On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 22:41 -0400, Mark Roberts wrote:
I just installed WordPress on my web server. Not too difficult, really.
Had to create a new SQL database, upload a bunch of files (all it one
fell swoop, so it was utterly simple) and cut-and-paste 3 or 4
site-specific details into one
On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 13:50 -0400, Mark Roberts wrote:
Michael Chan wrote:
Wordpress is _great_. I admin it for a couple of sites; it's so much
easier to support than the Typepad sites I do maintenance for.
Cool. I'm still working customizing it at the moment - editing the
stylesheet
On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 22:22 +0100, Bob W wrote:
The children of one of my friends want a laptop, and more particularly
they want a MacBook. My friend knows nothing about computers, but she
needs to be able to run Windows software for a course she'll be taking
later this year.
What extras
long as you are
only user and you are actively using one copy at a given moment
(honor system).
Best regards,
Michael Chan
On Mar 30, 2007, at 12:24 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
Then i best order the CD and get them both.
Don't forget he'll have to talk to me at least once. The GFM official
On Mar 30, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Michael Chan wrote:
I imagine you have to pay for a copy for each computer you run it
on.
Otherwise you are a dirty no good thief.
That's one reason, at least as far as RAW converters/workflow
managers go, why BibblePro makes me happy. One license, install
On Mar 30, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Mar 30, 2007, at 2:19 PM, Michael Chan wrote:
Adobe allows two copies to be active per license, and the License is
cross-platform (Windows Mac OS X).
Read the email I sent a while back, which includes an extraction
directly from
Pentax has been requiring
approximately 10 business days turnaround. I'm glad I never got
around to selling my DL.
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On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 13:12 -0400, Mark Roberts wrote:
Gee, I'm gone for a while and I come back and see its the same old
thing everyone has a bone to pick
Not to mention skeletons in their closets.
Yeah, and with no sense of humerus.
You don't cut this out I may have to
spiffs were commonplace and would sway some less scrupulous sales
person's recommendation to a customer as to what camera would be the
best for them. Are spiffs still common in camera retail?
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On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 23:39 -0600, William Robb wrote:
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From: Michael Chan
Subject: Re: My Next Dog?
I humbly introduce my friend, The Griffin:
http://www.mcmm.net/albums/20040203_snowshoe/img_1724_m.jpg
http://www.mcmm.net/albums/20040210_snowshoe
for, and hund (dog). The breed were originally
working dogs, used principally as carters, herders/drovers, and watch
dogs.
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On Dec 7, 2006, at 1:55 PM, John Francis wrote:
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 04:42:13PM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote:
Michael Chan wrote:
William's right. It's Bernese Mountain Dog, and it's frequently
shortened to Berner. Common mispronunciations include Burmese
Mountain Dogs. On one occasion
On Dec 7, 2006, at 1:42 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Michael Chan wrote:
William's right. It's Bernese Mountain Dog, and it's frequently
shortened to Berner. Common mispronunciations include Burmese
Mountain Dogs. On one occasion I ran with that gaffe and said
they got
their names from
with me for six years, interact
with my newborn son is a thing of wonder. How does he know how
important my son is to us? He just knows. I wish you and your
potential new friend great joy, should you choose to take up the
responsibility of caring for each other.
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On Dec 5, 2006, at 9:45 PM, William Robb wrote:
This fellow haunts the cafe I have breakfast at from time to time.
I'm not sure what he was looking for today, he mentioned yesterday
that
a job and place to live would be nice.
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/k10_0335.html
Shepherd, personally, I like the
Turverans the best.
We confirmed with the breeder last night, it's just a matter of
when, I
expect sooner rather than later as she really wants this dog
placed in a
good home.
Dog photos are *almost* always post-worthy.
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On Dec 6, 2006, at 7:00 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Willy, my springer spaniel:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id
He looks like a sweetheart.
=3152929
On Dec 6, 2006, at 8:52 PM, Christian wrote:
Mike Hamilton wrote:
Well, Heck! We're posting dog photos, are we now?
