SkaroffBlog » Photos http://skaroff.com/blog coming at you intermittently from the City of Brotherly Love Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:43:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Bonnaroo, We Hardly Knew Ye http://skaroff.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/05/bonnaroo-we-hardly-knew-ye/ http://skaroff.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/05/bonnaroo-we-hardly-knew-ye/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:11:16 +0000 Josh http://skaroff.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/05/bonnaroo-we-hardly-knew-ye/ Though I’ve spent the past five middle-of-June weekends in Manchester, TN at the Bonnaroo festival, I don’t expect to return this year. Simply put, the lineup isn’t good enough to justify the ever-increasing costs. Combined with the even more disappointing All Points West lineup, I don’t have high expectation for music this summer.

But in the meantime, a bit of housekeeping and memories from last year:

Yeah, I’ll miss My Morning Jacket, but hopefully get my Radiohead fix in Philly on August 4th.

In the meantime, if you’re in Brooklyn tomorrow (3/6), DC on Friday, or Baltimore on Saturday, you should definitely go see The Shalitas.

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transit strike

Great shots on Flickr of the incredible effect that the transit strike is having on New York City. Beautiful and I imagine, so frustrating to get around the city today. But there’s something remarkable about all the masses of humanity just walking down 5th Ave.


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Also, check out Matt’s excellent post and photoset from the day as well as Albert’s photoset which shows what someone who knows how to take photos, unlike me, can actually capture.

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Canon SD400

This thing is tiny and offers a 3X optical zoom and 5 MP. Very much looking forward to using this camera quite a bit. Look for a flickr photostream to come soon. And yes, I did get the extended service plan on this one. Learned my lesson there.

I realize it’s silly to take a picture of my new fancy camera with the VGA camera in my phone, but the battery’s charging and it’s all I got!

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I guess putting it all on(the)line was partially my way of dealing with it, and also a way that I could share the experience with both the people I know and those I don’t know (but who might be considering a similar procedure). The whole experience has been quite amazing, and I really feel fortunate to be recovering so quickly.

If you’ve got the stomach and the curiosity for it, go check out David’s remarkable photoset documenting the surgery. WARNING: Contains graphic images.

]]> http://skaroff.com/blog/index.php/2005/07/29/science-and-progress/feed/ 0 It was so hot outside, you could fry an egg http://skaroff.com/blog/index.php/2005/07/11/so-hot-outside/ http://skaroff.com/blog/index.php/2005/07/11/so-hot-outside/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:52:30 +0000 Josh http://skaroff.com/blog/?p=106 I find myself now sitting at my desk with nothing to say for once. It’s not that there is nothing out there in the world to blog about. The Hotline’s new Blogometer, a daily summary of what’s going on in the blogosphere, shows that people are busy talking about the London bombing, Valerie Plame, CAFTA, and a variety of other domestic policy. And that’s just the political side of the internet. But for some reason this Monday morning, I just don’t have anything to add to the cacophony that makes up our new and exciting medium.

Perhaps it’s my sunburn. This weekend was spent “down the shore” as we call it here in the greater Philadelphia area. Unlike so many other Philadelphians, I’m not a shore person, and despite living here for nearly 20 years now, I still haven’t gotten a handle on what makes the New Jersey beaches so exciting. A couple hours in the sand, sun, and salt is about all I can take. Combine that with my pasty white exterior, and that non-sun-resistant eastern European blood, and you’ve got a great recipe for a bright pink hide. It hurts.

Me on the beach in Avalon
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We’ve determined that Tim’s glasses look better on me.

Kurt pointed me towards a clip of a fantastic young Swedish vocal band, Riltons Vänner. I could listen to their soprano sing all day.

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Love Park

The fountain is on at Love Park. This picture was taken with my Treo 650. Best…gadget…ever.

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