On Monday, Seth and I went to the Garfield Park Conservatory - nice way to spend a cold rainy day. GPC, now 100 years old and one of the largest conservatories in the world - is also free - just walk on in! I only captured a few things this trip since I was really trying to used the fixed 50mm f1.4 lens for what its good at ... but well lets just ( Read more... )

...I've had a long suspicion that they have been trying to sell food as being locally or from a small farm - and at one time that might have been true - but no longer is. Nonetheless, the signage is still there. Today I was looking at my jar of 365 Peanut Butter and found this little gem:


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I love what people post on e-bay sometimes... this one is especially good (and is apt to be removed shortly I'm sure)

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In the era where technology minded folks seem to enjoy throwing away anything not "trendy and new", comes this little bit of fresh air from Ars Technica... (scroll down to the section on Amtrak / 19th Century Technology ( Read more... )

I'm not entirely sure which is more pathetically geeky:

A) That I have two different wireless access points servicing my 1200sqft apartment (one @ 2.4ghz 802.11g and one 5Ghz 802.11n)

or

B) They are called "Coast Starlight" and"California Zephyr" respectively.

...the Billboard Liberation Front....


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...about Prop 8? Here is a very well written Reuters article on the issue that I think is a worthwhile read. Progress has been made, admittedly not as much as we'd like but things still march forward...

"It is fair at this point to write the obituary on gay issues being used in major candidate campaigns as a wedge issue" to fracture support, ( Read more... )

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