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Archive for December, 2005

Compensation for Board Members - great article for smaller startups to read now, before they need these answers. # 0 comments

Composition and Impact

2 Comments Published 2 years, 9 months ago in photography + video

Composition and Impact: It’s a beautiful photograph, but do you know WHY it’s beautiful? - I know understand a little more about my camera’s aperture setting, the Golden Mean, Framing and lots of other useful photography stuff.
Speaking of, what do you think of this photo I took of young Jack last night:

Or this one:

It’s my [...]

Get in Line - A great article on how to straighten out, or fix the perspective on photos that you might take. # 0 comments

Paul Graham: How to Start a Startup - been thinking ’bout this lately… # 0 comments

8 Mistakes To Avoid When Naming Your Business - “Mistake #6: Making your business name so obscure, customers will never know what it means.” Translation: “Inluminent is a shitty name”. Yep, I learned that one. # 2 comments

The Darkness

1 Comment Published 2 years, 9 months ago in life stories, random

If you’re a Queen fan, you should probably check out The Darkness, a Rock and Roll band from Britain that definitely sounds like modern day Queen.
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The iTMS has an exclusive EP for sale, but it’s not available for US iTMS shoppers… the other albums and singles are though.
Totally cool, and a great [...]

Ars on Aperture

1 Comment Published 2 years, 9 months ago in macintosh, photography + video

Ars Technica on Aperture 1.0 - this is the review I’ve been looking for. If you’re interested in Aperture, read this review.
update: After reading the review completely myself, I’m left thinking that maybe Aperture isn’t what I need, and maybe it is something I’ll want, evenutally. I don’t know, and haven’t made up [...]

Your Brain on Shopping - a great little read on the differences between Men’s brains and women’s brains when it comes to shopping. # 0 comments

A Talented Amateur Finds Aperture - a good first look at Aperture from a non-professional. Yes, now that I’m borrowing a D60 from a friend of mine, I’m really interested in Aperture. # 1 comment

Derrick Story on Appeture on a Powerbook - Derrick’s first thoughts on Appeture on his trusty 17″ Powerbook. I’ll have to keep an eye on his experiences before I chuck down the cash for the software…. and Part II of this Series: Raw Files and CS2 # 0 comments

Cleaning out the closet - part III

0 Comments Published 2 years, 9 months ago in for sale

Just in time for some eBay Christmas shopping, I’ve posted another 9 items on eBay. I’ve still got more stuff to put online, but I can only take writing up eBay discriptions for so long before I’ve got to take a break…

Apple iPod 20GB - 3rd Generation - Lots of extras - This iPod has [...]