Did I mention that I love jamón ibérico? The red glasses contain a drink known as tinto de verano, which consists of ice cubes, red wine, and seltzer water. It’s actually much better than it sounds, and not to be confused with a kalimotxo.
Another 4/5 Chiang family vacation, along with honorary guest Joey Ferrari, this time in Spain. After two layovers in Portugal, we finally made it to Madrid. While most shops and sights are closed, the city doesn’t feel empty at all, as the Madrileños love their navidad paseos. Crowds were thronging and a-thrumming in the plazas [...]
Have a delightful $DEITYmas! Off to Spain tomorrow, back in the States on 5 January.
Computer folks, especially Linux hackers, are a little weird when it comes to vacation. A lot of them look forward to a large uninterrupted block of time so they can focus on their personal programming projects. The reason this is weird is because to the observer, the form of what the hacker is doing remains [...]
A new member of the family showed up today. I’ve been dreaming of the 10-22 in the middle for a long time now, but never pulled the trigger until now. This photo was taken with my kit lens. Travel itself isn’t so expensive, but ancillary photo gear purchases add up quick. And this is what [...]
not quite a viking Some things I’m thankful for: family, adopted family, turkey, euchre, math, mountains, vikings, stacked git, pizza, boom-pants, coffee, libraries, desert islands, down, hbo, my own bed, and everyone who cares enough to read this thing of mine.
I bought a 1000W halogen shop light from Home Depot today, and did some quick n’ dirty white balancing in Picasa for my second attempt, which I think went slightly better than the first. The lights only cost $20, so this is still a pretty cheap setup. Macro pictures of this type are best viewed [...]
I had a wild hair to expand my photographic range, so tonight, I experimented by making an el cheapo lightbox as documented at the strobist blog. Screwup #1 was getting matte posterboard instead of the shiny stuff. D’oh. Luckily that mistake can be fixed for another $1. Screwup #2 was more like an equipment failure. [...]
Snowing in Fort Collins already! Winter’s here, I’m hoping the flu stays away. Playing around with the format of photos posted here. What do you think? Is the large too large? My home monitor is 28″ and my work one is 30″, so it’s hard for me to gauge. :-)