A Guest Post Written by the Wife For years, people asked me what I would do once the boys got older and didn't need me as much. They warned me that I needed to find something to do because they knew I didn't have any hobbies. Every time it came up I just shrugged off …
Adventures with a CF to IDE Adapter
The thing about having old computers is that parts inevitably fail and replacing them becomes more difficult as time passes. The most common items to fail are hard drives, and replacement drives are getting rarer and more expensive every year. Luckily, thanks to the ingenuity of the retro computing community, there are modern ways to …
Cracked & Restored
I’ve been taking a lot of photos lately and I’m a bit photoed out so I’ve drifted back into my vintage computer interest. In addition to looking for new items, I’ve pulled some existing ones out of the basement to catalog and explore. One such machine was a Toshiba Portegé 3500 from 2002. While touch …
A Day at the Zoo
I enjoy photographing animals and I've invested quite a bit into equipment, but I find myself frequently challenged to actually do it. I don't set aside time to go out, I'm not great at tracking animals (or blending in to hide from them), and I don't have the patience to sit outside and wait. What …
How I Came to Buy a Backpack from 2005
I bought a Nikon 180 - 600mm Z lens to replace my Sigma 150 - 600 for wildlife and sports photos recently. It’s an awesome lens, but one difference from the Sigma is that it does not extend to zoom, which makes it physically longer than the Sigma and harder to fit in a camera …
Adventures in Auto Capture
Auto Capture is a feature for the Nikon Z9 and Z8 that allows the camera to automatically capture photos based on a criteria. You can setup your camera on a tripod and configure it to take a series of photos that are triggered when movement is detected in certain areas of the frame, certain types …
The AI I Predicted is Coming
The camera AI, that is. Last year I published an article reflecting on photography predictions I made in 2011 after I bought my Canon 7D. At the end of the article, I made new predictions about what would happen in the next decade. It’s been a little over a year and many of those things …
Goose Season
We’ve had geese at our Portsmouth office since I started working at Liberty 16 years ago. They swim in our ponds, eat our grass, and poop on our walkways. They are a fixture of our campus and the local area. While they’re generally pretty mean, there’s a special time each year when they lay eggs …
Farewell to my Nikon Z 24 – 70mm f/2.8 S
If there’s a record for the lens I’ve owned for the shortest time, it’s the Nikon Z 24-70 f/2.8 S, clocking in at just over two weeks. This is one lens I never thought I’d even buy in the first place because it’s Nikon’s high-end, expensive zoom, retailing for $2,400. I only bought it because …
Matias Laptop Pro
I really like the feel of my Matias Tactile Pro 4 but it’s too big to be comfortable. Luckily Matias also makes a smaller version without a number pad. It’s also wireless, quiet(er), and has a funny name: the Laptop Pro. The Laptop Pro is a 75% keyboard and is a bit smaller than my …
Relatively Ambitious 