Awesome Coffee Maker: The Balancing Siphon
This is one of the coolest coffee makers I've ever seen. It looks like a bit of work to setup, but it's fun to watch. I wonder how the coffee tastes…
A Quick Review: The AlienBees Setup
As I've mentioned several times over the past week, I purchased a set of AlienBees strobes. I just wanted to give a quick review on them.
- Setup: the lights, stands, and umbrellas were all extremely easy to setup. I probably didn't even need to read the instructions (but I did anyway just to be safe).
OS X Lion Two Finger Double Tap on Dock Icons
Awesome little tip for Mission Control in OS X Lion: if you have a Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad, double tap on a Dock icon with two fingers. Neat!
Lion's two finger double tap on a Dock Icon is pretty cool, don't remember ever reading about it.
— Paul Haddad (@tapbot_paul) December 27, 2011
WordPress: Help Stop SOPA/PIPA
This is an excellent write-up from the people at WordPress regarding SOPA/PIPA, and I highly recommend reading the whole thing (it's short).
Here's an excerpt:
A Creative Use For Flash Triggers
This is an awesome technique if you have a "bulb" mode on your camera and some strobes at your disposal.
Pulled Pork Under Pressure
I've been thinking about using my pressure cooker, since it's been quite a while, and Joy happened to buy some pork butt a few days ago; so I thought, what better than pulled pork?
Cuban Lime Pork Steak Over Spanish Rice
I posted this to reddit a few weeks ago (and on Facebook a few weeks before that), but I thought that it deserved a spot on here now that I have a food section.
Lights: Purchased!
As I mentioned earlier this week, I was looking into getting a home-studio strobe-based lighting setup.
After a lot of great feedback at the digital photography school forum, I tweaked my original plan:
My Camera Gear
I've been meaning to put this together for a while: here's a listing of all of my camera gear. It has everything I currently have and use, with a short review/summary.
A Possible Studio Light Setup
I've been looking into getting a small, semi-portable studio setup. Currently, I have a backdrop stand and a Canon Speedlite 430 EX II. However, I would like to take it to the next level.
After posting a question on reddit, searching the Adorama and Calumet photography supply sites, and reading several forums and reviews, including a great article on Strobist, I've landed on an AlienBees setup.