Monthly Archives: August 2008

Photo of the Day: Fire

By zacharyc | Published: August 29, 2008

This picture was taken a couple of years ago at a fraternity event. Photographing fire has always been difficult. On one side you have something very bright, and at night, you are surrounded by the darkness. If you flash it, it can wash out. This is what I got.

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Bloomberg Releases Jobs’ Obituary

By zacharyc | Published: August 28, 2008

Steve Jobs’ obituary was mistakenly released by Bloomberg News today. Bloomberg is a company that strives not to take a position on the market, but in this case, they actually caused the stock to take a sharp dip. They have since retracted the article and stated that they have no non-public information on the health [...]

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Photo of the Day: Aspen Mountains

By zacharyc | Published: August 28, 2008

I’m not really sure if I like this photo, but I would love some feedback. I think it is slightly out of focus. I remember the feeling I had when I was taking this photo and that was a great feeling. I was on my own, in the middle of the rockies, breathing cool fresh [...]

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Photo of the Day: Sparkly Rocks

By zacharyc | Published: August 27, 2008

This is a picture of Barring Hill Beach in Westport, CT (my hometown).

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Photo of the Day: Wedding Bands

By zacharyc | Published: August 26, 2008

This is perhaps the picture I am most proud of. It was a beautiful wedding and this picture is really amazing to me. However, I’m not sure I did good job on the color corrections. I’m posting both an edited version and a version taken directly from the master. Let me know which one you [...]

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Photo of the Day: Wavecrest on the edge of Focus

By zacharyc | Published: August 25, 2008

Recently I redescovered Jason Santa Maria‘s blog. He writes about some very interesting design topics, and has a very unique blog layout. He’s a cool person, I’ve written him in the past and gotten responses. My days as a designer are, at least temporarily, over. My job these days really revolves around programming an debugging. [...]

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I Love Shoulder Stands

By zacharyc | Published: August 25, 2008

Today I got slammed back into doing shoulder stands at CheerGym’s practice. This is a relatively simple stunt where you take a girl throw her up in the air and catch her on your shoulders. I got to do this with my good friend Chaz, and while it didn’t really hurt, I do have some [...]

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First iPhone Blog Post

By zacharyc | Published: August 24, 2008

I found a new program that allows me to write to my blog from my iPhone. Okay, so nothing overly exciting, but still another cool way to use my iPhone. I have a couple of articles I have been meaning to write, so stay tuned

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Michael Phelps is Not The Role Model Everyone Thinks He Is

By zacharyc | Published: August 19, 2008

If your watching TV, you’ve probably seen that the Olympics are going on right now. I have been watching more than my fair share of Olympics. One constant frustration for me is the continual mention of Michael Phelps. He has done some great things, like win 8 Gold medals in a week. He is truly [...]

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A Flaw in Apple

By zacharyc | Published: August 19, 2008

John Gruber nails it: Apple’s biggest problem isn’t with its product quality (which, overall, remains very high), but with its communication to customers. If your reading this blog, you probably know that I’m a big Apple fan. I will stand up for Apple all over the place, but I have been increasingly frustrated with their [...]

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