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Jan 20, 2009
Zoon Politikon

A Final Thought

By the time I wake up in the morning, we’ll have ourselves a new, better, saner, intelligent and more just President. Whew.

Jan 20, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Whitehouse.gov

The new White House website abandons Expression Engine—previously used for BarackObama.com—for ASP.NET. Interesting, didn’t see that coming.

Jan 15, 2009
Apple iPhone

Predicting the iPhone

Imagine the scenario: a billionaire walks into a mobile phone shop. The sales assistant says, "Can I help you?" but gets the reply "Just looking, thank you." The man tries a few phones, lifting his glasses to look at the detail of the display. He ...

Jan 15, 2009
Photography

Tsingtao

Day 14 of 365. I’m starting to get bored with the white seamless shots, and will probably shift gears tonight.

Jan 14, 2009
Photography

Chop Chop

Day 13 of 365 and counting… I was excited to find out, just now, that yesterday’s photo was deemed the 28th most interesting photo uploaded to Flickr yesterday by some anonymous piece of software. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. (Real s...

Jan 14, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Ebert

Roger Ebert: I am moved by generosity, empathy, courage, and by the human capacity to hope. During Barack Obama's victory speech on Nov. 4, I felt a powerful, long-sustaining feeling of uplift. No, it was not because of the speech, however powerfu...

Jan 14, 2009

My Guess?

It’s Carolanne Adama. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, don’t sweat it.

Jan 14, 2009
Photography Zoon Politikon

Official Obama Portrait Released

In your face, Nikon users! Obama’s portrait was shot with the Canon 5D Mark II, with what looks like the 24-105L kit lens (although ‘kit’ seems like such a dirty word for a beautiful lens like that).  It seems that Pete Souza, the official White ...