Toshi's ride pics thread

[Toshi]

Originally posted by BostonBullit
hmm, did you tell em about your Imperial? Evil stuff is big big over in J land!

as for what to do next year, GET A JOB YOU BUM! :p :D (actually stay out of the job market as long as you can, I have too many unemployed friends)

BostonBullit
haha, yeah, getting a job is probably out. i am vaguely mulling over the idea of working in a bookstore with one of my roommates from last year (dan chen for those who know him). but grad school in some random field would probably allow me to be just about as much of a bum, and would be something productive to boot. :confused:

(1000 posts btw! who would have thought... it figures. like raiiinnn... er, where was i? :eek: )

[Toshi]

ari, keith,

please tell me what you think of the new image page template:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/dho%20-%20la%20cenerentola%20-%20february%2014-15,%202003/

(or http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/HRO/ )

vs. a standard one from olde:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/daily/counting%20faces%20-%20february%2013,%202003/

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/dho%20-%20la%20cenerentola%20-%20february%2014,%202003/Images/20.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

although I'm a fan of frames in general, The new page is definitely far superior to the old. BTW, did you see the new embossed Phoben.com images?

http://www.phoben.ath.cx/photos/people_and_places/2003/03-01-22/images/110-1074_IMG.jpg

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
although I'm a fan of frames in general, The new page is definitely far superior to the old. BTW, did you see the new embossed Phoben.com images?
wow, that's slick. nice. damn you and your skiing ways! :D

[Toshi]

ahha, look what ari has hidden away on his site! :eek:

http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/HRO%2099-00%20Pictures%20(horribly%20unorganized)/P2130038.JPG

you might have to cut 'n paste that url, since vbcode and parenthesis don't get along iirc

also, more comments on my further tweaked and revised layout are requested and appreciated:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/dho%20-%20la%20cenerentola%20-%20february%2014-15,%202003/Pages/0.html is an example of the new look

(what's changed since my last post: nav buttons moved outside, added link to top level, messed around with the style sheet for the link appearance/mouse-overs, and made the image matte consistent in its breadth and height)

[WTGPhoben]

gettin better with every revision... what are you using to make the galleries?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
gettin better with every revision... what are you using to make the galleries?
is there anything you would change about the current setup?

i am using iPhoto with BetterHTMLExport and a tweaked version of the Metal template. (the bone stock Metal template is pretty hideous actually)

http://www.apple.com/iphoto/
http://www.droolingcat.com/software/betterhtmlexport/
http://www.droolingcat.com/software/betterhtmlexport/exchange/view_template.php?uid=4

[YUSAVAGE]

wait you ride an EVIL attend harvard and are in the orchestra wow thats a scary comination an EVIL and harvard

[Quadari]

Well...I went up to NH to go skiing today. The weather and conditions were pretty damn crappy. Visibility was about zero at the top of the mountain, and not much better at the base. The non-groomed runs were covered in a sheet of ice about 1/2" thick. Thus making it almost impossible to ski on because you would either stay on top and have no traction, or sink beneath and then not be able to move your feet. So I stuck to the groomed trails.

All in all though it was fun. Skiing sure beats sitting around in my room pretending I'm doing work.

(No pictures, sorry.)

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
The weather and conditions were pretty damn crappy.

All in all though it was fun
i sense a contradiction here :D

i am glad to hear that it was fun. it turns out i had actual committments here besides just vague promises of "having work to do" (like bach soc :mad: ) so i could not have gone.

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
i sense a contradiction here :D

Yeah...it is slightly contradictory.

