March 2012
The Scale of the Universe 2 →
February 2012
A Simple Explanation of How ISO Works in Digital... →
That could have been 1/3 as long. See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_noise#In_digital_cameras
“Temperature can also have an effect on the amount of noise produced by an image sensor due to leakage. With this in mind, it is known that DSLRs will produce more noise during summer than winter.”
FOR SALE: 2000 Subaru Outback →
I’m selling my car. Live the Seattle dream!
Home Insurance and Pipes that Go ‘Pop’ in the... →
ATTN homeowners
Disabled Protesters Vs. Riot Police →
Jesus christ.
Seattle Bubble • Buy vs. Rent: A Real Life... →
Five-Ku: Short Poems on the Career of Nicolas Cage... →
Five-Ku: Short Poems on the Career of Nicolas Cage
By ADAM STERNBERGH
A chameleon! Crafty. Never same way twice. And that’s just the hair.
“Leaving Las Vegas,” Masterpiece. “Honeymoon in Vegas,” not so much.
Post-Oscar, new niche: Action roles with accents of Murky provenance.
Come clean: Even you Can’t name the titles of all The films you’ve been in.
But let them scoff! Who Among...
How I Found the Human Being Behind Horse_ebooks,... →
Gawker internet stalks the @horse_ebooks author, gets as close as one person removed.
Lincoln Tells a Story →
I must admit I haven’t read any Lincoln biographies or learned much about his life, which I consider a failure to be a true American. (I did however see a play at the Intiman about the first part of his life up until he became president.)
This is neat. Someone heard Lincoln tell a short story and wrote it down in his diary, in Lincoln’s dialect. Speak it out loud in my head and...
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Articles I Enjoyed Recently
New Yorker on Carrie Brownstein and Portlandia
I am fascinated by the strange platonic relationship between Fred Armisen and Carrie.
“What seems to have defined me more is that I’m pretty horrible at relationships and haven’t been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on—returning to a familiar sense of self-reliance and autonomy—is what I know; that feeling is as comfortable and...
Nightline 2/21: Apple's Chinese Factories:... →
Notice they stole Mike Daisey’s question: “If there was one thing you could change about your job, what would it be?”
The Spite House in Seattle →
In the 1920s there was a *nasty divorce*. The judge awarded the husband the house and the wife the front yard.
“Seattle Mariners pitcher Félix Hernández hit a grand slam in his only at-bat in...”
– Slugging percentage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big log jam on Nooksack River is cleared by... →
There’s got to be some life metaphor here.
In Former New York Telephone Tower, Sabey Corp.... →
While Sabey plans to leave the facade alone, it is gutting the inside of the building. “This is definitely the tallest data center, and maybe the largest high-rise data center in the world,” Mr. Sabey said.
The few times I’ve been on the Brooklyn Bridge I’ve noticed this building sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s… utilitarian. Brutalist even?
F.C.C. Bars the Use of Airwaves for a Broadband... →
The GPS industry is big enough to have lobbyists?
Adobe Lightroom 3 for $80 →
Lowest price ever. 4 beta is out but 3 still rocks.
“Tony Bennett came on stage and said, “First, Michael Jackson, then Amy...”
– Live: Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy party continues as planned
What.
The Locavore Hunter™: Puerto Rico's Green Iguanas... →
Interesting info about USDA approved slaughtering facilities.
The red state ripoff →
Crips, Bloods, and Commuters: Seattle Gang... →
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mexico city - a set on Flickr by locaburg →
one of the finest David Lynchian sets of photographs one will ever see
