Time for a New Drive

My Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro has had several scary incidents of late. There's been no concrete verdict on the issue, but it seems like a bad hard drive. After the latest little scare, I took a hint and picked up a 320GB replacement drive. →
Posted: August 17, 2008 | Comments (6)

Using Instruments for Bug Reports

The release of Lightroom 2.0 has been great to work with. But, as happens with major releases, sometimes issues make it out into world. For example, the other day while processing thousands of photographs from a recent job, Lightroom stalled out on me with the dreaded spinning beach ball. →
Posted: August 16, 2008 | Comments (0)

1D Mark III Focus Shifts

The issue with the Canon 1D Mark III autofocus is well understood as a bright light, fast motion problem. I’ve run into the problem in one other area: lit stage environments. →
Posted: August 11, 2008 | Comments (2)

Action Stream

  • duncan tweeted, "✈ UA 0946 IAD-AMS 767-300 16A • Thank god it's another exit row seat. That'll help me out a bunch."
  • duncan tweeted, "Got my Gatorade. Got an extra bottle of water. Should probably get another of each, all things considered."
  • duncan tweeted, "@pinarozger looking forward to seeing you at Schipol. I may be worse for wear, but..."
  • duncan tweeted, "@rich_kilmer Alas. Just passing through on my way to Europe. I'll wave as we take off."
  • duncan tweeted, "@rich_kilmer Alas. Just passing through on my way to Europe. I'll wave as we take off."
  • duncan tweeted, "@CarlaYoung yes, quite unusual but there are some things best left untwitted. Icky."
  • duncan tweeted, "Arrived IAD. Very unhappy about bad Jamba Juice experience. I'll spare you the details."
  • duncan tweeted, "UA 0250 PDX-IAD 757-200 15D • Yay for exit row!"
  • duncan tweeted, "Just negotiated a potentially very sticky problem with United to a great result. Now flying through IAD, avoiding a 6+ hour layover to boot."
  • duncan tweeted, "Ah yes. The west coast am airport jam up. How I hate flying at o'dawn o'clock"

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