Archive for August, 2007

Predictive Autofocus

Friday, August 31st, 2007

I keep looking at my digital photos and thinking “dam, it’s out of focus! why is that ?!” Even after 8 years of digital SLR photography, I still expect my digital cameras to respond as fast as my 35mm film Nikon F4s. A good example is the shot of Zen coming out of the water […]

Summer Camp

Friday, August 31st, 2007

I realized, as I was dumping my camera data to the NAS, that these photos remind me of when I was a kid at summer camp. The days were filled with swimming, nature classes, and sports. By the end of the day,you were hungry and tired … pretty much an ideal situation for the camp […]

High Speed Internet ?!

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

This week I experienced the next generation of “customer service” - or should I say, dis-service. My first full Verizon phone/DSL bill came it a couple weeks ago and they had charged me full rate for the DSL rather than the special bundled deal I signed up for. So I called to get it corrected. […]

Agility Training - Obstacle Discrimination

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

The agility equipment is out on a regular basis these days. Zen still needs a few more “contacts” - specifically a dog walk and an “A” frame. These will likely wait for me to build them this winter or be close enough to a supplier that I can pick them up.
In the mean time, Zen […]

The Vick Verdict

Monday, August 27th, 2007

A lot has been reported about the dog fighting case and Michael Vick. Now that he has pleaded what is left is (1) the verdict and (2) what society here in the United States will do with the knowledge and the publicity. There are a lot of very serious issues to be addressed. I hope they […]