Time to Think

Being the rookie plane spotter that I am, I have been using Google Lab's new Transit Maps to plot my way to Boeing Field and back. The results it gives me are very interesting.

For as long as I have lived in the Pacific Northwest and as much as I enjoy hiking, its amazing it took me this long to strap on my first pair of snowshoes.

Bestselling Books as selected by readers of various photo forums on the Internet:

• The Art of the Duck
• Backyards: More is Less
• Perfect Photos of Your Less-than-perfect Children
• "What bird is this?" A Guide to the Most Common Birds Ever
• Potrait or Mugshot: a Guide to Flash Photography
• DOF explained: A guide to perfectly sharp,irrelevant, ugly backgrounds
• Know Your Subject, Know You Suck

I don't consider myself a planespotter, at least not to the degree where I concern myself with tracking tail numbers and such, but I do enjoy sitting at the end of a runway snapping photos of airliners on approach. However, I have found myself a little obsessed with a certain aircraft, which made a recent appearance here in Seattle.I have seen glimpses of this aircraft at various times through the years, usually seeing it sitting down on the tarmac of Boeing field while I drive by on I-5 at 65mph up above.

Now that the Ken Rockwell Facts post has sufficiently made the rounds, from dpreview.com to KenRockwell.com himself, its time to do a little reflecting on the whole thing.What I am most happy about is the fact that, like Chuck Norris, Ken has found the humor in the post. I was hoping to see that rather than a Cease and Desist order in my mailbox.

The other day my son was showing me some of the new Pokémon cards he had traded at school. I noted to my wife how much a lot of the creature names sounded like prescription drug names (or vice versa). So the other day I was bored watching American Idol so I whipped together a silly quiz tool called Pokémon or Pill.

For a couple long hours, the folks on freenode.net's #photogeeks IRC channel dropped lines about Ken Rockwell, the photographer/blogger we love to hate.

We created these morsels along the same vein as the infamous Chuck Norris Facts, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Ken Rockwell Facts

Contributed by liem, Epic|, Fufie, michel_v, neom, Wintre, Bas|k, lament, mattsteg__ and pal.

Jenn and I went to breakfast at our favorite little place near the house, which uses random coffee mugs from around the country. I noticed some strange things on my "Amish Country" mug that shed some light on the Amish culture. Or more confusion.First of all the front of the mug features 5 idyllic Amish scenes, captioned with "The Five B's of AMISH COUNTRY":

I've lived in Washington State my entire life. I've traveled and stayed for extended periods in various other regions of the US and I have never found a place as geologically diverse as Washington.

Its always good to challenge one's self with regards to a hobby or skill, so the other day I was put to the test with getting a full moon (the "Snow Moon" as they call it) juxtaposed with the iconic Space Needle. I saw the potential for the shot the morning before during my commute, so I planned to try to capture it the next day, which proved to be clear.