Year: 2006

  • PHOTOGRAPHY DEPT.

    D200 On the Way

    I managed to move things along a bit on the D200 front. Sort of. Last thursday, I just queried Adorama about my order for a D200 and got this response: Please be advised that you are at the top of our waiting list, however to this point we have only received one shipment from Nikon… Read more

  • FREE SPEECH DEPT.

    Community Standards

    The Volokh Conspiracy has a post about the Google subpoena, and a comment by someone using the name DEGOP has this to say about the definition of pornography: “Prevailing community standards” is the only test worth a darn. We abandon it at our peril. The problem is that community standards in San Francisco are a… Read more

  • FUN LINKS DEPT.

    Chuck Norris Lets Me Blog Here

    Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits. Chuck Norris frequently donates blood to the Red Cross. Just not his own. I first saw Chuck Norris in 1978’s Good Guys Wear Black (directed by Ted Post, who may not be famous, but sure has been busy). I can’t really remember much of the story, but Norris… Read more

  • CREEPING TOTALITARIANISM DEPT.

    Fight the Power!

    According to a ZDnet article, Justice Department prosecutors have asked Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL to turn over millions of records from their databases. This is all part of the government’s attempt to defend the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). The ACLU is challenging COPA in part on the grounds that compliance is impossible. To… Read more

  • PHOTOGRAPHY DEPT.

    Nikon D200 Blues

    It’s been a while since I wrote anything about the Nikon D200 camera I want, so I figure many of you are asking yourselves, “How’s Mark doing with that new Nikon D200 camera he ordered?” I don’t have it yet. There were rumors about the new Nikon D200 well before the official announcement. So on… Read more