Photography

Olympics 2010 – Vancouver

A friend of mine is working the Vancouver Olympics as part of the IT team managing the data network set up to support all of the media coverage of this historical event.


Starcraft LEGO Tribute – The Battleship

Q&A with Jerak, the creator of this Starcraft LEGO tribute.
Source: Digg


Hubble and the Universe

Gizmodo reported that Hubble made it’s 100,000th orbit of our tiny little planet, 3rd rock from Sol, and took yet another fantastic photo.

The universe we live in is such a beautiful place.  But then, just about everything is beautiful from 1 million LY away.


iPod generation sculptures

iPod generation sculptures

Originally uploaded by x11tech

As promised, photos from Monterey/Pacific Grove have been uploaded to my flickr account. Here’s one of my favorite from that weekend. A frog caugh lounging with an iPod in his lap.


Paintball Memories

Paintball Memories

Originally uploaded by x11tech


Paintball Memories

Paintball Memories

Originally uploaded by x11tech


Pretty Lightning in Slow Motion

http://gizmodo.com/5034458/slow-motion-lightning-video-is-mindblowing-will-sell-a-thousand-slo+mo-cameras
nuff said


Interesting Cloud formations

Disc Cloud over Mountain

 
There are a number of interesting cloud formations at this website I found.  A number of them look like UFOs.  Makes you wonder.


Texas Clouds

I arrived here on Monday and will leave Friday.  I was sent to learn about the NSNA 4050 Switch (Nortel Secure Network Access Switch).  While the topic is very interesting to me, I don’t think I could keep people’s attention if I got all work focused.
So instead, I’ll talk about the clouds.  I brought my [...]


HDR, Take 5

Take 4 sucked, so I’m skipping it.  I’m convinced now after 5 attempts that I have no idea what I’m doing.  I’m learning through a combination of trial and error, mostly error.

Here you can see my 5th attempt at HDR.  The lawn in my apartment complex, near sunset.  With the wind moving the leaves, they [...]