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When you absolutely positively know it has gone mainstream

The “It” in the title refers to a couple of different photographic techniques – namely, HDR and “Strobist“. Now, one might argue that HDR has been mainstream for quite some time now. Witness for instance, the incredible abuse of this technique by perusing the “hdr” tag on Flickr, or even …

Sometimes reading patch notes can be interesting

Yes it’s horribly geeky to actually read patch release notes, but then that’s what I am :). Anyway, the latest patch for Supreme Commander had a very interesting note – The copy-protection check that the game had shipped with has now been disabled. Freaking awesome! If there’s one thing that …

150 years of wisdom

Working on this photograph gave me an oppurtunity to reflect on the remarkably full life that my grandmother has lead. She married my grandfather aged 18 and was a mother before she turned 21. She suffered the heartbreak of watching a daughter die, but has seen the birth and marriage …

Where Have I Been?

I have been on a serious photography trip recently, and the blog has suffered for that. Having seen the efforts of some truly magnificent photographers, I have been motivated to try my hand at it as well. Here are some of my more recent attempts that I judge relatively worthy.. …

Inane Game Review

Unfortunately I can’t provide a link for this post, since this is a review that appeared in a newspaper. A local newspaper called “Today” published a review of Elder Scrolls: Oblivion yesterday and I think it easily qualifies as the dumbest review of a RPG ever written. It started off …

Oblivion Fever

I have been remiss in posting stuff to my blog these last few days – the reason being, I have been spending the little free time I get to post on researching Oblivion. I am thoroughly obsessed with this game now – it’s amazing looks and truly immersive role play …