I took some photos last night to experiment with colour profiles and white balance to nail this neverending problem with trying to match the colours between my computer and what gets uploaded to Flickr.
This is not bad, between Firefox and Safari. A screen capture with Firefox on the left and Safari on the right.

How does [...]

Over the weekend I watched the whole preview movie of the new Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard — which is rather impressive, by the way — but I cringed whenever the demonstrator said the word “presentation” with the first syllable pronounced with a long e, like “preacher”.
In fact, it was so distracting I was nearly [...]

Just when I think I have it licked, something like this shows up.
I calibrated my screen a while ago to match the colours I see in the Flickr uploads, because I want to know that what I’m uploading is matching how I manage colours in Adobe Photoshop CS2. It seems a little counterintuitive because it’s [...]

Man, it’s been far too long since I posted a food photo. I’ve been having weekend brunches in New York City and here and there in Pennsylvania, but didn’t bring out the camera. Today I was sitting by the window and had my camera with me, so *click*
This crepe is called “La Hacienda” at Daddy-O’s [...]

These boots were made for walking…(err, I don’t think so)
I couldn’t believe my good fortune a week ago when I did a search on Craigslist and found this used Pentax autofocus prime lens. I’ve wanted it since I bought my K100D, but it’s rare to see used primes on sale because once people buy them, [...]

Photo credit: Cheryl

I was late with Michael’s birthday present (in the end I couldn’t decide on anything, so I copped out for the first time in the history of all five Ms and gave him money), so I was determined not to miss Madeleine’s. It’s not actually until Monday, but I was set on [...]

Thankfully last Saturday was good weather like this, because I drove 600 miles that day alone.
I-90 upstate New York, near Albany.

It’s true. My smoke detector bit the dust not long ago, and lo and behold, I won a smoke detector today in a draw at work — plus two 9 volt batteries for it!
Am sending the fireman’s hat and kids stuff to the nieces and nephew in BC. Kermit’s a bit miffed as it was [...]

I was reviewing some transactions done in the U.S. last weekend, and it was more than a little odd to see that I pay LESS in Canadian funds than I would in greenbacks. It’s been more than 30 years since the Canadian dollar was worth more than the U.S. dollar. I was only a wee’un [...]

Again, from the U.S. side. The garishness on the Canadian side puts me off and I can park right next to the river on the American side, which is much more peaceful. This winter I’d like to get ice shots at Niagara Falls, but I’d better buy some heavy duty gloves and something to keep [...]