I had a great time last night at the CD release party for Glenn Yoder & The Western States at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge. They put on a great all-around performance, and Jeff Katz, the guitar player and a friend of mine from BU, tore it up on his tele. Here’s a clip I shot: Check out their CD, Javelina, here:
My site traffic has surged 500% over the past few days after 20-year old Canadian sensation Avan Jogia tweeted about my post on Mandy Patinkin, Inigo Montoya, and Saul Berenson: Admittedly, I’d never heard of Avan, but I appreciate the tweet and traffic that came with it. He’s known for playing Beck Oliver the Nickelodeon TV series Victorious. He actually looks a bit like Mandy: While I’m on the topic, for any Inigo Montoya fans out there, I found this amazing shirt on Amazon, which I immediately purchased for my girlfriend:
Here’s my sixth free Lightroom 5 preset, Speakeasy. This one adds some slight enhancement, mostly sharpening, contrast, and vibrance, without changing the overall look and feel of the photo. It’s quite versatile, and I use it on a wide range of photos, usually when I’m not looking to get too creative, but want to remove haze and liven up a shot a bit. One thing I often tweak after using the preset is the exposure, especially if I want to get more contrast in a shot with some sky. Here’s the first example of the preset, a boulder on Mt. Cardigan: A dog on a street: A parrot up close: And a beach landscape taken in Puerto Viejo: Here’s the download:
About a year ago I spent a month in India working on an MIT research project focused on food waste with a classmate and close friend, Paul Artiuch. Throughout that month, we blogged extensively about what we learned both on the MIT Public Service Center website and on this site. Here’s a summary of what we wrote: 1. Battling Food Waste in India 2. More on Azadpur Mandi 3. India’s Cold Storage Capacity 4. A Look at India’s Agricultural Supply Chains 5. The Punjab Potato Party 6. India’s Grain Storage Problem 7. India’s Lack of Food Processing 8. Smaller Markets in Rajasthan 9. Four Problems with India’s Food Supply Systems 10. Pune: A (Nearly) Waste-Free City Since we returned, we’ve
What an interesting guy: My favorites: 3. Wash teeth if any 16. Learn people better 19. Keep hoping machine running 27. Help win war — beat fascism