Monthly Archives: January 2010
Video of my coffee roaster in action
My roster in action movie just went on Youtube. It shows this roasting rig in action
Lean simmering pork loin steak with tea and whiskey
Today I came up with an nice dish that I put together within 20 min from the things that I found around my kitchen. 5-6 lean pieaces of pork loin cut 1 cm thick some extra virgin olive oil pork … Continue reading
Learning the ropes on the Canon 7D
Silent shooting mode has to be set to “disable” if you want to synchronize an external flash with a 7D (as well as 5D MK2 apparently). It is a documented, but fairly obscure feature. Live view gives interesting advantage for … Continue reading
Suction Clamp Camera Support
This is a camera support gadget that can be used to support a camera or a flash on any even surface. Glass and polished metal work fine with it. I use it to shoot from my car by attaching it … Continue reading
Roasting Coffee at Home
I roast my own coffee. It is not really a choice. It is more a necessity, if you care about the drink. I tried to avoid this technically complicated endeavor. I drink coffee made in a French Press or in an … Continue reading
Neat tea infusor from Teaopia
Yesterday I picked up a Tea Master gadget from a Teaopia store. It is an ingenious little thing that makes very good tea. The neat trick of the Tea Master is the fact that as liquid passes through the steeped leafs … Continue reading
Multiprocessor Race
It is pretty amazing to watch now our gadgets become computing superpowers. Early Canon dSLRs had two processors – one for autofocus and one for image processing. The 7D has one more image processor. It makes it three processors in … Continue reading
Vacation clothes shot with my octagon ringlight
This is another video episode shot with my Octagon Light design
Canon 7D Experiences – 500 clicks
I am still in love with the 7D. The impression is a bit spoiled by the flash synchronization problem, but still, this is a very impressive camera. Two things continue bringing me joy – the way camera feels in my … Continue reading
Site move to curiousdrake.com
Today I moved my site to a dedicated domain. I am happy that I could get a .com domain for it. Dot COMs are getting scarce now. I think it is not possible to find available three letter combination already. … Continue reading