This is an image from last year that I found while going back through my images. The color version was lacking, so I had skipped over it on first pass. But after converting to black & white, I found I really like the image.
Pending regulatory review, Micron Technology is going to purchase Lexar in a stock-to-stock merger. According to the press release linked below this is being done to allow Micron to control their production of flash memory devices from design through sales.
Announced March 8, 2006, the merger is expected to end during Q3 of ‘06 and will make Lexar a subsidiary of Micron.
Link to the full press release.
Technorati Tags: Micron, Lexar, flash memoryWarning: This is a blatent plug for another site I’m developing.
I started a tutorial posting on ProPhotoForum - a site I’m a moderator on - on the steps required for building a web site from scratch. I’ve discovered that for most people new to web development, knowing where to start is the hardest part. So this tutorial was intended to walk through the steps required for getting a site up and running from start to finish.
What I realized is that this tutorial was going to be much longer than I originally thought. I hadn’t realized how many little steps there are to getting a site designed and running, and how confusing each of these steps can be for someone who has never been there before. So I spawned the tutorial out onto its own site and BobSmithPhotography.net was born. So after I catch up copying all the postings over there, I’ll be publishing future postings to both PPF and BobSmithPhotography.net.
Technorati Tags: tutorial, CSS, HTML, web design, photography, photographer, Bob Smith
Here’s a quick video on how to create a mini seamless background setup from eBay.
I know this is about 6 months late, but here are some images from when my wife and I decided that we needed to evacuate from Houston to Austin when Hurricane Rita blew through. Turns out there wasn’t even any wind damage to our house. Heck, the rose bushes still had all their leaves.
Being the camera nerd that I am my camera gear was on the list of things that we had to take with us. So when I got bored sitting on IH-10 I pulled out my camera. It’s not nearly as dangerous as it sounds - the fastest we got going was about 5 miles per hour.
This is the view out of my windshield that I enjoyed for about 12 hours.
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I suppose it’s a good sign. It must mean my little corner of the internet is at least getting linked to somewhere. Comment spammers have started hitting me pretty hard. Fortunately I moderate all the comments so they won’t show up. But it’s still a pain to deal with them.
As part of the PMA show, Canon announced two new printers in their Pixma line - the Pixma MP800R and the MP830.
Both use Canon’s ContrastPLUS ink system and deliver 9600×2400dpi. The MP830 can print up to 30 pages per minute black and white and 24 pages per minute in colo.
The MP830 has IRDa built in to allow wireless printing from PDAs and cell phones.
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Announced Feburary 21, just prior to the PMA, Canon has release 3 new compact digital cameras in their Elph line. The SD700 IS, SD600, and SD630. Notably, the SD700 IS has image stabilization built in. For more information, visit the dpreview.com site for the SD700 IS, and the SD600 & SD630.
On Februray 21, Canon released the next generation of their mid-level dSLR cameras, the DOS 30d. Aside from the name so closely resembling a previous generation, the d30, there is apparently some frustration from Canon fans on the seemingly small upgrades to the 30d over its predecessor, the 20d. Read the rest of this entry »