On Dec 6, 2006, at 5:52 PM, Christian wrote:
Mike Hamilton wrote:
Well, Heck! We're posting dog photos, are we now?
http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/?p=63
http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/?p=138
Bill wrote:
http://www.spiritusdogs.ca/bella.html
Ok then! here is Clancy, my dear departed GSP
On Dec 6, 2006, at 7:03 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Jack, my terrier mutt, who my daughter saved from a dumpster one
January:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3023179
On Dec 6, 2006, at 8:52 PM, Christian wrote:
Gorgeous dog.
Mike Hamilton wrote:
Well, Heck! We're posting dog
On Dec 5, 2006, at 8:35 AM, Rick Womer wrote:
How about stripping JPGs out of old CDs in another 10
or 20 years? The formatting is rather important with
photos...
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As for software compatibility, I think it would be
pretty easy to strip
the
On Dec 5, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Eric Featherstone wrote:
On 05/12/06, Mike Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 12/4/06, Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Apologies if I mis-characterize, but I do not think that you are
fully in comprehension of what a RAID 1 storage scenario implies
On Dec 5, 2006, at 10:31 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
K10D (w/16x45 f/4) and I drove along the Sacramento River levee just
after sunrise this morning, waiting for the fog to lift or thin. Came
upon this bend which was just becoming partially visible. I stood on
the levee (Thinsulate lined jacket on)
On Dec 5, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Charles Robinson wrote:
On Dec 5, 2006, at 12:46, Jostein Øksne wrote:
Next time you buy a PC, you may need a separate PCI card for floppy
support. Many of the current motherboards don't have that circuitry
anymore.
USB-based floppy
. In the end I think it works out to six of one, half dozen
of the other regarding the effect on the card.
Michael Chan
On Dec 3, 2006, at 9:55 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I've made perhaps 70,000 exposures in digital cameras since 2002.
I've used both delete all and format, with no pattern. Never
Agreed on the Transcend. I also have had good luck with RIData's
high-speed cards.
I would NOT recommend AData. Cheap shell, broke easily.
Michael
On Dec 4, 2006, at 6:47 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I'll cast my vote for the Transcend/newegg combo as well. Bought a
couple
of cards from
On Dec 4, 2006, at 10:23 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
another reason why you want to do formats with the camera is that
with flash media you want to avoid writing to media needlessly ... it
has a finite lifespan. This is why formatters for flash media
typically do not zero the files, just
Chiming in with the rest: GREAT shot.
Michael
On Dec 4, 2006, at 1:03 AM, DagT wrote:
...is watching you:
http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=276424
DagT
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Lovely galleries; thanks for the link.
Michael
On Dec 3, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Cotty wrote:
On 3/12/06, Michael Chan, discombobulated, unleashed:
Laura idly mentioned she wanted to vacation someplace warm,
preferably near an ocean. I immediately brightened and replied, How
about Scotland
Since Friday December 1st 2006.
(two days after my k10d arrived). I did lurk for a couple of months
back in March on a tip from this fellow I know from when I used to
live back east. Claims he isn't a post-modern bard.
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Shel,
Re-reading my posts in this thread, I realize they are somewhat
misleading and also just plain wrong in at least one statement. I
hope to be more accurate and clear in this post, at least as much as
my understanding of the systems involved may allow.
FAT 12/16/32 file systems were
fetches the other dollar.
Michael Chan
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behavior in the industry to some extent, but I don't know.
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On Dec 4, 2006, at 3:56 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
Michael Chan wrote:
Agreed on the Transcend. I also have had good luck with RIData's
high-speed cards.
I would NOT recommend AData. Cheap shell, broke easily.
Michael
Thanks for the vote on the Transcend.
WRT the ADate, like I said, all
far, but I've only had a few opportunities to shoot as of
yet. Stupid obligations getting in the way of my burning desire to
shoot with the new camera. :)
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On Dec 4, 2006, at 4:11 PM, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Michael Chan
Subject: Re: OT - What sells
And the not-so good porn fetches the other dollar.
Geeze Mike, I feel like I should buy you a beer.
William Robb
Just riding your coattails, Rob
from fire/flood/theft/plague
of metal-eating locusts, of which you probably already are aware, so
occasional-to-frequent backup and removal to an off-site location by
way of tape/DVD/what-have-you is an important part of your plan.
Michael Chan
P.S. - Since I'm new here, question to the long
On Dec 4, 2006, at 4:28 PM, Michael Chan wrote:
On Dec 4, 2006, at 4:11 PM, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Michael Chan
Subject: Re: OT - What sells
And the not-so good porn fetches the other dollar.
