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November 8, 2009

Barred Ronald

Is there a Lacanian matheme for this? ...

July 15, 2009

Pragmatic Speculative Realism

A stake in the ground

Even though we didn't really talk much about philosophy, after visiting Graham Harman in Cairo two weeks ago, I was reenergized to think about philosophy in general and speculative realism in particular. In the short time since, a number of friendly bonfires have flared up around the web, most of ...

June 9, 2008

Resisting the Membership Economy

Photography, Flickr, and Me

As regular readers may have noticed, I have an interest in photography. I've started a photography section on this website, where you can view some of the photographs I have taken. Right now I've added galleries for Objects, Places, and People, as well as a photo project I'm slowly working ...

May 19, 2008

Safe to Collapse

Using the collapsible Elmar-M 50mm f/2.8 on the Leica M8

As I've discussed before, one of the main ideas behind the 35mm rangefinder camera was its small size and subsequent portability. Since their beginning 80 years ago, Leica cameras have often been coupled to collapsible lenses. The early production Leicas in the 20s and 30s were all designed for a ...

April 20, 2008

Technical Evolution and Creative Constraint

The vices and virtues of selective color shift at high ISO in the Sigma DP1

One of the problems with digital SLRs is their large footprint. Not only the size and weight of the camera, but also that of the lens attached to it, especially for serious photographers interested in large apertures and high-quality glass. This is an issue that affects professionals and amateurs alike, ...

August 8, 2007

Time for games to grow up

In order to mature properly, videogaming not only needs a Citizen Kane moment; it needs a little humdrum too

June 18, 2007

How to use the Leica M8 with Apple Aperture

Free software to make Aperture understand your M8, and to automate imports

Download for Mac OS X 152 kb - Mac OS X 10.4+ Apple Aperture is a digital photography post-production tool for Mac. Apple bills it as a professional-grade product on par with Final Cut for video or Logic Pro for audio. Digital camera technology advances quickly, espeically at the ...