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Photos -
Life in Austin
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Written by Dave Thorup
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 |
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I just got a Panasonic GF1 with the 20mm F1.7 pancake lens. Here are some of my first pictures with it. I'm really loving it so far. This will be the camera that I take everywhere with me. My Nikon D300 is great, but it's too big and heavy to take with me everywhere I go.
These were all taken in Zilker Park on a nice warm February afternoon. The 20mm lens is very nice - sharp, fast and compact. It makes an excellent companion to the GF1.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 March 2010 )
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News -
Bibble
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Written by Dave Thorup
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Tuesday, 02 March 2010 |
Actually Bibble 5.0.2 is out! it's been a while since I updated this thing. Bibble is a fast, feature rich RAW workflow application that I've spent the last 3 years working on (along with the rest of the team). One of the things that I'm most proud of is the performance we've been able to achieve with Bibble. Bibble is fully multi-threaded and scales all the way up to 32 CPU cores. Our biggest competitors, Aperture & Lightroom, only really use about 4 CPUs and don't perform much better beyond that - you'll see some gain with more CPUs but the performance increase is not linear like it is with Bibble.
Anyway, Bibble is a great program for any kind of photographer and especially for those that have a lot of images to work through. If speed is important to you then Bibble will save you time. But Bibble isn't just about speed, the tools we have for editing images let you easily and quickly get the most out of your images.
Well, that's it for now. If you're into photography give Bibble a try. And please spread the word. 
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 March 2010 )
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Interestingness -
Bad Luck
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Written by Dave Thorup
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Wednesday, 23 September 2009 |
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So here's the tracking log for my copy of Halo ODST which is now a day late and has yet to arrive. Talk about the long route. It starts in Coffeyville, KS and makes its way to Tulsa, OK. Everything's looking good so far, it's at least heading towards Austin. But then we get a nice long detour to Louisville, KY - Kentucky? Really? Yes, I'm sure everyone when driving from Tulsa, OK to Austin decides to take a nice detour through Kentucky. From there it makes its way to Dallas, TX and finally is now in Austin "out for delivery." Perhaps I should have just gone to the store?
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 September 2009 )
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Fun -
Outdoors
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Written by Dave Thorup
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Monday, 14 September 2009 |
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The GPS log for our hike along the shores of String and Leigh Lakes. Click on the "Replay Track" button to watch an animation of the hike. Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (70) | Quote this article on your site | Views: 458 |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 14 September 2009 )
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Photos -
Hiking
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Written by Dave Thorup
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Sunday, 03 May 2009 |
And we jumped on the top of a cliff... For the first day of hiking on our traditional Easter trip to Zions we went along the Cable Mountain trail. The first part of the trail, hiking to the top of Cable Mountain and back, was quite nice. Not a terribly difficult hike but it was somewhat long - around 8 miles round-trip. The destination of the hike takes you to the historic Cable structure that was used in the early 1900s to transport timber to the bottom of Zions Canyon. Oh and that structure sits atop a 2000+ foot vertical cliff! The view from the cliff is amazing as well as somewhat dizzying. There are no guard rails to keep you away from the edge and creeping towards the edge will really take your breath away. We all only got as close as we dared, some being so bold as to lay on their stomachs to get the best view. We were all brave enough to get some nice pictures of us jumping right next to the edge. On the way back we had the option to return to the cars, go back to Springdale and enjoy what I'm sure was a very nice and filling lunch. My brothers, Josh, Matt and I foolishly decided to continue along the East Rim trail down to the bottom of Zions Canyon. I really should have returned to the cars. I'm not nearly in good enough shape for what followed. After having already gone 8-9 miles we went down over 2100 feet over the next 4 miles. Most of the descent though was just 2 miles or less along some of the hardest, rockiest switchbacks that my knees have ever handled. If you look at the full set of pictures on Flickr you'll notice that there were a lot of pictures taken along the Cable Mountain trail and hardly any taken after that. I had to put the camera away and just hope that I would survive the hike. What's crazy is that I had already done the hike 10-15 years ago, and back then over the last 1000 foot descent I actually ran down to the bottom. There was no running this time, there was only PAIN! You can view the rest of the photos (including larger versions) on my Zions 2009 page on Flickr.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 May 2009 )
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Photos -
Life in Austin
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Written by Dave Thorup
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Monday, 06 April 2009 |
 The Big Duck was in Austin over the weekend so we spent time catching up over some tasty stuffed avocados. Be first to comment this article | Add as favourites (138) | Quote this article on your site | Views: 721 |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 06 April 2009 )
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