Geeze Mike, I feel like I should buy you a beer.
William
On Dec 4, 2006, at 5:19 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Link?
Hah! :)
William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Kenneth Waller
Subject: OT - What sells
Wondering what other subjects have sold multiple times for other
list
members?
Good porn always fetches top dollar.
Mark,
'cause I'm too lazy to look it up (and you know how lazy I am),
what's GFM?
Michael
On Dec 4, 2006, at 5:22 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Anyone got a list of the various GFM galleries that have been put up
over the past couple of years? I was just looking through Cottys' 2004
gallery and
On Dec 4, 2006, at 5:29 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/ann_03.html
Finally, after three years, Ann has given me permission to post
this little
snap taken @ Casa Belinkoff.
Pentax LX, K85/1.8, hand held 1/60sec @ F5.6, Fuji Reala converted
to warm
tone BW
On Dec 4, 2006, at 5:38 PM, Mike Hamilton wrote:
On 12/4/06, Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Dec 4, 2006, at 3:33 PM, Mike Hamilton wrote:
My current setup for image storage is as follows:
working images on my internal hard drive (Powerbook) (60gb hard
drive)
occaisional
-of-the-U.S. trips.
That's fantastic about visiting the pub where your father was born.
I didn't know that story. His mom must have been caught up in a
really fierce leg of darts. ;)
On Dec 3, 2006, at 6:47 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Michael Chan wrote:
My lady and I want to go to the UK
Beautiful. Nicely done.
Michael
On Dec 3, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
So busy with school that I've hardly had a chance to use the K10D at
all, much less get out and do some serious shooting with it. So this
morning I grabbed a few shots of some orchids we have in the kitchen.
I'm a programmer/sysadmin, and will try to offer a couple suggestions
off list regarding your predicament, but I heartily recommend that in
the future, just say no to DRM-based music purchase sites. If you
feel the itch to buy your music online, you may want to try eMusic
for a bit. No,
Very nice. Grace is quite photogenic. Sharp, and the noise is not
obtrusive to me; it provides a nice texture.
In the first shot, something happened with the image compression of
the green tabletop that is distracting to me. I wonder if it might
look more interesting if the bottom edge
SWEET shot. Gives me the jumpies.
On Dec 3, 2006, at 11:34 AM, Patrick Genovese wrote:
Hi everyone,
Have'nt posted anything recently. So here goes:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5287610size=lg
Comments / critique welcome.
Regards
Patrick Genovese
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Most everyone probably knows this already, but when I stumbled across
it yesterday on the k10, I was quite happy, so I will share just in
case one hasn't caught this yet; when you press the OK button the
remaining shot counter in the viewfinder will switch to display the
iso that the
I particularly enjoy the Swan Creek shot.
On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:54 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
Despite the bad weather (which never was as bad as predicted) I did my
best to run the K10D through its paces today. Overall I'm quite happy.
The snow fooled the camera's meter (as expected) and I wound
I have been restraining myself from buying the 16-45 for months now,
anticipating the weather-sealed lenses. I had not heard about a
16-50 2.8, which would likely be out of my budget range anyway, and
with the rebate it's getting really difficult for me to control my
LBA shakes. Is the
from paypal,
so people can make a payment.
Is that correct.
Dave
Quoting Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 12/1/06, Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For the (realistically) cautious, I offer this advice:
Set up a secondary (or tertiary/quadrant) account to your principle
account
a payment.
Is that correct.
Dave
Quoting Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 12/1/06, Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For the (realistically) cautious, I offer this advice:
Set up a secondary (or tertiary/quadrant) account to your principle
account for online transactions for vendors
Shel,
In my experience with the K10 so far, SR is active and ready as
quickly or faster than focus is acquired, which should mitigate your
concerns regarding the situation you are describing.
Michael
On Dec 2, 2006, at 8:01 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
That's not quite the same as quickly
Graywolf is correct that Paypal is rather competitive in the points
it charges versus my merchant account, and that they make things
extremely convenient, plus have a (perhaps undeserved) level of trust
with the general buying public that people may not have with a direct
purchase method.
, decisions ...What would you do?
