a crank’s progress

Should I make the bellows myself or buy a bellows?:
That is the question. I have been pondering large format images but realize I have zero interest in working with sheet film. So the next best thing is a large format camera with a roll-film back. And since all that works out to is a bellows [...]

What would the Founders say?:
What would the Founders say?
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GUEST POST - By Hume’s Ghost
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When I first discovered Glenn’s blog I was impressed by the way Glenn so easily cuts through the legal b.s. that is put forth by the administration in defense of its actions and provides clear and concise explanations as to why the [...]

My FreeCycling habit and my need to exercise more crossed paths this past weekend when I acquired two NordicTrack ski trainers. Three were offered the same day, and I grabbed the first two.
The first is enormous, and I suspect either came from a health club or was offered through Sears. It’s unlike the usual models [...]

The wise guys @ MacGeekery pull out all the stops on this one: :
We would have said something sooner, but it was hushity-hush-hush. Today, Apple is holding a special event for invited guests at their campus in Cupertino, in the quant Town Hall. We’ll be attending the event today with a small group [...]

Stopped off at Ballard Camera to dig through the odds and ends in hopes of finding a cable release and found that the film I was trying out is only US$1.99 a roll.

Um, I’ll take two. I dunno much about it (it’s made in Hungary, it seems to work fine, easy to handle and [...]

Religious sectarians lurk in every faith: in Northern Ireland, it would have made no sense to a child if one of his playmates was Catholic or Protestant. So the explanation was that a child of a different faith “kicked with the other foot,” relating it to something ubiquitous and understandable by a young mind.
Apparently, Islam [...]

My on-again/off-again obsession with a sailboat was rekindled today, and I somehow stumbled onto a repository of old boatbuilding plans.
OldBoats: Treasures from the Past
Free Boat Plans from the Late 1930’s and Early 1940’s
These are some beautiful boats. I have already chosen a couple of plans and passed them on to a woodworking expert of my [...]

NATIONAL JOURNAL: Insulating Bush (03/30/2006):
As the 2004 election loomed, the White House was determined to keep the wraps on a potentially damaging memo about Iraq.
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“Presidential knowledge was the ball game,” says a former senior government official outside the White House who was personally familiar with the damage-control effort. “The mission was [...]

A choice rant about the perception/portrayal of Hispanics in America by the liberal news media.
La Queen Sucia: How Stupid are the US Media?!?!:
Eating oil: so much more than just a breakfast food. An enterprising reporter looks at the various ways fossil fuels, especially oil, are inputs in the food supply.
My Saudi Arabian Breakfast:
Take that box [...]

1. the Windows Vista ship date slippage as seen from inside is pretty wild.
2. This guy is a coder in Cuba, and from what he says, it’s not like he’s running some foot-pedaled operated computer. My understanding of Cuba was that it was a little less modern. Must be the liberal media.
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