Posted by Jason on July 31, 2006 
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this is ryan’s new $40 bike.
we’re getting ready for the playa.
this past weekend, ryan and i bought two bikes. we stripped and cleaned them. i’m still working on mine.. but ryan got his completely painted and reassembled. i was able to fix the front and rear deraileurs! today we replaced the brake pads and adjusted the breaks. now we have a perfectly working bike. i should finish mine up next weekend.
we’ve also nailed down many essentials for the playa:
- tent
- sleeping bags
- head lamps
- goggles
- bikes (almost done)
- reservation for van
Posted by Jason on July 25, 2006 
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when i was starting to wonder about bringing a 4×5 to burning man, i decided to try getting a junker lens to bring. i ended up snatching a 7 1/2″ ilex paragon anastigmat in a non-working acme #3 shutter. for $20. i received the set and took the shutter apart and got it working. now it works on all speeds and i have a dirt cheap lens. i cleaned it up while it was apart, so it even looks great. the only thing it’s missing is a retaining ring.. which i can solve later (or borrow from my 12″ meyer, which has a newer acme/ilex #3.
Posted by Jason on July 24, 2006 
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just a negative scan for now. the scan of another negative was so wonky, making something viewable out of it was beyond my photoshop skills. i will try to get either the other sheets developed, or these sheets contact-printed so i have something better. but i am hopeful. this one turned out as i imagined.
that’s me with my beloved burke and james 8×10, 12″ carl meyer apo-process, f/64 @ 1sec.
Posted by Jason on July 20, 2006 
today i was contacted by a guy named adam. he started school at purdue university and was there for only one year. he lived in wiley hall and spent time in the computer lab downstairs.
the interesting thing (besides the fact that he now does sound work on major hollywood pictures) is that he remembers me and the little interaction we had in 1994. he looked me up and tracked down my AIM screen name and got in touch with me. i wished i had remembered him better – but he knew the guys i met and befriended that year. and me helping him out with vi.
it’s neat to run into people that way. we both live in california now, though 500 miles apart. we might have exchanged as many words today than we did back then ;-)
Posted by Jason on July 17, 2006 seeing if i can make something of vox.com ..
Posted by Jason on July 16, 2006 i had to postpone the lighting class i was going to take. the reason? there were 500,000 people in downtown and i didn’t want to drive. but now i realized the next class i changed to is the day before i leave for burning man. i might as well rent a studio, rent a softbox and single monolight, bring a book, and learn myself.
