March 2008 - Posts

• If you get lost in the woods, follow the running person in spandex

  We went orienteering today with a friend. This introduced us to an entire subculture we were not aware of, competitive orienteering. Along with this introduction I learned a valuable lesson, if you get lost in the woods, follow the running person in spandex...(read more) Posted Mar 30 2008, 10:36 PM by Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy Filed under: Thoughts

• MOD your Canon Powershot S3 IS (RAW and Scripting support)

  The Canon Powershot S3 is a great camera. It has surely brought me from being a novice photographer to a lot less of a novice. One thing that it is missing, that I didn't realize I would want or need, is RAW support. Well, tonight I solved that problem...(read more) Posted Mar 24 2008, 10:14 PM by Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy Filed under: Development, Hardware, Photography

• The Concretes, Camera Obscura, and The Essex Green sound VERY similar

  Never have I heard 3 different singers that sound so similar. See what you think: http://www.essexgreen.com/mp3s/lady.mp3...(read more) Posted Mar 23 2008, 02:49 PM by Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy Filed under: Thoughts, Music

• Omnivore's Dilemma - A must read

  I finished the Omnivore's Dilemma last week and thought I would write a nice little review. By the title of this post you can tell that I highly recommend this book. It is definitely something that I believe you will enjoy and a book that should be...(read more) Posted Mar 23 2008, 02:36 PM by Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy Filed under: Thoughts, Literature

• Amazing Vegetarian Buttermilk Biscuits and Sausage Gravy Recipe

  While I am not a vegetarian, I still cannot get enough of this recipe. The original recipe comes from my brother-in-law. However, I have modified it to be a little tastier. Jeremy, if you want a Flay style throw-down, just let me know. Buttermilk Wheat...(read more) Posted Mar 22 2008, 07:12 PM by Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy Filed under: Thoughts, Recipe

• Portland Trip Pictures

  My wife and I recently visited some friends of ours in Portland, OR. It was our first time to this city, and my first time as far west as we were. During this trip we did a lot of hiking, something Portlanders tend to do quite often. During our hikes...(read more) Posted Mar 22 2008, 02:22 PM by Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy Filed under: Thoughts, Design, Photography

• Most Depressing Tax Rule

  I got married this last year and was curious if there were any restrictions for filing jointly. I opened the 1040 tax instruction booklet and found the following rule. This rule would apply to someone who got married in 2007 and then lost a spouse before...(read more) Posted Mar 12 2008, 05:54 PM by Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy Filed under: Thoughts

• IE8 and Defining Document Compatibility

  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288325(VS.85).aspx Whenever you need to define compatibility on a page you are most likely going to be defining it for IE7. Therefore, you will be using the following statement: < meta http-equiv ="X...(read more) Posted Mar 10 2008, 11:48 PM by Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy Filed under: Development, CSS

• Snaps or Buttons? I vote Snaps.

  I always vote Snaps....(read more) Posted Mar 06 2008, 09:13 PM by Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy

• Progression of Tonemapping and HDRI

  So I wanted to see what it looks like to take a single image and change the exposure on it and then merge the resulting images as an HDR. Here is the original picture that I took sometime around Thanksgiving on 07' on the steps of the Philadelphia...(read more) Posted Mar 02 2008, 10:30 PM by Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy Filed under: Thoughts, Tools, Design

• HDR Images with the Canon Powershot IS S3

  Yesterday I started experimenting with creating high dynamic range images . I have a Canon Powershot IS S3 and it has a nice feature called Auto Exposure Bracketing. This takes 3 continuous pictures with varying exposure. In order to make an HDR image...(read more) Posted Mar 02 2008, 07:58 PM by Wyatt Preul - The Geek Cowboy Filed under: Tools, Design