Upcoming wedding or no, I did manage to upload a handful of the Six Flags Atlantis construction shots so graciously lent to me by co-developer John Bond.
I was afraid that if I didn’t make a move soon, he’d think I sold them on eBay or something.
More to come, obviously…
Shots from the 2009 Gateway Classic are up on the site.
Lighting wasn’t too bad, though I had to shoot at 1600 and the banners behind the competitors fouled up the white balance again. I also made a boneheaded mistake; I left the autofocus set to “all points” from my last use of the camera instead of a single point, so in several of the shots the autofocus was zeroing either the banner ads on stage (bad but salvageable) or the top of one of the judges’ heads (very very bad).
I really want to push myself so that even in rough lighting conditions I’m keeping more shots than I’m throwing away. I’m not there yet.
Anyway, enjoy. The next show I’m attending is late June, but I hope to have some updates before then. Why “hope”, you say? Well, if anyone didn’t know, I’m getting married (!) next week, which fact may limit the amount of attention I can give this for a month or so.
“There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.”
Brilliant oratory, isn’t it? And so apropos.
But it’s not new.
It’s a quote from Robert A. Heinlein, from his short story “Life-Line”, first published in 1939.
I created a analysis weighing the advantages and disadvantages of integrating Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace into a corporate business strategy.
It can be found on my GeoCities page, accessible via either Archie or Gopher. (It’s a dark page, so watch out for the grue.)
To the would-be tyrant, attributes such as grace, patience, and good manners can be easily mistaken for cowardice or spinelessness. A common mistake– often their last.
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