Island in the Net by Khürt Williams
Technology and Photography Musings. Established circa 2000.
The iPhone is here and making history as one of the most hyped product introductions in history. Gruber gives his opinions on Apple's most innovative product to date.
Daring Fireball: iPhone First Impressions
Overall day one impression: the iPhone is 95 percent amazing, 5 percent maddening. I’m just blown away by how nice it is – very thoughtful UI design and outstanding engineering. It is very fun.
Ask Manny Hernandez: A Bilingual Blog
Last Sunday, a 65-year-old St. Louis man was kicked off a train by Amtrak personnel in the middle of a national forest in Arizona, mistaking his diabetic shock for drunk and disorderly behavior.
Every time I read news like this I get a twinge of fear up and down my spine. I have experienced a few lows (30s) and as a dark skinned man in a mostly white and Asian neighborhood near Princeton,NJ and I wonder how I would be treated. I can imagine a night spent in a Princeton jail cell slowing dying while my family wondered where the hell I was.
I have a medical alert bracelet but I don't feel confident that the authorities would notice.
My first HDR image that I consider worthy of posing to Flickr. Taken with 3 exposure (-1 EV, 0EV, +1EV). Merged and tone mapped using Photomatix. The subject is an Asian Lilly. I planted a bunch of these in my garden last year.
