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Feb 16, 2009
Photography

Salient differences between the PocketWizard TT5 and TT1

Update: one question I still had was whether you could use a TT1/TT5 on your camera and II+s on remote strobes and still take advantage of a higher sync speed. According to Rob Galbraith: yes. I’ve been reading through the user manual for the Poc...

Feb 16, 2009
Photography

Pocketwizard FlexTT5: Wowza!

I’ve been reading coverage of PocketWizard’s just-announced FlexTT5 and MiniTT1 RF transmitter units, and I just have to say: “wowza!” David Hobby has a fantastic write-up available over on Strobist, which gives as much information on these as yo...

Feb 16, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Calling a spade a spade, and progressivism progressivism

Nate Silver posts a spot-on take on populism vs. progressivism: Populism is not...a cogent political philosophy unto itself. Franklin Roosevelt, ..., Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan, Adolf Hitler, Hugo Chavez, ..., Bill Clinton, Ross Perot, Newt Gingr...

Feb 15, 2009
Photography

Pinned

Day 45 of 365

Feb 15, 2009
Photography

Pinned Out-takes

Normally, I’ll take between 20 and 150 photos for every 365 picture I post. Yesterday, with Pinned, was really no exception. Here are two of my favorite out-takes from the self-portrait shoot.

Feb 13, 2009
News

Peanut Corporation of America to Liquidate - NYTimes.com

The government is working on a criminal investigation into the case, and more than a dozen civil lawsuits have been filed. This week, the Peanut Corporation’s president, Stewart Parnell, repeatedly refused to answer questions before the House Ener...