There’s an old joke about a person who laments that his father’s funeral costs $75,000 so far. When asked why he said “so far,” he replied that his father was buried in a rented tuxedo. That’s funny … but what I have to say next is NOT funny. Recap. A few weeks ago, the company…
Read MoreIf you’re going to sell knockoff Albany Patroons merch, at least GET THE DATES RIGHT!!
The Albany Patroons begin another championship playoff run Thursday as they face the Frederick (Md.) Flying Cows in a best-of-three series. Normally, that would be the story. But apparently there are some people who feel they can make a few dollars off the Albany Patroons legacy. And with print-on-demand online sources, all you need to…
Read MoreIt’s official. I’m a sponsor.
Two years ago, I blogged about donating some cash to my local town and village’s Little League, so that their organizers can install a brand new outfield scoreboard. Yesterday, as I drove home, I saw two teams of kids playing youth baseball at the Little League field. And it dawned on me. I can see…
Read More#5 Win, Place, and Show
While experimenting with rapid-fire infrared shots in my modified Nikon Df camera, I wanted to see if the camera could capture high-speed images in this format. So I set up the camera at Saratoga Harness and tried to capture a rapid-fire photo burst of the horses as they crossed the grandstand. And here’s the best…
Read More“Hey, nice driving, Einstein!!”
It’s a beautiful, sunny day, and I’m running errands in the morning. Little fact for all you Chevrolet Volt owners – the ’17 Volt Premier (which I own) can hold eight bags of big brown mulch if you pack them in the hatch and in the back seats. I know this, because I made three…
Read MoreMy last-ever roll of 35mm Fuji Velvia 100
Well, it happened. Two years after Fuji ended their Velvia 100 slide film stock, my supply of Fuji Velvia 100 has dried up. All gone. I have one 35mm cartridge left. And after that … all I have are two more 120-size rolls of the product. As for my 35mm stock, the only slide film…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, May 25 2024
It’s Memorial Day Weekend, when we honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country, and we have to deal with clowns who tell us that we’re not celebrating the holiday correctly. “Oh, Memorial Day is for the fallen and Veteran’s Day is for the living, get it right you knuckle dragger,” I’ve heard…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for May 24, 2024
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. You can also listen to the Nightowl Radio Show, or any show on WHCL-FM, by telling your Amazon Echo, “Alexa, play WHCL-FM.”…
Read MoreTulips with a medical lens
I really hadn’t planned on attending the Capital District’s TulipFest this year. I mean, you photograph one batch of tulips, you’ve photographed them all. But on Sunday morning, May 12, I had an idea. What would those tulips look like if I shot them with my new-to-me Nikkor medical 120mm lens? This could be interesting.…
Read MoreThe Continental Basketball Association Governor’s Trophy
This is a complicated tale, so please follow along as much as you possibly can. About 20 years ago, I got involved in a personal-driven statistics project. I re-generated the statistics and records for the lost first twelve years of the Continental Basketball Association, back when that circuit was known as the Eastern Professional Basketball…
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