Random acts of thought and insight

Here’s a few more pictures taken with my Nikon D40X converted to Infrared with Lifepixel’s conversion.

Morrow Bay

San Luis Obispo Old Barn

I just got my Nikon D40x modified by LifePixel and I’m impressed by their work.   Here’s a few pixs I took around the Seattle area.

These have been treated in Photoshop.

Well I just picked up a Nikon D40X and am going to try LifePixel to see how the IR conversion does.  I’ve researched doing IR work using filters and like the concept of the modified camera.  A photographer I met on a shooting trip up Mt St Helens brought up the subject and it really peaked my creative interest.

 I’ll post some samples when I get the camera back.

Congrats to the CodeGear team for resolving several QC issues for Delphi 2007 and RAD Studio 2007.   Granted, everyone using this product wishes 100% of the QC issues were addressed, but it’s simply not realistic.

Prior to this update, CodeGear released a documentation update for their help files.  This change also allows for a migration towards documentation updates seperated from the actual IDE and product updates. 

You can get the update by logging into your account at http://www.codegear.com.

In recent years, CodeGear (and it’s parent company Borland) have been taking quite the hits regarding the documentation quality and quantity.  To the credit of the current technical writing staff, they have really been working hard at building back the quality of the documentation, filling in the blanks and putting back examples. 

In a prior newsgroup post, the documentation team essentially bucked up and stated where a lot of problems were regarding their documentation.  Some materials had been lost.   A lot had been misplaced and on various computers and drives that needed to be searched for. 

My kudo’s to the doc team as well as Nick Hodges for taking a lot of flack on the newsgroups and doing a great job in trying to wade through it and represent CodeGear in the best way possible.

I was quite amazed at the Whole Foods location in Pasadena, California.  I went with family to pick up some fixings for New Years dinner as well as to grab a bite to eat. 

Having been to a few Whole Foods, this one has quite an expanded selection compared to most.  The store is two stories high, which leads to the question… how do you get your stuff between floors?  An escalator or elevator is available, which is quite normal for multi-story stores.  However, this store also features a shopping cart escalator.  Simply push the cart up to the escalator and it will take it down slowly for you.  Quite cool.

Welcome to my new blog.  Here, I hope to post some different thoughts about photography and software development, amongst other things.