Monday, November 27, 2006

Innopocket Treo 650 Magnum Case Failure

For my wife's birthday this month, I decided to upgrade her 1-yr old (and badly worn) aluminum Treo case from Innopocket. I thought that the magnesium case would be up to the challenge of taking the abuse that my wife inflicts on all things electronic. Sadly, this was not the case, as the new, harder case was held together with glue!

This Blogger beta isn't letting me upload all of the pics, but the one that it is allowing shows the glue points that have failed to hold the hinge and door components in-place. I've written to Innopocket, and they have written back (in Chinglish) that a replacement is on the way, but I wonder if the parts are still held in place with adhesive...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Miss Take shoot #1
I traveled with a small crew to a garage in Temple that served as the location for my first shoot with "Miss Take", a retro pin-up model from the area.

I used my party gels to color the backgrounds in some of the shots. I think that we did pretty well -- the model didn't even get any grease on her outfits (which is something that I cannot claim).
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Thursday, November 02, 2006

Kim's Third session

Kim's third session was greeted with a cold front and cloudy skies, dashing my hope of getting her in-frame with a Texas pre-winter sunset. Maybe next time. We managed to visit three locations around derelict downtown Waco.
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Alien Bees Customer Service: Amazing!
I took a bit of a chance recently by investing in the new lighting gizmo from Paul C. Buff's Alien Bees company -- the ABR800 ringlight. As owner of one of the first 1,200 units, I am effectively a beta tester. At first, I was apprehensive over the situation, but the company is doing such a great job at being open to feedback and to refining the gizmo that I feel like they have my back at every step. I love the unit and the mods are quick to ship. It's like Christmas every few weeks when a newly improved part for the ABR800 arrives! Can't wait to take delivery of the Moon Unit!
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