Archive for September 2007

Folsom Street Fisheye

In Photos on 30 September 2007 with 6 comments

I took my new Lomo Fisheye 2 out for a spin at the Folsom Street Fair, San Francisco.

links for 2007-09-30

In Links on 30 September 2007 with Comments Off

Edition One Studios
Short-run quality book makers.
(tags: publishing books)

Glimpse Magazine
Lovely.
(tags: photography magazines)

YouTube: David Lynch on Product Placement
What he said.
(tags: video productplacement myhero)

links for 2007-09-28

In Links on 28 September 2007 with 1 comment

Grid Layout
This would have saved me so much time and effort had it existed a few years ago.
(tags: geek design)

Zuda Comics
DC’s upcoming line of community-created web comics.
(tags: Crowdsourcing comics)

LitMinds Interviews the Editors of Canteen Magazine
Subscribed!
(tags: magazines canteen litminds)

Church Street

In Photos on 27 September 2007 with 2 comments

I recently rediscovered my Holga and took it for a walk. The processing and scanning of 120mm film is always some combination of annoying and expensive, but sometimes the results are worth the hassle.

links for 2007-09-27

In Links on 27 September 2007 with 1 comment

Guardian’s “Writers’ Rooms” Series
A look at where the magic happens. One has to wonder what they look like then reporters aren’t coming by.
(tags: writers photos)

Flickr Fray Group
Myla started a Fray group in Flickr. Thanks, Myla! You rock.
(tags: fray flickr fun)

The New Yorker Caption Contest Week #115
“You know, I’m beginning to think that this thing doesn’t [...]

Dogs of the Heart of Cole Valley

In Photos on 25 September 2007 with 2 comments

I took my Lomo LC-A (with Ringflash) to the Heart of Cole Valley street fair and made it my mission to photograph all the local dogs (and a few cars and kids, but mostly dogs). Check it.

Busted Stories

In Fray, Life, Stories on 24 September 2007 with 3 comments

You should never ask someone to tell a personal story that you wouldn’t be willing to tell yourself. So, with Fray’s current call for “Busted” stories in mind, here are some of the many times I’ve been busted:

That time mom caught me with shoplifted candy and made me go back to Vons and apologize.
That time [...]

links for 2007-09-22

In Links on 22 September 2007 with Comments Off

Bob Dylan’s Special Message
We glorify the past when the future dries up.
(tags: bobdylan inpoortaste)

links for 2007-09-19

In Links on 19 September 2007 with Comments Off

BusinessWeek: Ten Ways Flickr Builds Communities Online
Everyone should listen to my wife.
(tags: heatherchamp community business)

A Critic at Large: Candid Camera: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
Asked how he thought of the Leica, Cartier-Bresson said that it felt like “a big warm kiss, like a shot from a revolver, and like the psychoanalyst’s couch.”
(tags: photography leica)

The [...]

May You Be Inscribed in the Book of Life

In Judaism, Life, Stories on 18 September 2007 with Comments Off

Today I got an email. The who’s and what’s aren’t important. But the gist was, “I sent you a jerky email a while ago, and I wanted to apologize.”
I checked my archives. The email was five years ago. It wasn’t even all that bad - I’ve certainly received worse. But here was this guy, a [...]