(All images in this blog entry are the intellectual property of Wil C. Fry and are Copyright © by Wil C. Fry, 2011, 2008, 2007, 2006.) As always, light is the most important element in photography. Nothing happens without light. Controlling light is the number one absolute best way to improve your photography. But given[...]
(All images in this blog entry are the intellectual property of Wil C. Fry and are Copyright © 2008 by Wil C. Fry.) As always, light is the most important element in photography. Nothing happens without light. Controlling light is the number one absolute best way to improve your photography. But given a specific type[...]
Title: John Carter of Mars Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Fall River Press Don’t get excited. E.R.B. hasn’t risen from the dead and published a new novel. “John Carter of Mars” is a three-book collection published recently, comprised of three Burroughs novels from the 1920s: “A Princess of Mars” (1912), “The Gods[...]
You see a guy with a camera. Without even realizing it, you’ve subconsciously classified him as one type of photographer or another, based on type of camera, the type of event (or lack of event), what he’s taking pictures of, and even how he’s dressed. “Tourist” might come to mind, or “journalist,” depending on the[...]
Early in 2009, on my other blog, I listed 10 freeware programs that I use regularly on Windows XP. Times have changed. For one thing, I know Windows 7 has been out for a while, replacing the tragedy that was Vista. Yet, according to W3Counter (a web statistics company), Windows XP is still by far[...]
Title: The Forge of God Author: Greg Bear Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tor I’m not sure where the title “The Forge of God” came from; if it was mentioned in the story, I missed it. But the book has nothing (or little) to do with God. As it says on the cover, the book “begins[...]
This has long been a pet peeve of mine; I’m only just now blogging about it. People who won’t just park in an empty spot, but block the traffic of the parking lot, waiting for another car to move from a specific spot.
I am often asked, in photography forums, “What is your workflow?” “Workflow,” in this context, is just a fancy word that means “process by which you download, backup, edit/format, etc. your images.” I like to call it my “photoflow” or “fotoflow”, which makes more sense. My workflow, per image, is probably much shorter than that[...]
For five years, I’ve kept two blogs, one at Xanga.com and one at Blogspot.com (now Blogger). When I made the switch to self-hosting my blogs (powered by WordPress), there remained the task of importing all my old blog entries to the new location. With the Blogger blogs, it was easy. As mentioned on the WordPress[...]
Commentary: A record Powerball jackpot isn’t a record to celebrate (Christian Science Monitor) The editorial board of CSM concluded their piece with this: Before the news media play up the next record-setting mega-lottery like Powerball, they may want to add these kinds of caveats in their reporting. It could deter people from rushing to the[...]
Following are some passages I underlined during a reading of To Sail Beyond The Sunset (1987) by Robert A. Heinlein, the last novel he published before dying in 1988: “I remember Earth. I knew her when she was clean and green, mankind’s beautiful bride, sweet and lush and lovable… It is futile to mourn over[...]
There is a school of thought, albeit a relatively unpopular one, that poor grammar or punctuation on printed signs should be corrected with a Sharpie or other tool, vigilante style. In the News: Vigilante Copy Editor (New York Times) And there are older instances, such as this one (The Virginian-Pilot).
Following are some passages I underlined during a reading of The Cat Who Walks Through Walls: A Comedy of Manners (1985) by Robert A. Heinlein: “It does not do to encourage bad banners; one should retaliate, urbanely but firmly.”
In The News: Adobe starts subscription for Photoshop and Dreamweaver (BBC News) This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone; many software companies are moving in this direction. Instead of having to ship millions of boxes and discs every year when they upgrade the software, they’re just going to add the updates to the online[...]
Following are some passages I underlined during a reading of I Will Fear No Evil (1970) by Robert Heinlein: “…most people think of money as something to pay the rent. But a money man thinks of money in terms of what he can do with it.” “…it’s impossible for a woman to lay it on[...]
For about $5, I made this measuring cup holder that’s hidden inside a kitchen cabinet: (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
My wife and I invoked our “30 minute rule” when watching this movie. The rule is: if the movie can’t interest either of us in 30 minutes, then we turn it off and quit wasting our time. According to Wikipedia, this film is based on a 1974 novel and “the story follows the hunt for[...]
Following are some passages I underlined during my 2002 reading of Stranger In A Strange Land (1961) by Robert Heinlein, of which I wrote on Nov. 14, 2002, “Perhaps the best book ever written.” (I no longer feel that way, but it’s still a pretty good book.)
There’s a new White House Tumblr page, and the first entry includes an image with this lettering: “ANIMATED GIFs (HARD ‘G’)”. First, let me say I’m proud that they didn’t put an apostrophe in “GIFs”, as so many on the internet seem to do these days.
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You may have noticed a change on this blog, if you’ve tried to comment recently. Within a few days of getting “Verily I Say Unto Thee…” imported to my own web host, the blog posts began receiving spammy comments. By that, I mean comments that contained links to commercial websites completely unrelated to the blog[...]