Copyright is supposed to protect the creator of an original work. When applied to the mass of creativity that is being unleashed by the general pub...
NEC 2690 First Impressions
--During the last year, I've been researching monitors to replace my 23" Apple Cinema Display. My main goal was to obtain something that co...
Endorsing Change
--This year's political discourse has been nothing short of amazing. The positive participation and energy from this season, however, has to go ...
CNET Image Misuse
--While browsing CNET News.com this evening, I saw that one of the lead stories featured John Battelle. The photo of John looked eerily familiar, but...
Boiler Bay Point
--A hundred mile drive southwest of Portland is Boiler Bay State Scenic Viewpoint, one of many places that lets you really drink in the rugged Northw...
Tripod Recommendations
--A few weeks ago, my good friend Mike Clark sent me an email asking a few questions about tripods and ball heads. He was looking to buy and wanted t...
RailsConf Website
--Over the years that I've been working with O'Reilly Media, they've steadily been ramping up the use of photography in their conferen...
The Mark III Sendoff
--I don't usually shoot in the conditions that are reported to tickle the autofocus issues in the Canon 1D Mark III, but from time to time I bel...
Using Aperture 2.0
--When Aperture 1.0 was released, it was the RAW workflow tool I had always wanted and it quickly became my mainline workflow tool. Sure, it was slow...
WWDC Photos Take Center Stage
--Earlier today, Apple announced WWDC08, their annual developer conference. Last year was the second year in a row that I served as a photographer fo...
The eComm2008 Conference
--For the next few days, I'll be in Mountain View, California shooting the eComm2008 conference at the Computer History Museum. This conference ...
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Measuring ink cartridge life in the real world | Printerville
Rick LePage takes on the issue of measuring ink consumption in printers. It's a really tough issue.
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Printerville First look: Epson R2880
A great first look at the new 2880 printer from Epson from Printerville.
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Tags: printer, photography
Avoiding Camera Noise Signatures - Instructables - DIY, How To, photography, science
If you take enough images with your digital camera, they can all be compared together and a unique signature can be determined.
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diesel sweeties: Why Parents Can't Stop Talking about Babies
Diesel Sweeties gets to the bottom of why new parents are all blabby about their kids non stop.
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Tags: humor
HP Calculators on the iPhone
A set of classic HP calculators for the iPhone. I can't wait to put these bad boys on.
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Damn Interesting » Operation Pastorius
Story of Operation Pastorius, 8 Nazi's landed in the US to commit acts of terror who instead were apprehended by the actions of their commander to turn himself and his comrades in.
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