brett's logjam http://brettpeters.org/log/ logjam: an immovable mass of floating logs, jumbled together, or Brett Peters' log. en-us brett@brettpeters.org 2007-12-23T23:36:00-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://brettpeters.org/img/logicon/laptop.png brett's logjam http://brettpeters.org/log/ 58 40 December 23, 2007 11:36 PM Suspended http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/23/suspended.html#4324 Suspended

]]> 4324@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Photo Log 2007-12-23T23:36:00-05:00 December 22, 2007 2:08 PM The Flag at the End of the Crane http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/22/the-flag-at-the-end-of-the-crane.html#4321 The Flag At The End Of The Crane

]]> 4321@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Photo Log 2007-12-22T14:08:58-05:00 December 22, 2007 7:43 AM Red-shouldered Hawk http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/22/redshouldered-hawk.html#4320 Red-shouldered Hawk

A Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) perches in a sweet gum tree.

]]> 4320@http://brettpeters.org/log/ flickr.com/photos/btp Photo Log 2007-12-22T07:43:49-05:00 December 20, 2007 12:46 AM The Big Guns http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/20/the-big-guns.html#4318 The Big Guns

Recruiting sign on display at the Casemate Museum in Fort Monroe, Virginia.

]]> 4318@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Photo Log 2007-12-20T00:46:38-05:00 December 20, 2007 12:35 AM Tumblr Photo Compression, Again http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/20/tumblr-photo-compression-again.html#4317 Amidst all the family activities this weekend, I spent some time considering the Tumblr Photo Compression problem. I had some downtime tonight to finally poke around at some of the alternate solutions I’d come up with while doing other things.

My conclusion? The compression is pretty bad. But creating some Flickr/Movable Type 4 hybrid thing to solve that problem is like using regular expressions: now you have two problems.

Tumblr is simple enough for me, for now. I’m tired of messing around with complicated systems; getting away from them is the entire point. The photos likely look worse on your screen than they do on my phone, and I’m sorry about that.

But the good ones will wind up in the Photo log eventually, anyway. So don’t worry about it.

Moving on now.

]]> 4317@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Photo Log 2007-12-20T00:35:59-05:00 December 17, 2007 7:43 AM American Cream http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/17/american-cream.html#4316 American Cream

An American Cream Draft horse, at Colonial Williamsburg.

]]> 4316@http://brettpeters.org/log/ flickr.com/photos/btp Photo Log 2007-12-17T07:43:31-05:00 December 14, 2007 10:57 PM The Return of the Train http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/14/the-return-of-the-train.html#4315 The Return of the Train

]]> 4315@http://brettpeters.org/log/ flickr.com/photos/btp Photo Log 2007-12-14T22:57:24-05:00 December 14, 2007 10:29 PM Tumblr Photo Upload Compression http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/14/tumblr-photo-upload-compression.html#4314 It’s rather a pity that Tumblr applies so much compression to photos uploaded to their service. It’s the only flaw I’m unhappy about, because it actually degrades the quality of the content I’m publishing. Everything else I can accept as part of minimalist blogging, but this is like smearing Vaseline over my lens. Which is, you know, not what I generally do.

(Oddly, the compression is mitigated on an iPhone. I suspect the massive DPI is to credit.)

I’ve put some comparisons up on Flickr, but will have to see if it’s the email compression the iPhone applies, or Tumblr’s. I suspect that the former shouldn’t be underestimated — and as a consequence, the iPhone camera appears to take worse shots than it really does.

]]> 4314@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Photo Log 2007-12-14T22:29:29-05:00 December 14, 2007 7:43 AM http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/14/the-palace-cupola-at-christmashttpwwwzooomrcomzphotoszoom3930663size32.html#4312 The Palace Cupola at Christmas is now up in the original size if you would like to use it for a desktop picture.

(I really should shoot with a tripod more often.)

]]> 4312@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Photo Log 2007-12-14T07:43:06-05:00 December 12, 2007 10:51 PM Bruton Parish at Dusk http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/12/bruton-parish-at-dusk.html#4308 Bruton Parish at Dusk

]]> 4308@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Photo Log 2007-12-12T22:51:24-05:00 December 12, 2007 10:48 PM Fences http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/12/fences.html#4306 Fences

]]> 4306@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Photo Log 2007-12-12T22:48:07-05:00 December 11, 2007 7:33 PM The Final Days of Autumn http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/11/the-final-days-of-autumn.html#4304 The Final Days of Autumn

Into Your Firey Arms

Autumn


]]> 4304@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Photo Log 2007-12-11T19:33:44-05:00 December 9, 2007 8:01 PM The White Horse http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/09/the-white-horse.html#4300 You may have noticed that I shoot a lot of horse photographs. Part of this is because my son went through a period when he could not get enough of the horses downtown in Colonial Williamsburg.

Attentive

And part of it, frankly, is that I like horses. I can’t ride worth a damn, but I like ‘em anyway. So there.

Posing

We’ve had a few new arrivals in the CW stables in the last few months, and I haven’t learned all the new kids’ names, so I can’t properly attribute these photos to a model. But eventually I’ll have the current crop down.

Anyhow, I kept telling him, over and over, that I had no treats on me and just wanted to take his picture. No apples, no mints, no altoids.

He preened, and posed, and then pestered me for a reward anyway.

Apples?

Oh well. I gave him a good nose-scratching to make up for it.

]]> 4300@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Photo Log 2007-12-09T20:01:06-05:00 December 9, 2007 6:53 AM Three Views of the Governor's Palace http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/09/three-views-of-the-governors-palace.html#4299 Palace Cupola

Palace Weathervane

The Lion and the Unicorn

The Governor’s Palace in Colonial Williamsburg has a storied history, and is well worth the visit.

]]> 4299@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Photo Log 2007-12-09T06:53:43-05:00 December 9, 2007 6:34 AM Tucker House Gables http://brettpeters.org/log/2007/12/09/tucker-house-gables.html#4297 Tucker House Gables

The Tucker House at Colonial Williamsburg serves as the donor reception center, where contributors of $100+/year can go to take a break while touring CW. The house is staffed by helpful, friendly volunteers — all of whom know my son.

When he was younger, Trip would go there three times a week without fail. Now that he’s older (2.5 and counting!), his schedule is more erratic, but he still visits about once a week or so to get a cookie and eat it on the front sign. Given how hot and cold it can be walking around Williamsburg, I’d say we more than get our money’s worth out of his contribution.

This photograph was taken in the late afternoon sun, from the Palace Green. I used a tripod for the first time on one of my walkabouts this particular afternoon, with some good (and bad) results.

More photos from this shoot to follow.

]]> 4297@http://brettpeters.org/log/ Brett Peters Photo Log 2007-12-09T06:34:45-05:00