Eric has posted just an amazing photo on his daily blog, and I thought I’d share it here. I think it’s just an amazing shot. Having taken approximately 30,000 shots myself now, I can safely say that inevitably any photos that Eric takes are noticeably better than mine. Thank goodness for our family that he … Continue reading A Reef Reflected in a Bubble (courtesy of Eric Cheng)
Eric Cheng is a good friend of mine from college, and an extremely interesting person. Like me, he did the co-terminal program at Stanford Univerisity in Computer Science (which involves getting BS and MS degrees) with an emphasis in Human-Computer Interaction. Eric is also an accomplished cello player. After school, he worked for a few … Continue reading Blogs I Read: Eric Cheng & Wetpixel
I was feeling really bad on Tuesday. A gorgeous lunar eclipse took place that was visible from most of Asia-Pacific, and even stretched to full visibility over California. But with peak viewing at just past 3:30am, I just couldn’t make it. One of the liabilities of having two kids under 3 and a full-time gig … Continue reading Did You Miss the Lunar Eclipse? Gorgeous Photos from Eric.
Today, we had to say goodbye to a very special member of our family, Newton Nash. On December 2, 2002, I came home to find my wife waiting for me in the parking lot of our apartment complex. I was immediately whisked away to pick up a surprise gift, a new beagle puppy. There were … Continue reading Goodbye, Newton
From Eric Cheng’s blog: I’m not a LOLCATS fan, and I don’t own cats, but I do love a good Dune reference.
Almost a small enough item to just Twitter. Hit 800 feedback on eBay today. Of course, I’ve accrued more than 800 positive feedback over the years, but the score only reflects positive feedback from unique users. Most of my feedback is from selling, not buying, although I’ve done a fair bit of that too. 703 … Continue reading Milestone: eBay Feedback Score @ 800
Thursday night, Carolyn & I went out with a number of close friends to celebrate her birthday. Eric Cheng brought a very nice little present for us – a snapshot from the Apple Advanced Technology Group (ATG) Summer Picnic in 1997. This snapshot is now the earliest known couple photo Carolyn & I have. Friday, … Continue reading Memories: Apple ATG Summer Picnic, 1997
I couldn’t help but provide a link to this great article by my friend Eric on his experience tricking out his MacBook Pro laptop with two 160GB hard drives, and configuring the machine as a 320GB Raid 0 Striped Array. I’ve posted here about Eric before. He is a professional photographer, with a specialty in … Continue reading Life with a 320GB Raid 0 Striped Array in a MacBook Pro
Borrowed from my friend Eric Cheng’s blog today, this cartoon made me laugh out loud: Maybe it’s because this sums up every shell experience I have on Mac OS X, when I’m getting into the weeds fixing something. I don’t think Carolyn is set up to take shell commands, but I have to try this … Continue reading Unix Joke: Make Me a Sandwich
I received a comment on my end-of-the-year post from an old co-worker, Anneliese. She included a link to her blog, which I really don’t understand. 🙂 However, she said for a personal blog, I’m not including enough “Baby & Puppy” pictures. Which is fair since I’ve posted at least two posts about my tomatoes from … Continue reading For Anneliese: Puppies & Babies
Since it’s just a few days before New Years, I thought I’d share my absolute, number one pet peeve from this year (and every year’s) big family party: the family picture digital camera paparazzi. No, my family isn’t so famous that actual Paparazzi stake out my grandmother’s house and hound the streets and yard for … Continue reading Holiday Gripe: Family Picture Digital Camera Paparazzi
From time to time, I post the technical exploits of my friend Eric here. I remember the attention he got a while back for hacking his MacBook Pro to support a RAID configuration. Well, Eric has managed to extend that experimentation to a pair of new OCZ 120GB Solid State Drives (SSD). Two OCZ Core … Continue reading Beyond Cool: Striped 120GB SSD RAID in a Macbook Pro
Canon launched today the latest successor to their successful line of digital SLR cameras, the Rebel XSi: Gizmodo: Canon Expands Rebel Alliance With Live View 12-Megapixel EOS XSi The rumors are true. Canon’s took power features from the high-end EOS models and creature comforts from the PowerShot line, and merged them into the 12.2-megapixel EOS … Continue reading Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi (12.2 MegaPixel DSLR)
Not sure what to say here but wow. My friend Eric has done it again. You may remember my last post here about his efforts to get a 320GB Raid 0 array into a MacBook Pro. Well, he recently ran out of storage on his Mac Pro, and upgraded it with six (6) 1 TB … Continue reading 6 Terabytes (TB) of Storage in a Mac Pro. Jealous Much?
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