On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 07:48:57AM -0800, Michael Chan wrote:
I have been restraining myself from buying the 16-45 for months now,
anticipating the weather-sealed lenses. I had not heard about a
16-50 2.8, which would likely be out of my budget range anyway
, at 3:29 PM, Michael Chan wrote:
John,
I have a 10-17 and love shooting with it. It's an awesome lens. I'm
continually impressed with what it produces, but it is a fish with
all it's corresponding caveats. Here are several images shot with
the Pentax 10-17 fish on the ist-DL:
http
++
Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
Quoting Michael Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Shot with my ist DL; 10s/f8. Kit 10-55. The forest stayed
wonderfully still for me, or at least my tripod.
http://mcmm.net/viewimage.php?set=CoastJuly2006i=IMGP1352.jpgs=m
Comments appreciated
)
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Behalf Of
Michael Chan
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Subject: Re: 16-50 f2.8
Sorry about the chopped URLs; if someone wants to tell me how to
embed them properly so they don't
Mark,
My lady and I want to go to the UK. I need to talk with you soon
about travel ideas. Big plus: she digs motorcycles. *grin*
On Dec 2, 2006, at 4:07 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Michael Chan wrote:
I have a 10-17 and love shooting with it. It's an awesome lens. I'm
continually
On Dec 2, 2006, at 4:46 PM, Juan Buhler wrote:
I had wished for this here on the pdml, about the istD, a couple of
years ago:
The front (index) wheel will advance through pictures when in play
mode. No need to use the joystick thing to do that if you don't feel
like it.
It's a trivial
I offer this as proof of what SR can do; it's a partial repost from
another thread earlier, but the point is that SR is a boon, not a bane.
(.. omitted .. )
(re-posted begins)
http://209.197.126.178/IMGP3102.jpg
The exif data is partially wrong because it's a non-recognized lens.
SR is on,
from the bow of the pictured vessel; the opposite
shore of the river is ~.3 - .5 mile.
_Love_ the feel of this camera. Can't wait to do some work with this
baby.
Michael Chan
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On Dec 1, 2006, at 11:14 AM, Tom C wrote:
What do you get at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ThomasCakalic
I can report that it renders properly on OmniWeb and Safari on OS X;
also, right now, the site is extremely responsive. Images are
loading very quickly over my line.
Michael Chan
Hi Bruce,
Nice light, and I like boats. The defocussed trees add depth. The
water looks appears slightly over-sharp.
Michael Chan
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Shot with my ist DL; 10s/f8. Kit 10-55. The forest stayed
wonderfully still for me, or at least my tripod.
http://mcmm.net/viewimage.php?set=CoastJuly2006i=IMGP1352.jpgs=m
Comments appreciated.
Thanks,
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For what it's worth, I bought a 5.1 mix version of Joshua Judges
Ruth from Lyle Lovett. I far and away prefer the original stereo
mix. Perhaps it's because my time spent listening (I've heard that
cd too many times to count) of the original had conditioned me to
think that's how it
Between the beautiful art (cover/inserts/labels/the disc itself: WAX
TRAX!), the new world of mixology, and the audio presence of a
record, the resurgence of vinyl is indeed a wonderful thing to see.
Now if only I could figure an affordable way to move 1000 pounds of
vinyl from my folk's
On Dec 1, 2006, at 4:34 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Make that as long as they're saved as DNG format.
I've read some, but I'm still confused as to the apprehension about.
It's an open format, correct? Is there a risk of lock-in/betrothal
to Adobe? Forgive me for not searching the thread
You suck!
Hah! It's true! I love how Pentax kit optics bring out the lovely
detail in the garbage hung up in the roots above the tree in the stream!
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For the (realistically) cautious, I offer this advice:
Set up a secondary (or tertiary/quadrant) account to your principle
account for online transactions for vendors such as PayPal that
really push a checking authorization. Limit the funds available to
what you are trying to move, with a
On Apr 1, 2006, at 9:43 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.pentaximaging.com/footer/news_media_article?
ArticleId=7495423
May have already been reported here, but here it is anyway.
Lenses listed:
snip
($100) smc P-FA 77mm F1.8 Limited Lens (black or silver)
on that unit as I have a chance to pick one up for a
rather low price. I am having a hard time finding any reviews on the
unit. Will it fully support TTL fill and remote wireless TTL? Any
other thoughts?
Thanks and best regards,
Michael Chan
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