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Sometimes you study a thing for a while, and instead of finding out more about the thing, you find out more about yourself—and sometimes both. I have been looking at lenses and digital photo cameras over the weekend. Have been reading up on reviews, have been comparing prices. The thing is, I wasn’t too happy … Read More

‘Nuff said.

I have been playing Charlie II, the sequel to Charlie the Duck, for almost ten years now, on and off, mostly off. My own highscore only progressed slowly during that time, a thousand points here, a few hundred points there, until last week when I realized that I can chain the effects of power pills. … Read More

A long time ago in a land far, far away I had a game called Caesar III installed on Windows 98 (or XP). Actually it wasn’t that long time ago, and it definitely was not far away. But I digress. And lo, I bought a new PC which ran on Windows 7, and forgot all … Read More

This is cool: a company called Lytro is taking orders for its plenoptic (or ‘light field’) consumer photo camera, which it expects to ship in 2012. A plenoptic camera swaps spatial (2D) information for distance information. See it as a grid of thousands of miniscule-resolution cameras all pointing straight ahead, with software combining the miniature … Read More

Now and then somebody mentions on bicycle activism blogs that there is no speed limit in the Netherlands for cyclists. That struck me as a bit odd, so I decided to find out if this is true. And yes it is, by and large. The Dutch rules of the road (RVV 1990) only mention speed … Read More

My friend and co-blogger (over at 24 Oranges) Natasha has taken up roller derby, an all-women’s full contact roller skating sport. I have come along to a couple of games, and I am here to tell you that roller derby rocks. The basic game is simple. Two teams of five women skate around a smallish … Read More

Here are six greyer than grey photos for your perusal casu quo amusement, and as a “memo to self”. Other than that they are less remarkable than a timid question on weekdays and more commonplace than a question. Tv-mode, 1/50, F10: Tv-mode, 1/125, F7.1: Tv-mode, 1/320, F4.0: 100 % crops of the previous series: As … Read More

OK, so the previous WIHBUT wasn’t, and this one ain’t either. Just a grab bag of pictures I took over the summer. Most of the ones you see here were taken during a walk to Amstelpark and back.