Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
As I get closer to my planned 3D stereoscopy goals, I have all the tools I need. Two identical Nikon Df cameras (well, one’s black and one’s silver, but other than that..) Two identical 50mm f/1.8D lenses. A mounting rail that will keep both cameras level and parallel when shooting. But I’m now running into…
Read MoreTwitter has rarely offered me anything of great value. I signed up to it when my blog was over at the Times Union, in that I was encouraged by the TU higher-ups to have a larger social media presence to help promote my blog. Or, in true-speak, to help promote people to visit my blog…
Read MoreWelcome back to my blog, where as we do each Saturday morning, it’s time to recap the blogroll and see what my fellow writers, bloggers and photographers have created this week. Lots of good stuff here, let’s get started. Have a great weekend, everybody!
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The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. With Halloween just around the corner, I thought a nice episode featuring Halloween-related music would make for a great broadcast, wouldn’t you?…
Read MoreIf you grew up in the New England area, you saw this specialty item in your grocery store. You probably bought a few cans of it. It is shelf-stable brown bread. In a can. I am not kidding. This is the same company that makes the tasty brick oven baked beans. B&M manufactures a shelf-stable…
Read MoreJules Bass, the “Bass” of Rankin-Bass Animation, passed away recently. And with him, the last remaining vestige of one of the most prolific runs of stop-motion and cell animation for early television. You might know Rankin-Bass Animation for their holy trinity of children’s Christmas stories – Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman and Santa…
Read MoreI’ve heard some tremendously positive buzz about this upcoming Tom Hanks movie, A Man Called Otto. Originally it was based on a Swedish film called A Man Called Ove, which had a very successful worldwide run. Here’s that trailer. There it is. The story a widower who wants to end his life, only to be…
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This is realistically the last decent weekend for fall foliage. All the leaves are dying off. The tree colors are muting. But I wanted to get more practice with my stereoscopy project, and when you’ve got a tourist railroad a short drive away, you PRACTICE like you’re auditioning for Carnegie Hall. Yesterday morning. I scoped…
Read MoreIt’s Friday night, and I’m really jonesing for some tasty independent fried chicken. And rather than dine on stuff from the colonel, or from that sailor with the anchor tattoos, I chose instead to get some deep-fried chicken from a nearby independent chicken shack in the South End. Trust me. This stuff is so good,…
Read MoreGood morning, my wonderful blog readers, great to have your company on a Saturday. Got a great blog recap for you today, so I really hope you enjoy the works from the good people on my personal blogroll. Have a great weekend, everybody!
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