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Smelly Plane
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Continue reading →: Smelly PlaneWhen you fly enough, you’ll see everything, in my case, this was some strange odor on a flight yesterday that caused the plane to return. All the smoke detectors went off over the Olympic Peninsula, so it wasn’t super fun to have to divert. The flight left this morning, so…
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Google Analytics
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Continue reading →: Google Analytics!>http://www.google.com/analytics/images/intro_small.jpg!:http://google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics. “Bob”:http://www.bobsplanet.com says that this is without a doubt one of the coolest applications he has ever used. You basically put a tiny piece of javascript onto every page and you can see what the world sees. Google Analytics tells you everything you want to know about how…
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Canon Rebates
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Continue reading →: Canon Rebates“Matt” reminded me that you have to be pretty smart these days about photography. He sells his photos online and says you have to have a nice portfolio and then can get on stock photo sites. A good dream. Also reminded me that Glasers is a great place to rent…
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Wang on Canon Lenses
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Continue reading →: Wang on Canon LensesWang just sent me a great set of tips on wide angle lenses and his recommendation. If you recall from Tong Family Blog: Bob on Canon Lenses Bob talked about getting the Sigma 12-24 for wide angle work if you can find a good sample. Or the Canon 16-35L potentially.…
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Bob finds a cool hovercraft
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Continue reading →: Bob finds a cool hovercraft!http://bobsplanet.com/serendipity/uploads/suna-x-xsmIMG_8419.jpg!:http://bobsplanet.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/88-Hovercraft-spotted-in-Lake-Union.html What a cool craft. The story according to “Skyscrapercity.com”:http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=222307 is even more interesting, instead of building a road through a wildlife preserve, about 200 people got congres to give them a $8.8M hovercraft. Wahoo. Tax dollars at work. I want one. hattip to “Bob”:http://bobsplanet.com who has by the way…
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Disk Boot Failure Insert System Disk and I Forgot my Password
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Continue reading →: Disk Boot Failure Insert System Disk and I Forgot my PasswordThe gremlins ate our CMOS and also the boot hard disk of Connie’s computer this morning and now we get the dreaded “DISK BOOT FAILURE: INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER”:http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/booterrGBER13-c.html. It is an incredibly obscure error which no site seems to document properly. In my case, what happened was…
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Alaska for holiday or for living
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Continue reading →: Alaska for holiday or for livingLiving in Seattle, we see lots of folks up in Alaska and we end up being the jumping off point. There’s a big difference between living up there and taking a holiday there. The summers in Alaska are pretty amazing. We were there for two weeks in August and the…
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Olympic Theme Songs
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Continue reading →: Olympic Theme SongsWell, in prepping for Calvin’s party, learned some fascinating (at least to me!) things about the Olympic theme songs: # “Answers.com”:http://www.answers.com/topic/olympic-symbols. The song we most closely associate with the Olympics has nothing to do with the official Olympics. It is actually written by Leo Arnaud and is called “Bugler’s Dream”.…
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