Peter Robbins is a 56-year-old man from Oceanside, California. He was dissatisfied with the plastic surgery breast augmentation that his girlfriend Shawna Kern received; his disappointment turned to anger and frustration at his having to pay over $12,000 for the procedure. So Robbins started stalking and harassing his ex-girlfriend. He called her house dozens of…
Read MoreThe “like farm” scam on Facebook: we’re not talking Farmville here…
I saw this report from Yahoo! reporter Becky Worley and it confirmed my suspicions. It also explained why so many people out there get trapped by what they think is an innocent “like this” picture on Facebook and discover, weeks or months later, that someone is making money off of their “like.” You’ve seen these…
Read MoreSt. Patrick’s bell tower in efke and filters
Sunday morning, May 5. 6:30 a.m. Nobody gets up this early on a Sunday unless they’re going to church. Yep. You know it. Chuck’s going back to church. On Saturday, I took some experimental, artistic photos of the bell tower of St. Patrick’s Church in Watervliet – the bell tower being the only remaining structure…
Read MoreA prayer to St. Patrick
Saturday afternoon, May 4. I’ve avoided taking any pictures of the demolition of Watervliet’s St. Patrick’s Church, for the simple reason that I didn’t want to exacerbate the loss of a house of worship to make room for a Price Chopper. That debate is for another time and for another blog. But like my blog…
Read MorePies on the windowsill
Monday afternoon. I had a few shots left to take in the Nikon F100, and I decided to “burn them off” by taking some pictures here and there. And as I was in downtown Albany anyway, I figured a few long-distance shots of buildings might work out perfectly for me. And that’s when I saw…
Read MoreHanging Day
“We’ve got a slider!” I looked up at the picture of The Railsplitter, which a few minutes ago was in the perfect position, but now was slowly sliding down the cable, its modular hook slowly losing its adhesion. I know what that meant. Back up the ladder I go. With a small pair of pliers…
Read MoreThe yearbook controversies of 2013
A couple of years ago, after news of a Saratoga Springs high school student’s yearbook photo was altered to give her unflattering yellow teeth, I wrote a blog post about how I was rooked out of being in a yearbook group photo for my college radio station. Although the blog post did receive some decent…
Read MoreIn an alternate universe…
Okay, statmetrics program of mine, why in the name of the White Star Line is my April 2012 blog post about what would have happened if Titanic had not hit that iceberg suddenly getting a lot of attention and Internet hits of late? This happens from time to time. Sometimes a blog post I wrote a…
Read MoreAin’t It Cool News: The imperception of impartiality
“A critic is a legless man who teaches running.” – Channing Pollock Reviewing anything online is tricky. You want to make sure that your readers know that the opinions expressed in your review are yours, yours alone, they are not bought or purchased or influenced by any outside source. And right now, that’s the situation…
Read MoreGet well soon, Drew…
I was puttering around Facebook yesterday, and I saw some posts from my friends at the Auburn Photography Club. Mostly when I see any posts from the APC, it’s involving one of three things – a new photo trick or technique they’re working on; getting ready to enter their shots in the New York State…
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