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Archive for June 2009

Bird’s Eye View

In Photography, Travel on 17 June 2009 with no comments

Camera: Nokia N82, Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200), Aperture: f/2.8, Focal Length: 5.6 mm, ISO Speed: 100, Flash: Flash did not fire, auto mode This shot was up a cliff at Tanahlot, Bali, where one of Bali’s seven sea temples is located. Also happens to be quite the popular tourist trap too.

Lazy Afternoon

In Photography, Travel on 10 June 2009 with no comments

Camera: Sony DSLR-A700, Exposure: 0.05 sec (1/20), Aperture: f/6.3, Focal Length: 250 mm, ISO Speed: 800, Exposure Bias: +0.7 EV, Flash: Auto, Did not fire Taken at Pier 39, San Francisco, a group of seals laze around under the watchful gaze of a solitary seagull in the early hours of the evening.

The Importance of Data

In Opinion, Technology on 3 June 2009 tagged 3G, mobile broadband, N97 with no comments

What’s going to make or break the Nokia N97, or any other smartphone out there, for that matter, is data. Or rather, the availability of an always-on, live connection to the Internet. At least, that’s what I think will be the key driver of the N97′s success in a market already dominated by Apple’s iPhone, [...]

Jason Wade, Lifehouse

In Photography on 2 June 2009 with no comments

Camera: Canon PowerShot G9, Exposure: 0.04 sec (1/25), Aperture: f/4, Focal Length: 29.2 mm, ISO Speed: 200, Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV, Flash: Flash did not fire Closeup of Jason Wade, Lifehouse frontman, during a Nokia event held sometime in 2008. Out of the fifty or so shots I took of him in this position, this [...]