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by the man-in-plastic – j. kiely jr., photographer, pilot, diver and sometimes nerd

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Whole Foods Rose – day 3

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Monday October 3, 2011
rose - day 3

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October 3rd, 2011 at 7:44 pm

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That Thing With the Silly Name.

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A good, good friend of mine emailed me a whole long humor riff on the iPad name, although he claimed to have never seen the MadTV skit which basically goes in the same direction.

Okay, okay – I get it. The word ‘pad’ can only reference feminine products.

So Apple went with iPad anyway. Before the iPod, what did we all make of the work pod? Not sure where I’m really going with this.
However, I’m not ready to dismiss the iPad from Apple at first blush. In fact when I watched the streaming Quicktime version of the keynote my mind was racing with applications for the iPad. Reading books I still prefer to do the old fashioned way. As a photographer and a pilot a screen this size and weight has 1001 possibilities.

Anyway, just read this man’s take on the whole affair. He says some of what I was thinking and goes well beyond it. Much better than I could.

Frank Spiers on the iPad

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January 30th, 2010 at 12:17 pm

Streets White With Snow.

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A view while working today:

I usually have my head on straight. Which is to say I very much value the contents of the bag I sling over my back when I head out and do what I do. However, on Tuesday afternoon I left something of significant value in a place that I completely forgot about for a solid 6 hours. That’s how long it took me to realize that I only had 2 Nikon Speedlights in my bag and my handy-dandy blue-handled clamp was missing. A panicked email to my contact for Tuesday’s shoot and I felt a bit better. After an early morning drive in the snow back to the scene of my stupidity for something completely different I pondered the probabilities. A few hours later I had what I had left in my hands. Safe and sound. Given where I left the SB-800 I’m not really surprised that this leaving was a total non-event. Good people surrounded it from the moment I placed it where I did. Just one person failed in his duties to retrieve his possessions. That would be me. I am very happy to get my gear back, and thank all involved.

All good people. A good karma day for sure.

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January 28th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

Testing from iPhone

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Since I plan to blog my Sunday to Wednesday adventure in D.C. it’s probably best to test this.
Now, it’s fine for folks not to fall in love with the incoming president, but I do think Americans ought to give him a chance. Mr. Obama has a very full plate, he’ll need the country’s support to get us out of this mess and I think he deserves that to start with.

I am excited to see the pagentry and all for myself!

Photo in this post was from my nighttime trip to the gym. Was a cold trip.

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January 16th, 2009 at 1:59 am

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Waking Up To Storms

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Woke up to snow and it’s blowing pretty good right now. First things first, a bit of shoveling before prepping to head out.

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December 31st, 2008 at 2:24 pm

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A Driving Vision

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An afternoon of driving leads to iPhone snaphots…

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December 16th, 2008 at 3:25 am

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