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Thunderstorms

June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Local, Photos

D90 video of today’s heavy thunderstorms, shot through a window.

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Back Home

June 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Local, Personal

I got home after midnight last night and I’m still feeling pretty tired, plus I still have a cold with an earache.
This trip was the closest I’ve come to an actual vacation in about the last 10 years, since I didn’t go to a conference or do anything work-related (except for one meeting).
I saw a [...]

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California vs. Florida real estate

May 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Local, Personal

I’m taking a trip to San Francisco at the end of this month to look at some homes. I’ve already been talking to a realtor and browsing the MLS listings. What I’ve seen isn’t very encouraging.
I currently own a 3 bedroom 2 bath 1130 square foot condo, which I paid $95,000 for in 2003 (which [...]

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Plane Crash

April 17th, 2009 · Comments Off · Local

Earlier today a small plane crashed into a house a few blocks from here. I wasn’t able to see it from my window, but my neighbor banged on my door to let me know and dragged me over to see it. I just took my point & shoot camera, because I was afraid I’d be [...]

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D90 Hi-Def Video

March 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · Local, Photography

I recorded a lot of hi-def video on my D90 at Oakland Park Youth Day. Here’s an unedited video straight from the camera. This is the only one that was small enough to upload to Flickr.
I find that it’s hard to keep the video in focus when the subject is moving, and it’s very difficult [...]

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Photo of the day: Shuttle Launch

March 15th, 2009 · Comments Off · Local, Photography

I was lucky enough to catch the trail of the shuttle launch from my back yard tonight. Unfortunately I happened to have the wide angle lens on my D90 because I was shooting something else; I would have preferred to use a longer lens.

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Oktoberfest

October 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Local, Photography

I went to Oakland Park’s Oktoberfest today. It took place for the first time in the brand new Jaco Pastorius Park, so there was a big traffic jam & lots of confusion with parking.
I took lots of photos and a few videos with my D90. Most of the activity took place in a large tent [...]

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R.I.P. Verda

September 19th, 2008 · Comments Off · Local

I found out that one of my elderly neighbors, Verda, died yesterday. She was a former condo association president & still came to every board meeting, until she became too weak. Verda worked at the polling place for every election as long as I’ve lived here. She took care of every stray cat & had [...]

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Gustav & Hanna

August 31st, 2008 · Comments Off · Local

Gustav missed us, but it’s heading for New Orleans and looking pretty grim there.
Although we dodged another one, Tropical Storm Hanna is out there and heading in our direction.

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Another tropical storm

August 25th, 2008 · Comments Off · Local

Tropical Storm Gustav is aiming in our direction. It’s already a strong tropical storm with 60 MPH winds.

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Fay missed us

August 19th, 2008 · Comments Off · Local

Luckily we missed the worst of Tropical Storm Fay. We just got a lot of rain and some wind of up to 30 MPH. The rain pretty much stopped by midday today.

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Tropical Storm Fay Update II

August 18th, 2008 · Comments Off · Local

It looks like TS Fay won’t hit South Florida, but it’s giving us a lot of rain & some flooding. It’s now heading for Naples and isn’t expected to develop into a hurricane. The rain will probably continue the rest of the night and tomorrow.

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Tropical Storm Update

August 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Local

We’re out of the cone for Tropical Storm Fay right now, although that could change. It’s going to hit the west coast of Florida and move in our general direction. We probably won’t get the worst of it, but we’ll most likely get lots of rain & some wind. We have a tropical storm watch [...]

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Another Photowalk

July 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Local, Programming

Paulo is planning another photowalk on August 23 in connection with Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk. This one will be in Lauderdale-by-the-sea, a quaint beach town only a few miles from me, at the end of Commercial Blvd. I’ve been there many times.

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Photowalk wrap-up

June 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off · Local, Photography

Paulo posted a wrap-up and some pictures from the photo walk here.
There’s also a Flickr group where you can see the entire group’s pictures.

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I survived the Photowalk

June 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off · Local, Photography

I had a great time at the Fort Lauderdale Photowalk today, and the weather cooperated, at least most of the time. We met at Las Olas Riverfront at around 9:30 AM. After the introductions, we went north on Brickell Avenue to SW 2nd Street.

We then went west, across the railroad tracks, to the Museum of [...]

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Photowalk in Fort Lauderdale

May 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Local, Photography

Paulo Jordao is planning a photo walk in Fort Lauderdale some time next month. The details haven’t been finalized, but most likely it will be on June 21 or 22. The location is yet to be determined, possibly around Las Olas.

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California may have cost Florida the election

May 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Local, News and Politics

I must be the only one who isn’t happy about California legalizing gay marriage.
We have a marriage ‘protection’ amendment on the ballot here in November. This decision in California is a dream come true for the amendment’s supporters. It will energize their base with the fear of it happening here and help them get out [...]

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Oakland Park Youth Day

April 12th, 2008 · Comments Off · Local, Photography

Today was Oakland Park’s Youth Day, one of our biggest events. I took over 2000 photos, which I’m still processing. I used the sport mode of the D40x and did lots of burst mode shooting of Brazilian Capoeira, Polynesian dancing, and martial arts events. Here’s the best shot I found so far. I managed to [...]

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Mini Photo Walk

March 29th, 2008 · Comments Off · Local, Photography

Today I took a walk around the condo, photographing the best gardens, which I used to create a gallery at the condo’s web site. I also created a view where people can rate each photo and see the highest rated photos.

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