Tag: Photography

I don’t like to linkblog, but if I post it in more appropriate feeds, it’s not going to reach the people I want it to.

Check out this example of a true Chicago Super Fan.

Portland was added to Google Maps street view today. Here is a shot of my MINI next to Ryan’s red Rabbit.

I’m in the market for a new point-and-shoot camera. I’m looking for something small and relatively inexpensive, since I also plan to buy an SLR later in the year. The Pentax Optio M30 seems to fit my requirements. Does anyone have other suggestions?

Robert Scoble taped an awesome demo of Photosynth, a new photography app from Microsoft Live Labs. I wonder what David Hockney would think of this.

I’m just testing Lightbox JS. It’s pretty cool.

A couple days ago, Gabe sent me a picture in honor of a funny story my college buddy George Sormaz told me. Here’s the gist of it:

An auto mechanic takes a call from someone who would like to bring their Pontiac Gool in for service. Confused, the mechanic asks the caller to repeat the model of his car. A Pontiac Gool. The mechanic tells the guy to go ahead and bring the car to the shop. In the meantime, the mechanic asks the other mechanic at the garage if he’s heard of a Pontiac Gool. Of course, he hasn’t. Later that day, the owner of the Gool brings his car in. Both mechanics go out to take a look at the car. When they see the badge on the side of the car, they can barely contain their laughter. Here is what they saw.

George told it better than that, of course. I couldn’t stop laughing. That we thought it was true made it even funnier.

A couple years ago, I was disappointed to find out that it’s actually an urban legend. Oh well. It’s still funny.

And George, if you happen to see this post, leave a comment or e-mail me or something. It’s stupid that we haven’t spoken with each other for this long.

It sounds like Zooomr, once it’s back online, is going to be serious competition for Flickr. I’m really itching to try it out. It looks great.