All Blog Posts (Page 30)

Jan 07, 2009
Photography

My Umbrella

Day 7 of 365, and featured on Seattlest.

Jan 06, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Latest on the Coleman Debacle

From the Associated Press (via MPR): The lawsuit alleges that the Canvassing Board made mistakes when determining voter intent on challenged ballots, that ineligible voters cast ballots and that some absentee ballots were erroneously opened early...

Jan 06, 2009
Photography

Helen

Day 5 of my 365 Project

Jan 06, 2009
Photography

Fear of Failure and Portrait Lighting for Beginners

If you’ve ever taken a gander through my collection of photos on Flickr, you’ve probably noticed that I don’t shoot many people, and when I do, it’s normally candid photo work. There’s a really simple reason for this: I don’t find portrait work to...

Jan 06, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Breaking: Norm Coleman to challenge election results

Just heard on Minnesota Public Radio that Coleman is going to challenge the election results that determined Al Franken to be the winner of the very close Minnesota Senatorial race for Paul Wellstone’s old seat. I’m disappointed but not surprised.

Jan 05, 2009
Startups

Skytap named one of Network World's '10 Startups to Watch in 09'

An appropriate Skytap package might cost considerably more than EC2, Bass says, but could eliminate a company's need to buy a bunch of servers for testing a large-scale application deployment. Nice plug! via 10 start-ups to watch in ‘09 - Netwo...

Jan 05, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Quick Notes on Sidwell Friends

Sasha and Malia Obama started attending Sidwell Friends School, a private Quaker K-12 school, today. In case you’re looking for more on Sidwell Friends, here’s some information I put together on the institution. It's located about four-and-a-hal...

Jan 05, 2009
Mac OS X

Picasa for Mac Available

Pick it up from the Google Picasa website. Looks exactly like the Windows version. Blech. via Twitter / Steve Rubel: You can get Picasa here….

Jan 05, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Norm Coleman is a Big Sore Loser, and Other Observations

The election panel’s stamp of approval is unlikely to bring an end to the contest. A lawyer for the Coleman campaign, Fritz Knaak, issued a statement today calling the court’s ruling “disappointing and disheartening” and vowed to challenge the out...