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JHHarris Photography

OpenDiscipleship.org
GalacticWiki
What havoc reads (shared RSS Feeds)

Reading:
Schlock Mercenary
Dr. Walter Williams

The Thinking Believer:
Reasons to Believe
He Lives

Free:
Proclamation of Pardon

When in danger,
or in doubt,
run in circles,
scream and shout.
-- Robert Heinlein

Google News
Linux in the News

Tech Feed:
Linux Weekly News

Doing:
RealizationEngine

Other:
Seekers of the Red Mist

Shooters' Bookshelf -- books for shooters
Linux Support -- an RE-based Linux Support Community
NMPerspective.com - News, weather, movies, links, more for Cities around New Mexico.
All-Roswell.com -- All the news, weather and links in Roswell, NM.

Friends:

Accessories:
Benchmade Knives -- Knives you want
Columbia River Knife & Tool -- "dedicated to making practical, purpose-driven knives that are high in quality, innovative in design, and tops in value."
Leatherman Tools -- "Now you're ready."
Cold Steel Knives -- knives (and other weapons) you can afford (mostly)
Browning Centerfire Pistols -- Classic
Marlin Firearms big bore lever guns -- close-quarters combat carbines that punch large holes... Now available in 480 Ruger and 475 Linebaugh!
Canon EOS Imaging

Whishes:
Barrett Rifles -- a "fair fight" is a myth. Shoot 'em while they're still way off.

contact:
havoc@harrisdev.com

"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen."<br> --Samuel Adams

[ resume ]
Index of entries
Shooting the Canon 10D
Linux and RAW Photography
Linux Tips

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Photo of the day 8.Feb.2010 - shades of gray

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I once saw everything in black and white -- now I see in shades....

Great quote -- Science and Faith

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"Trusting in the authority of leading scientists is fine; we all need to do that sometimes. But doing that isn't science -- it's faith." -- Zooko (aka Bryce Wilcox)

Slideshow for JHHarris Photography

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http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dc7h5....rt=true

Another look

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Here is a photo I dismissed as unworthy the first several times I looked at it.... There's something there, I'm just having a hard time getting it to come out....

great quote -- Christianity

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"Christianity is not "cool" and it never will be."
- Kim Riddlebarger

A not-very-good photo of the day, and why it's good to be not-TOO-cautious

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Augustine: The City of God

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I finally finished The City of God last night.

It's neither light reading nor a quick read (the Penguin Classics version weighing in at 1191 pages + 53 pages of introductory notes). It is worth reading and enjoyable. Augustine's intellect shines with wit, charm and compassion.

It's raining

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Rain makes me happy.

Rain means life.

Rain is hope, renewal and promise.

Rain makes me happy.

Photos (13) of the day for 29, 30 Jan

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Moon rise over Roswell, NM, on the 29th.

Day trip to Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (Quarai) in the snow:

Photos of the day for 25, 28 Jan 2010

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Ah! Dad! I don't want to do my homework.... (25.Jan.2010)

Rain early in the morning, then it froze and started snowing after sun-up. Water droplets frozen on the sapling in the backyard. (28.Jan.2010)

It's getting with the snow. They boys are hoping for a snow day tomorrow.... But kids will always hope for snow days -- they'll even be hoping for snow days in May. (28.Jan.2010)

My skepticism about the Global Warming hysteria

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The problem I have with the Global Warming hysteria is that's we're taking a snapshot of the environment 100 years ago, and looking at this tiny 100 year trend for a system that has been running for about 3.8 billion years in a 4.6 billion year old solar system in a 13 billion year old universe. The whole thing is in constant flux, and you expect me to get all bothered about ice caps melting that we know are only a few hundred thousand years old?

Really, people! One of the big changes that brought humanity out of the "dark ages" was the receding of glaciers from a recent ice age! The global temperature shift in the middle ages was far greater than the one we're seeing today.

I'm not denying anything, I'm just skeptical. I'm not advocating that we be wasteful or destructive, I'm just not convinced that it's that big of a deal. I do think we should be environmentally responsible, but most of the measures proposed to "combat global warming," are far worse than the effects of global warming.

I'm just asking that people chill out and think this through rationally. I'm tried of laws going off 'half-cocked' and making things worse.

A book my house DEFINITELY needs

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Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)

Blackberry "Love What You Do" ad campaign

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If I had seen RIM's Blackberry "Love What You Do" ad campaign before I got my Pearl, I wouldn't have gotten a Blackberry product. If they keep running this campaign, I'll be sure to blacklist Blackberry on account of "stupid."

21.Jan.2010 photo of the day -- Cue: wind

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Ugly windy.... I'll keep trying to shoot "windy." Looks like I'll have plenty of chances.

21.Jan.2010 more photos of the day -- Look! up in the sky!

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I went out to check on the boys (and I took the camera with me), and I saw something interesting in the sky!

Well, not that interesting, but this cloud that looks like a lenticular cloud, which was cool because they normally form over mountains, not plains.

