Ken Rockwell compares the picture quality from a $150 camera to that of a $5000 camera. As you'd expect, if you pixel-peep, the $5000 camera is better. If you examine the photos at a reasonable resolution, however, the cameras take similar pictures. They'd look the same in 8x10" prints too. The differences between the cameras are not as important as variations in how you … [Read more...] about When Your Camera Does Not Matter
Who Needs Aliens When the Sea is Full of Creatures Like This?
Here's a cool and slightly freaky video of an octopus escaping from a box through a 1 inch hole. … [Read more...] about Who Needs Aliens When the Sea is Full of Creatures Like This?
Dead Letters
AP writer Meghan Barr has an article about dead letter handling for zipcode 10048: It is the kind of holiday mail that might have been tossed aside, discarded like any other piece of junk mail: a special gift offer for a facial at a local spa. Only the address on the letter no longer exists. And the woman the letter is addressed to died more than five years ago in the … [Read more...] about Dead Letters
Bong Hits 4 Jesus
Bong Hits 4 Jesus is going to the Supreme Court! Basically, a bunch of people showed up at a rally in Juneau, Alaska, to watch the Olympic torch pass by, and one of them held up a "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" banner. His name was Joseph Frederick and he was a student at Juneau-Douglas High School. The school had let him out early to go see the torch, so they tried to discipline him … [Read more...] about Bong Hits 4 Jesus
Special Bonus Critters
Technically, these aren't cats. But they're a couple of lovable critters that belong to my friends Gary and Mary, so I've decided they can be honorary cats.LadyBettina Bettina (or however they spell it) is a Cockatoo, and despite the name, Bettina is a dude. … [Read more...] about Special Bonus Critters