- Blog
- Profile
- Homepage
-
What happened to the Tongfamily Blog?
A very good friend said to, my god, Rich, you’ve stopped blogging what is wrong? Well sometimes, when something has a name and you name, it then you realize you can’t do it anymore. In my case, tapping away at 2AM on various techie things is really all about running away from reality. So, rather…
-
Lumix DMC-LX3, Canon G10
Seems like the decent prosumer compacts are here with the LX3 Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3 Digital Camera – Review – The Imaging Resource! The Panasonic LX3’s noise handling is significantly improved over the LX2. Noise performance was the single biggest issue with the LX2, its Achilles heel. On the Panasonic LX3, we’ve had a change of…
-
Recession in the US
Henry Blodget: Why This Recession Will Be A Doozy The last recession was mild. The stock market and corporate profits tanked, but consumer spending–long the major engine of our economy–danced merrily on through. In recent decades, it has ever been thus: bearish analysts and strategists have been underestimating the voracious spending habits and resilience of…
-
Exposure Metering on Canon 350D
When you are shooting sports photos, the normal mode for the Canon 350D is pretty useless. It is by default set to according to the “tutorial”:http://creativekarma.com/ee.php/weblog/comments/exposure_modes_on_the_rebel_xt/ 1. Program. which means it chooses the aperture and speed automatically. This is usually too slow for sports where you want it to be 1/500 second or faster to…
-
Qanta A380
Qantas A380 maiden flight to Los Angeles | NEWS.com.au The inaugural A380 service left Melbourne at 11.15 AEDT, and is scheduled to land in Los Angeles at 7.30am local time (1.30am Tuesday AEDT), where it will receive a star-studded welcome from Qantas Ambassador John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Qantas A380…
-
Cooper Mini Convertible
http://www.miniusa.com/#/build/configurator/mini_convs-m now that is a cool looking car. 2009s are just coming out
-
Dialing code
Wow, I can never remember how to dial from China to the US (001) is the answer, but “howtocallabroad.com”:http://howtocallabroad.com has the general list.
-
Sequoia slides
Well, someone posted the Sequoia slide <div style=”width:425px;text-align:left” id=”__ss_648808″><a style=”font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;” href=”http://www.slideshare.net/eldon/sequoia-capital-on-startups-and-the-economic-downturn-presentation?type=powerpoint” title=”Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn”>Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn</a><object style=”margin:0px” width=”425″ height=”355″><param name=”movie” value=”http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=sequoia-1223625495238287-9&stripped_title=sequoia-capital-on-startups-and-the-economic-downturn-presentation” /><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/><param name=”allowScriptAccess” value=”always”/><embed src=”http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=sequoia-1223625495238287-9&stripped_title=sequoia-capital-on-startups-and-the-economic-downturn-presentation” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”425″ height=”355″></embed></object><div style=”font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;”>View SlideShare <a style=”text-decoration:underline;” href=”http://www.slideshare.net/eldon/sequoia-capital-on-startups-and-the-economic-downturn-presentation?type=powerpoint” title=”View Sequoia Capital on…