Wild photography makes real stuff look like miniature models of real stuff

October 25, 2008

This time lapse photography is done with a tilt-shift lens. These lenses are generally used for architectural photography to reduce distortion. The reason that everything looks like miniature models is because of the unique and very shallow depth of field – if you look closely you’ll see that only a horizontal band in the middle [...]

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Windows Vista. Ow. Poke. Ow. Poke. Sigh.

October 22, 2008

So I built a new Windows machine and installed Vista on it. A $500.00 Fry’s special (yah, yah, I could have got the parts cheaper elsewhere). The machine has a Intel DG45ID motherboard, a 3ghz Intel Core Duo processor, and 4gigs of RAM. It has onboard everything. Audio. Video. Cappuccino maker. Air compressor. Flare gun. [...]

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Geo in the house. Pimpin the thirteens…

October 7, 2008

My new car is a 1997 Geo Metro. It has 195,000 miles on it. And I paid $1.00 for it. Everything is manual. Windows. Locks. It has thread worn (and loved) cloth seats. The drivers side mirror moves every time I shut the door. The radio doesn’t work (which I’m going to fix with some [...]

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A photo of my soon to be ex 2002 Corvette Z06

September 29, 2008

I took a bunch of pictures of my 2002 Corvette Z06 at sunset over the weekend. This is my favorite shot. I haven’t put together everything I want to for my online ad, but this will probably be the marquee image. I love this car. Look at how beautiful it is. Sniff. If by any [...]

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Breaking news: Mike gets a new car…

September 29, 2008

Stay tuned for more details…

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A picture of me from 1985

September 24, 2008

I recently got in touch with an old friend on Facebook. He sent me this picture from when I was backpacking through Europe in 1985 with a couple of my high school buddies. This was taken in Amsterdam. I’m the fuzzy headed dude on the right. No gray hair. Priceless.

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