Geek.Farm.Life

Comment by John G

December 4, 2006 @ 11:06 am

David Pogue of the New York Times demonstrated very convincingly that unless you are making prints much larger than 11×17, more than 5 megapixels is just marketing.

FOB is “Freight On Board” and is used to indicate that the cost is to the point of putting the commodity on their loading dock. Shipping charges and methods are up to you, the customer.

Comment by Tom

December 4, 2006 @ 11:04 pm

Nuts. Really nuts. I wish I hadn’t heard this podcast.

About 3 months ago I met an up-and-coming photography student. I sold her my whole Pentax kit with tons of lenses and filters for $100. After all, the whole K mount thing is over right? A digital back for my SF1000 was just out of the question. Little did I know that an affordable digital was coming along that would take my expensive lenses. Oh, the humanity :)

As Andrew says: “Oh well.”

Loved the goat kiss in the picture of the week.

Best,
Tom

Comment by andrew

December 5, 2006 @ 6:52 am

Hey John G and Tom,

http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/21pogues-posts-2/ appears to be the link to a blog entry he did about it. I agree with your whole heartedly. Then again I see 12mp camera with a plastic lens the size of a dime. Oh well.

Sorry Tom!! I’m glad you like the picture. I really love the k100, it feels just like my old super-m but with a digital screen and an sd slot. :)

Comment by India

December 7, 2006 @ 12:33 pm

That frosty window is beautiful.
Guess what? Still raining.
India

Comment by Lurker

December 7, 2006 @ 12:46 pm

Good show (as they all have been).

Sorry to hear about barn kitty.

The duck eggs thing from a previous cast stuck in my head for some reason. I kept thinking about an egg BLT sandwich: Lightly toasted home bread, Miracle Whip (no substitution), bacon from your own hogs, egg fried up in the bacon “grease” (over easy, soft yolk), lettuce, and home grown tomatoes. Mmmmmm. Maybe a thin slice of goat cheese slipped in between while everything’s still warm….

Thanks for doing the show.

Comment by India

December 7, 2006 @ 1:13 pm

What the heck is ‘Miracle Whip’?
India

Comment by andrew

December 7, 2006 @ 1:49 pm

India,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Whip

Talks about it. Which is kinda sad considering you could make your own real mayo at home with the same egg.

I really need to rant about goat cheese on the show, I think it’s been too long.

-Andrew

Comment by Jerry

December 7, 2006 @ 7:11 pm

Welcome to the world of DSLR Photography Andrew! I’ve been using a DSLR for about 4 years now. I bought my first one for taking pictures of Ellen and the Dogs running Agility. In this week’s episode Misty thought that the higher ISO could help you to take pictures of fast moving object, and you thought it couldn’t. To get pictures of fast moving object, you need fast shutter speeds, and using a higher ISO will allow you to also increase the shutter speed, so it can help you.

If you haven’t found it yet, you might want to take a look at/listen to “Tips from the Top Floor”. It is a podcast (and associated web site) about digital photography. May good things for the novice and the experienced alike.

As Chris says “Happy Shooting”.

Comment by Jerry

December 7, 2006 @ 7:19 pm

Here are a couple samples of “Danny” running an agility course with Ellen:
http://www.sheltielovers.net/dogs/Danny_Tunnel.jpg
http://www.sheltielovers.net/dogs/Danny_Jump.jpg

I took those with my older DSLR in 2004…

Comment by andrew

December 7, 2006 @ 9:01 pm

Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll check it out. Of course you’re 100% right. I normally would only increase the iso value as a last resort to increase the shutter speed. Probably just used to film where changing film speed is pretty involved.

-Andrew

Comment by Christa

December 10, 2006 @ 2:05 pm

Ranting about goat cheese? Mmm… pizza with goat cheese melted on top.. MmmmmmmMmmmm… :)

Wanted to drop y’all a line to say thanks for putting me on the farm phone section, even though the answer was delayed sooooo long the eventual answer to how you two met was pretty neat!

Thanks again for the podcast - its one of my favourites!

Comment by Tom

December 13, 2006 @ 7:45 pm

About Miracle Whip and “no substitutions”. Buy a jar of the stuff and you are already using a substitute. They changed the recipe. The #1 ingredient was oil, now water.

It’s still the same on a sammich, but don’t bother with chicken salad. We all know that chicken salad wants a honeymoon in the fridge overnight. When it emerges the new Miracle Whip will have lost it’s enthusiasm. Pity.

Best,
Tom