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This last week I bought a nikon D1 online. The D1 was the first professional DSLR that nikon sold. This was back in 1999, Now that its ten years later the limitations of  the technology of the day are becoming more and more apperent.  the Nikon D1 was built with a 2.7 megapixel sensor, which compared to my D40 is less then half the resolution. Still for the price I paid for this camera , …

http://osuinreview.mypodcast.com/2009/02/OSU_in_REVIEW_21509_ep_4-184096.htm Just put a new episode of OSU in Review up. check it out if you get a chance.

Drove down to eugen last night. I didnt really know this but there is a zombie walk on valentines day in down town eugne. Apperently hundreds of people dress up like zombies and walk the streets. We caught a couple of them on video.     Then robert grabbed the camera and wanted to act like Bear Grylls, for no reason.  

Watched some Mad Max tonight, Fun times catching up on a cult classic that I had never seen. Now I have to hurry up and watch the road warrior movies.

This is an older story I wrote last year about an experience some friends and I shared while in wolf creek. Not a place you want to find yourself or worse someone else on a winter night. So the other evening after spending time with some old friends I find out from Tyler that a group of people are going to a ghost town in wolf creek; I hesitate momentarily, then reply with “I’m all …

Check it out, New episdode is up  http://osuinreview.mypodcast.com/2009/02/OSU_in_Review_2809_Episode_3-181905.html

I went out shooting this afternoon to pass the time and because I haven’t invested enough time into it lately, I took off for a drive and headed north out of Corvallis; I took some interesting roads and found some cool places. I would just drive until something caught my eye and I would pull over and try to get the image. Here are a couple photos from today.

Last Saturday I ended up staying up all night , I wanted to go out and take some pictures, sunrise is a wonderful time of day that I really don’t take enough advantage of. Since I was already up I got my gear together and I took off. My friend Ito asked to come along so I picked him up and headed out of town to a wildlife refuge that’s south of Corvallis. The location …

Often I think that if I can be aware I can see what’s coming and do my best to avoid it. Which seems like pretty good logic; but time after time I find myself in the same spot. It seems that just like clockwork I have entered the midterm doldrums. This syndrome that I describe could be unique to just college or maybe just me, but during the weeks that follow my midterms I find …

Tonight I got the opportunity to go to Portland to watch the band fiction family with Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Sean Watkins of Nickle Creek.  Both bands that I have been a big fan of for a long time. The band played very well and its still feels fun when you discovering a new band even if  its from the same people.  it was a nice surprise having Sara Watkins (nickle creek) play with …

So the Story goes that back in my senior year of high school at hidden valley a group of us were all hanging out by the stage in the commons.  Now in the video nathan leaps into my arms for whatever reason that day. Though lerking around on the side was Jeffery! Jeffery was a freshman while we were all seniors. Now he was a nice kid but somtimes he just really didnt get some …

I’m going to start a new thing that I hope to keep up. I want to fully read one Wikipedia page a day, my plan is to pick a topic that I don’t know enough about and research it. Tonight im spending my evening watching the red violin in my film rhetoric class. Interesting movie. Though its slow and on most accounts it doesn’t fit the style of film I normally like,It is made in …

Recorded the first episode of osu in review. Worked out alright. had a good time making it. If you check it out here. OSU in Review 2-1-2009 episode 1

In this paper the other side of net neutrality is covered. What will the negative affects on the ISP’s look like? Billy Newman NMC Telecommunication Policy January 27, 2009 Net neutrality proposal The Internet is a vast and growing infrastructure; there are countless consumers and developers using this infrastructure to move information. Net neutrality is a term for a growing argument that the internet and thus the providers of the network should maintain a neutral …

at least we caught it on video

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Today in nmc policy there was a class discussion on the six degrees of seperation connectors and hubs network effects early networks central office vs nesh networks natural monopoly and creative destruction Over all this was a very interesting class. We had an good discussion in our group about the ownership of the network. I am on the side of network neutrality. I feel that the only way to insure that is to have an …

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Already I feel that 2009 will be a special year. As I come in to the new year I am 20 years old; an age that I will only get to be once, and in it I want to make it the best that I can. Here are some new years resolutions I want to try to stick to. There really nothing to profound but I know if I stick to them it will drastically …

Goodness gracious.I gifted myself this jacket for Christmas, and yes it was in the mens section! Ill probably regret this buying decision in the future.I didn’t realize at first sight that this fury Sasquatch jacket would come off looking so girlie. eesh, If I didn’t know better I could be a girl with a strong jaw line in this photo. gotta say though, It is warm!!

Todays been pretty good. It surprises me when I realize that as I write this it is already christmas. Seems pretty strange that this will be my 20th Christmas . I’ve finished up this evenings family get togethers , now headed to bed. Hoping for some snow for Christmas. The forecast is still back and fourth.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt0C-H7aec0] Oh man, So some friends of mine decided to make a little video defaming me.

Coming home for the holidays is defiantly an interesting sensation. I’m glad that this last term is behind me. Today I braved the weather and made it down to Grants Pass. The trip went much smoother then I thought. I was preparing to spend a night in my car on the freeway waiting for the snow to clear. Luckily I hit the right window; the interstate was mostly bare pavement for the majority of the …

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1_1GgjdKLk] Robert and I went around Corvallis checking out the ice on the streets.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZZU9C4NIII] a quick post of my trip on I5 trying to get back to corvallis. Lots of traffic even more snow. For a while I was thinking that I would be spending the night in my car. luckly I was able to make it home.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIncaixHEos] Here is a couple clips of some deer that came up on me while I was at Smith Rock.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C_NfUTqnMU]last Night I had to stay up late to cram for finals, In this video I show you how to make a cup of loose leaf black tea. The caffeine helped keep me up… all night.

The internet is a vast and growing wealth of knowledge. There are countless creators and consumers using the internet to share content. Net neutrality is a term for a growing argument that the internet and thus the providers of the network should maintain a neutral position on what content the end user chooses to consume. This is not so much a censorship issue as it is the intent of the network provider or the ISP …

Privacy in today’s digital age is something that has in many ways gone by the wayside, The development of the new media “savvy” society has saturated the net with social profiles from second life to twitter. The bottom line is that Privacy is at the users personal discretion; it is up to them to be self conscious of who will be reading there social content. I hope that this does not give the immediate impression …