Feb 17, 2009
Photography
Looking back
Day 47 of 365
Aaron Brethorst (Page 42)
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Feb 17, 2009
Zoon Politikon
Thanks, asshole!
Burris pisses me off. Way to cost us a Senate seat, asshole. U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has acknowledged he sought to raise campaign funds for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich at the request of the governor’s brother at the same time he was making a pitch ...
Feb 16, 2009
Zoon Politikon
Calling a spade a spade, and progressivism progressivism
Nate Silver posts a spot-on take on populism vs. progressivism: Populism is not...a cogent political philosophy unto itself. Franklin Roosevelt, ..., Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan, Adolf Hitler, Hugo Chavez, ..., Bill Clinton, Ross Perot, Newt Gingr...
Feb 16, 2009
Photography
Pocketwizard FlexTT5: Wowza!
I’ve been reading coverage of PocketWizard’s just-announced FlexTT5 and MiniTT1 RF transmitter units, and I just have to say: “wowza!” David Hobby has a fantastic write-up available over on Strobist, which gives as much information on these as yo...
Feb 16, 2009
Photography
Salient differences between the PocketWizard TT5 and TT1
Update: one question I still had was whether you could use a TT1/TT5 on your camera and II+s on remote strobes and still take advantage of a higher sync speed. According to Rob Galbraith: yes. I’ve been reading through the user manual for the Poc...