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new internet home

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:24:39 GMT

my new blog space and internet presence is at

http://jamesbkim.com

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:04:15 GMT

If anyone wants my Lexmark M412 Black Laser Printer for free, leave me a comment. Has a print server and works great. just needs new toner and drum.

Monday, October 30, 2006

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:09:07 GMT

http://www.flickr.com/photos/durentu/282876945/

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:37:20 GMT

What does an entrepreneur study?

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 23:48:03 GMT

I have the habit to go through the harder path first to learn as much as I can.

With Digital Photography, RAW files are better for professional work because it's the near raw sensor data of the camera. After trying to get these raw file converted correctly and working on them, the conversion from raw to jpeg introduced 90% of the noise in the pics. (I use all linux software)

Being frustrated, I set the camera back to Large Anti-aliased jpeg format, then whamo! Perfect pictures everytime. No noise. Now I'm excited that with the few test pics, I get achieve really great results with the lenses that I have. So all I have to do is redo all my pics. My picture counter is at 3300 shots. !!

Live and move on. At least this time, I know my pics will be much* better and will be prime time for my portfolio into stock photography. The concept is interesting. There a finite amount of work for an infinite amount of returns. For example, you take one photo that you assume that everyone wants to buy throughout time, and you can make money off it, forever. Yes, yes, yes... there is a flaw in the plan, but the force that drives the sale towards infinity is marketing. Another skill which I suck at.

In other news, I'm been reading on financial matters, starting with taxes in lieu of incorporation. The buzz is that the government loves entrepreneurs. After downloading all the pdf files the IRS website has to offer, I started to make a spreadsheet of the document number and the titles of all the files. It's very enlightening. Especially the info about pass through entities and what things the IRS emphasises and doesn't.

There are a few thousand documents, and I started with the publications. Got a few thousand more to go.

There is a group called the VRPP, where you can qualify yourself to help prepare other people's tax returns. Interesting concept.

Apart from financials and photography, I'm looking towards the horizon for better opportunities while I'm creating my own. Putting all the bits of info together and making the initial master plan. All the good stuff, and I'll end up in bora bora (hopefully)

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Sun, 08 Oct 2006 18:07:25 GMT

You like lobsters? so do I!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/durentu/sets/72157594318022639/with/263864960/

Monday, October 02, 2006

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:15:23 GMT

yeah, so I bought a digital slr...

Canon Rebel XTI 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

walked around took some pics.

Used linux apps to grab jpg's and RAW format images...
Used linux apps to post process the photos...

Check them out!

My Flickr Site

#262353 +(7728)- [X]

<MooseOnDaLoose> Hey Mike
<goatboy> what?
<MooseOnDaLoose> Pussy.
<goatboy> er?
<MooseOnDaLoose> Pussy.
<goatboy> and?
<MooseOnDaLoose> Pussy.
<goatboy> ...
<MooseOnDaLoose> Pussy.
<goatboy> i dont get it
<MooseOnDaLoose> AND YOU NEVER WILL.
<goatboy> bastard

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:42:37 GMT

hmm.. stock and microstock photography.... one way to build assets.... I like this idea.

#99835 +(13549)- [X]

<Guo_Si> Hey, you know what sucks?
<TheXPhial> vaccuums
<Guo_Si> Hey, you know what sucks in a metaphorical sense?
<TheXPhial> black holes
<Guo_Si> Hey, you know what just isn't cool?
<TheXPhial> lava?

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:21:24 GMT

been reading around about camera lenses...

for canon, there is a 50mm f/1.8 f/1.4 and a f/1.2

f/1.8 is like $70
f/1.4 is like $350
f/1.2 is like $1300

how can one justify a f/1.2 lens? When does one say that a f/1.8 is just not enough? At first I thought it was the lighting, but then it might be depth of field.

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#244321 +(16260)- [X]

<Cthon98> hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
<Cthon98> ********* see!
<AzureDiamond> hunter2
<AzureDiamond> doesnt look like stars to me
<Cthon98> <AzureDiamond> *******
<Cthon98> thats what I see
<AzureDiamond> oh, really?
<Cthon98> Absolutely
<AzureDiamond> you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
<AzureDiamond> haha, does that look funny to you?
<Cthon98> lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as *******
<AzureDiamond> thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
<Cthon98> yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as *******
<AzureDiamond> awesome!
<AzureDiamond> wait, how do you know my pw?
<Cthon98> er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******'s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
<AzureDiamond> oh, ok.

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:56:52 GMT

ok, I can't sleep....

Description	Price
Canon Rebel XTI Black body only	800
Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens	70
Canon 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 lens	410
total	1280

Now if I can only find a store that sell a start kit. bag tripod, memory card etc....