Monthly Archives: December 2004

Solid Food Tales

2004-12-31 – 10:16

I have to start by asking how baby cereal started being called solid food, as it is anything but solid. In fact, even if you mix it so it’s fairly thick, the long you leave it sitting, the thinner it becomes.
Anyway, a good friend was among the sources to suggest that starting Elizabeth on [...]

By frank | Posted in Parenting, Photography | Comments (0)

Available light, so much nicer than flash!

2004-12-29 – 07:19

I got a nice 50mm lens for my Nikon for Christmas. It goes down to f1.8, a lot lower than the 3.5 of my zoom lens. The only problem with it is indoor shots in small rooms, it’s hard to back up far enough to get a group picture because of the 1.5x crop factor [...]

By frank | Posted in Photography | Comments (0)

What is the difference between a cafe and a coffee shop?

2004-12-20 – 09:05

Last week when I dropped by my occasional morning coffee stop, I was rudely reminded that they consider themselves a cafe. They’re changing their earliest opening hours to 10 AM! During the week! I’m crushed. What am I supposed to do, admit I live in the deep south and stop at the gas station for [...]

By frank | Posted in Food and Drink | Comments (0)

Christmas!

2004-12-12 – 13:37

It’s still nearly two weeks until Elizabeth’s first christmas, and we’ve already started in with the pictures. What, you expected us to wait? At least we waited until a few weeks after Thanksgiving, unlike the retailers all trying to get their books back in the black for the year!
Andrea asked me to take a [...]

By frank | Posted in Parenting | Comments (0)

Java3D on Mac OS X

2004-12-08 – 20:35

Here goes with my first seriously geeky blog. This would be a great use for categories!
There are several annoying things I can’t figure out with Java3D on 10.3. What’s even worse than not being able to figure something out at all is when you actually have figured it out, but so far the solution [...]

By frank | Posted in Geek | Comments (0)