So I put the boys, and the neighbor's daughter in front of it.

21.Jan.2010 photos of the day -- Go fly a kite!

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18.Jan.2010 photos of the day -- neighborhood

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16.Jan.2010 photos of the day -- Summiting Mescalero Point (and then into Roswell)

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Today, Thing2 and I hiked to Mescalero Point. It was fun.

After our little adventure, we all drove into Roswell for dinner. After dinner, I grabbed some urban night-shots.

I have started updating the look of this blog. The old look was looking pretty tired, and the yellow-brown backgrounds was unflattering for photography. I'm going to eventually get around to updating the GS logo.

15.Jan.2010 photo of the day -- "Two kinds of people"

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Plains High School (Texas) vs. Sundown High School (Texas) Varsity Boys basketball.

"There are two kinds of people: Those who observe and those who participate." (With apologies to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.)

Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:16 03:11:24
Exposure time: 0.077 s (1/13)
Aperture : f/18.2

So, we took off from the house this afternoon.... and several hours later, we ended up setting in the stands of a high school basketball game in Plains, Texas. Now, I'm sitting here at 2:10 a.m. with too much caffeine in my system because I can never pass up the chance to enjoy a cup of coffee with my parents -- even when it's way too late at night for me to be drinking coffee. 4 cups was probably too much.

P.S. Dawn, I'm sorry I 'signed' your head.

P.P.S. Another study in motion:

"Committing."

Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:16 03:11:23
Exposure time: 0.077 s (1/13)
Aperture : f/18.2

6 new business cards

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I finally got around to knocking out 6 new business cards.

I already ordered some. They should be in next week some time. That makes a total of 18 unique card designs.

143.Jan.2010 photos of the day -- Lights are on

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Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:15 02:16:56
Exposure time: 8.000 s
Aperture : f/9.1
ISO equiv. : 288

13.Jan.2010 photos of the day -- stuff

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"disorganized play."
Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:13 23:49:21
Exposure time: 0.013 s (1/80)
Aperture : f/8.0
ISO equiv. : 288

"Karee"
Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:13 23:50:49
Exposure time: 0.0100 s (1/100)
Aperture : f/9.1
ISO equiv. : 288

"Lynn"
Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:13 23:52:00
Exposure time: 0.013 s (1/80)
Aperture : f/9.1
ISO equiv. : 288

Words

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"Don't be afraid of things because they're easy to do."

That was the line generated by a creativity tool I use.

....

That describes a weakness of mine.

10.Jan.2010 photo of the day -- Artist at Work

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Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:11 03:33:13
Exposure time: 0.500 s (1/2)
Aperture : f/8.0
ISO equiv. : 1000
Model : Evan

9.Jan.2010 photos of the day -- Some Good Eats and some other stuff

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The Steak House Cafe in Tatum, NM. Famous for their steak fingers.

Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:09 17:40:12
Exposure time: 1.300 s
Aperture : f/8.0
ISO equiv. : 288

Another barbed wire tangle...

Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:09 23:13:46
Exposure time: 0.0100 s (1/100)
Aperture : f/16.0
ISO equiv. : 288

8.Jan.2010 photos of the day -- Snow? Again?

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We're starting to joke that this winter is trying to make up for all the years without any snow. It's not really that much snow, it's just that we haven't seen this white stuff in so long.... and we don't have any equipment to deal with it (because we rarely need equipment to deal with it).

This was going to be my photo of the day....

Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:08 17:17:24
Exposure time: 0.0100 s (1/100)
Aperture : f/16.0
ISO equiv. : 288

Then I saw my neighbor, the very, very good mom, shoveling a walk for her children.... all the way to school! Now that's dedication.

Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:08 18:38:07
Exposure time: 0.0080 s (1/125)
Aperture : f/16.0
ISO equiv. : 288

Revisiting Abo in HDR

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Camera model : Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:03 16:46:57
Exposure time: 0.025 s (1/40)
Aperture : f/25.0
ISO equiv. : 400
Exposure bias: -0.67

7.Jan.2010 photo of the day -- Used Book Heaven!

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Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:07 21:38:07
Exposure time: 0.0040 s (1/250)
Aperture : f/4.0

We walked into the used book store in Roswell today and what did we find? A significant collection of the Great Books collection! Not all of them, but 39/54 is pretty good. Excellent condition (they look like most of them have never been opened), and they gave us a substantial discount for taking the lot of them.

Now I have to go edit my Amazon.com wishlist again.

6.Jan.2010 photos of the day -- Men at Work

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Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:06 22:35:41
Exposure time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture : f/12.9
Models: Evan, Lance

Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:06 22:36:11
Exposure time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture : f/16.0
Models: Evan, Lance

5.Jan.2010 photo of the day

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Camera model : EOS 5D Mark II
Date/Time : 2010:01:06 00:00:56
Exposure time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture : f/5.0
Model: Karee

Take a moment to pray for this little beauty. She's got a hard row to hoe.

I've been forced into portrait photography, and this is one of the models I've enlisted to help me figure out portraits.

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