This post is dedicated to Chester, a connoisseur of low-light, compact cameras.

Most of the time, I shoot with Canon digital SLRs, but sometimes I end up carrying around a small, compact digital camera instead. I’ve always really disliked shooting with compact cameras because of their poor low-light performance, but I’ve finally found one that works well. The Fujifilm FinePix F30 is a bit bigger than the usual point ‘n shoots that I normally shoot with (the Canon SD450 and Fujifilm FinePix Z1), but it produces relatively clean images up to ISO 800 and can be pushed to 1600 and 3200 if need be. At 1600, images are still good enough to be resized for the web.

Here are some sample images. (read more »)

104% complete is an impressive feat indeed

Someone I know once accused me of being overly negative about computers, but I can’t help it because I know these companies can do better.

My hatred for Quicktime and iTunes increases. (read more »)

Hey, so … I can’t understand any of this, but it appears that my breaching white shark photos have made it onto German TV. The top of the webpage says “Ehrensenf, extra scharf,” and the woman looks confused when my image pops up. Can a friendly German-speaking person help translate what went on? :) [ehrensenf] [spiegel]

UPDATE: OK. You know what is REALLY weird? That story about shuttle cocks was written by my sister’s friend, Jia-Rui (a Los Angeles Times reporter). When my sister watched this video, she thought something was wrong with her computer.