Monthly Archives: February 2010

The Quants

I just finished Scott Peterson’s The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It, a great read! Peterson chronicles the evolution of the quants – tracing the evolution from Ed Thorp and his … Continue reading

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Ghost Ship

I was over in the East Bay yesterday visiting family and while coming back noticed the layer of fog hugging the bay itself. I popped off the freeway, through the tube to Alameda and out to the USS Hornet – … Continue reading

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More about Aperture 3

I’ve only had a couple of days to play with Apple’s new Aperture 3 – released earlier this week. Overall, I’m impressed. Aperture’s new interface design is much cleaner and simpler than earlier versions – and the new Quick FIx … Continue reading

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A Beautiful Evening at Baker Beach

Here’s a beautiful late afternoon shot of the Golden Gate Bridge taken from Baker Beach in San Francisco. This photo was shot using a Canon PowerShot S90 and post-processed in PhotoMatix Pro.

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Apple Introduces Aperture 3

This morning Apple announced Aperture 3, a long-awaited upgrade to its photo management application. I’ve been vocal about my preference for Lightroom – given the adjustment brushes that Adobe added in Lightroom 2. From the feature description, it looks like … Continue reading

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Hey, That’s Me!

I was surprised to look at Trey Ratcliff’s StuckInCustoms.com post this morning – and see a picture of several of us photowalking Stanford last Thursday afternoon. The photo was taken for the Stanford Daily. Meeting Trey and some of the … Continue reading

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Blue and Gold – Textures with the Canon PowerShot S90

As I mentioned earlier, on Thursday afternoon I went photowalking at Stanford with Trey Ratcliff of StuckInCustoms.com. In spite of the drizzling weather, we had a great time photowalking Stanford – much of it spent inside Stanford Memorial Church (see … Continue reading

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Photowalking Stanford with Trey Ratcliff

[Update: Feb 5, 2010: Here's the Flickr group Stuck in Stanford with photos from the group that walked with Trey Ratcliff last night.] Late today, in a light drizzle, about 50 photographers joined ace HDR photographer Trey Ratcliff for a … Continue reading

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