personal and professional notes from a naive chemistry professor
Jun 14th 2007eyes & General & nerd alert
One trouble with the Nikon CoolPix L12 that my sister got initially (see the last post) was that it was a little too quick to boost the CCD sensitivity to compensate for very low light. It only got into that mess because the lens is so small – I know, I know, you can’t put [...]
May 10th 2007nerd alert
One of the gadgets I’ve enjoyed most over the past few years has been a digital camera. (Two of them, actually – first an Olympus D-380, then a Canon A85.) I always liked taking pictures as a kid, but film costs kept it as a “special occasion” thing only. Now there’s no such restriction. Of [...]
Jan 22nd 2004nerd alert
Newsflash: Looks like Spirit’s not talking to NASA any more. Speculation in the lab is that Spirit and NASA are