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Monday, September 13, 2004

Europe - Here I Come!

I'm leaving for Europe - or more precisely Switzerland and Austria - tomorrow morning. I will try and post random updates whenever I get access to a computer over there - but I'm not making any promises.

It will be a whirlwind visit of friends, relatives, a wedding and a 3-day trip to Vienna - so the only thing that's guaranteed is a lot of cool eye-candy, given it doesn't rain non-stop while I'm over there.

In the meantime, here's a look at one of my home town Basel's most prominent buildings - the Rathaus (seat of the city counsil):

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Thursday, September 09, 2004

The Virtues of Lamp Shade Posts

Who would have thought?

According to David Pogue's NYT column this week, lamp shade posts can be of surprising virtue to a photographer. I quote:

The tripod mount on the bottom of most digital cameras has exactly the same thread diameter as a typical hotel lampshade post. In a pinch, you can unscrew the lampshade and use the exposed screw on the lamp itself to steady your camera.

And no. I'm not going to wonder about how exactly he figured this one out. Draw your own conclusions.

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