http://www.mynewtonblog.net Notes from my Newton Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:42:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/06/30/waiting-for-jetblue-flight-488/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/06/30/waiting-for-jetblue-flight-488/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:42:30 +0000 Thomas Brand http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/06/30/waiting-for-jetblue-flight-488/ Waiting for JetBlue flight 488 back to Boston to start boarding. Long Beach Airport, yeah it is just a bunch of trailers with baggage claim.

]]> http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/06/30/waiting-for-jetblue-flight-488/feed/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/06/10/i-am-glad-george-lucas-got-to/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/06/10/i-am-glad-george-lucas-got-to/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:35:22 +0000 Thomas Brand http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/06/10/i-am-glad-george-lucas-got-to/ I am glad George Lucas got to write a forth Indiana Jones film, but upset it turned out to be Steven Spielberg’s sequel to Close Encounters.

]]> http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/06/10/i-am-glad-george-lucas-got-to/feed/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/28/arrrgh-i-just-shot-an-entire/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/28/arrrgh-i-just-shot-an-entire/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 03:32:43 +0000 Thomas Brand http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/28/arrrgh-i-just-shot-an-entire/ Arrrgh! I just shot an entire nights worth of over 140 digital photos at the wrong ISO setting, and didn’t notice until they were processed.

]]> http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/28/arrrgh-i-just-shot-an-entire/feed/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/21/this-is-my-first-mobile-tweet/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/21/this-is-my-first-mobile-tweet/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 13:06:56 +0000 Thomas Brand http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/21/this-is-my-first-mobile-tweet/ This is my first mobile tweet using iTwtr.com, an iPhone optimized web based Twitter client I discovered after following updates by @gruber.

]]> http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/21/this-is-my-first-mobile-tweet/feed/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/profr-thanks-for-congratulati/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/profr-thanks-for-congratulati/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 19:25:56 +0000 Thomas Brand http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/profr-thanks-for-congratulati/ @profr Thanks for congratulating me on the purchase of my D300. Hopefully my photos can live up to my camera. http://flickr.com/thomasbrand

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]]> http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/stshores24-when-it-comes-to-p/feed/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/retrophisch-i-once-posted-twe/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/retrophisch-i-once-posted-twe/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 19:13:09 +0000 Thomas Brand http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/retrophisch-i-once-posted-twe/ @retrophisch I once posted Tweets using SMS on the iPhone, instead of an optimized web application, due to the reliability of the interface.

]]> http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/retrophisch-i-once-posted-twe/feed/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/gone-fishing/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/gone-fishing/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 15:44:45 +0000 Thomas Brand http://www.mynewtonblog.net/?p=673 mm Fisheye.]]> Last night I went out fishing along the streets of Boston and into Apple’s newest flagship Bolyston St. retail store. My tackle box for this trip included only a single lens, the Nikkor 10.5mm Fisheye. A fisheye lens introduces a staggering 180 degree view to the eye of the photographer. Upon first use its unique perspective can be perceived as both a disorienting and challenging photographic experience. Almost everything a photographer know about composition has to be altered when using a fisheye lens. In order to force myself into the fisheye point-of-view I decided to remove any additional equipment from my camera bag, and see only from the eye of a fish.

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]]> http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/last-night-i-went-fishing-alon/feed/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/after-spilling-half-a-bottle-o/ http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/after-spilling-half-a-bottle-o/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 15:02:30 +0000 Thomas Brand http://www.mynewtonblog.net/2008/05/16/after-spilling-half-a-bottle-o/ After spilling half a bottle of pink rubbing alcohol into my keyboard yesterday, I am honestly surprised to find it working perfectly today.

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