took this on my drive up to point reyes two weeks back. just me, my camera, and dream theatre on loud volumes. nothing at all to interrupt a bunch of incredible 10+ minute tracks.

someone i chat with suggest i try photosig. they have a unique self governing system. so to be able to post i’m supposed to write critiques to get points. i wrote 3 short paragraphs on one image i liked but had some words to say about. then i wrote two short paragraphs on another image i liked better.. but i only get a third of the critique points because it already had 36 “critiques”. i enclose that word in quotes because people are all posting two or three word comments and not doing any critiquing. i think the system is flawed because people are writing useless critiques to get points so they can upload the own images. :-/ back to photo.net for me.

the new server is online. it’s too fast. oh man. i started a new mrtg to graph stats on the switch at the colo. in a few days i’ll see how things are.

bhphoto sells fp4 120 for $2.19 a roll. if i wanted to buy a greater quantity, they have a 50 roll pack for $156.50. but wait, that’s $3.13 a roll. what the..?
incidentally, they have the propack (5 rolls) for the same price as five individual rolls.

i don’t get it.

as part of offramp.org upgrades, i’ve isntalled some equipment at an ISP colocation facility in fremont. my server there is 3ms from yahoo and google. hopefully things will be nice and stable after i move all the services. i already know what i’m doing next with the equipment once it’s moved. fun!

dude, where’s my dongle?

wish list:

two nights ago i read the photo.net article, so you want to turn pro? .. it helped me dismiss the idea of being a real “pro” photographer. last night at camera club, the judge said most pros are 90% weddings. that’s not what i want to be. and i suck at marketing, so forget that. so here’s what i really want to be:

actually, if i could sell work that would be great. i’m just not good at the selling part. i need an art dealer (when my art is worth dealing in).

sidebar: the other day, i was at keeble and schucat in palo alto, talking to one of the old-timers there that’s very patient and helps me out a lot. he was answering a question i had about adjusting contrast on the beseler color head i have. he said some of the newer heads had built-in neutral density filters they bring in as you change the colors. it made sense to me.. that way you dont have to adjust timing when you add magenta to the light, for instance. wow! i want one of those. :-)