Objectively it wasn't all that good a day b/c of the weather, but as I said a bad day skiing is better than a good day at work. :D

[Toshi]

check it out keith (and peter/other quiet lurkers in this thread):

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/daily/something%20new%20-%20march%206,%202003/Images/2.jpg

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/daily/something%20new%20-%20march%206,%202003/Images/4.jpg

now all i need is a camera.... :D

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
check it out keith (and peter/other quiet lurkers in this thread):

now all i need is a camera.... :D

That's funny... I think that fits my camera. :D

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
That's funny... I think that fits my camera. :D
um, NO

ahha

:D

it only will fit an ef (ie canon eos/slr) mount. so, darn, i have to get a real camera now. :D

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
um, NO

ahha

:D

it only will fit an ef (ie canon eos/slr) mount. so, darn, i have to get a real camera now. :D


Digital SLR. There is none higher (especially dollarwise, with pricetags starting close to $2000)

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
Digital SLR. There is none higher (especially dollarwise, with pricetags starting close to $2000)
you've seen that the 10d has been announced, no? supposedly it starts shipping on monday! (as in 3 days from now -- today counts as friday for all intents and purposes)

http://tjclark.ath.cx/videos/random/10d_qtvr.mov

[MtnBikerNJ]

Originally posted by Toshi
is there anything you would change about the current setup?

i am using iPhoto with BetterHTMLExport and a tweaked version of the Metal template. (the bone stock Metal template is pretty hideous actually)

http://www.apple.com/iphoto/
http://www.droolingcat.com/software/betterhtmlexport/
http://www.droolingcat.com/software/betterhtmlexport/exchange/view_template.php?uid=4

that rocks... I've been using iPhoto webexport and always wished I could make it fit to templates like this... that rocks! (now I gotta remake some of the website.. check out my signiture link!

[Toshi]

Originally posted by MtnBikerNJ
that rocks... I've been using iPhoto webexport and always wished I could make it fit to templates like this... that rocks! (now I gotta remake some of the website.. check out my signiture link!
nice website! (assuming it is the one in your profile -- i have signature display turned off and can't be bothered to turn it on to check) those snowboarding shots are great, and i like your use of flash + really slow shutter on the concert pics. i might have to copy your technique. :D

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by MtnBikerNJ
that rocks... I've been using iPhoto webexport and always wished I could make it fit to templates like this... that rocks! (now I gotta remake some of the website.. check out my signiture link!


yeah, those are great pics. How do you get that cool walleye effect?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
yeah, those are great pics. How do you get that cool walleye effect?
that would be a fisheye lens. hey, guess what: ok, i'll tell you anyways... i bought a d30 today. :D so if you want to buy a fisheye lens, you can slap it on there and experiment with it :eek: :D

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
that would be a fisheye lens. hey, guess what: ok, i'll tell you anyways... i bought a d30 today. :D so if you want to buy a fisheye lens, you can slap it on there and experiment with it :eek: :D

sounds like you're going to be occupied for a while...

While you're waiting, you can check out the newest addition to my picture page. In an effort to simply fy the task of finding good content on my site, I built a little slideshow that feeds visitors randomly selected pics and lets them vote whether they like them or not. (I databased all my pics BTW) then, the prgm builds another slideshow based on the user selections. Don't try to stack the ballot box tho. Each IP address can only vote for a picture once (and I know how you voted)

http://www.phoben.com/photos

also check this out...
http://www.phoben.com/photos/things/pshopped/images/112-1248_IMG.jpg

too bad the burglar bars had to be there

[Toshi]

that slideshow/voting deal is cool. two comments tho: please rig it so that pictures only come up once; also, those "nice" "seen better" graphics are hella ghetto, to borrow from high school-speak

:D (it's also funny that when i randomly visited the site a second time the picture that came up for "things" was of jack. and some insulation. but the categorization was questionable anyways.)

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
that slideshow/voting deal is cool. two comments tho: please rig it so that pictures only come up once; also, those "nice" "seen better" graphics are hella ghetto, to borrow from high school-speak

:D (it's also funny that when i randomly visited the site a second time the picture that came up for "things" was of jack. and some insulation. but the categorization was questionable anyways.)

I could in theory rig it so pics only come up once... but the effort is hard to come by. and you don't like my graphocs? c'mon, I thought 15 min in photoshop was enough:p

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
I could in theory rig it so pics only come up once... but the effort is hard to come by. and you don't like my graphocs? c'mon, I thought 15 min in photoshop was enough:p
haha. at least antialias them so they look smoooooth :dead:

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
haha. at least antialias them so they look smoooooth :dead:

ok, I think I hacked the repeating picture problem. Test it out and let me know.

you'll get a surprise if you look at all 800 or so pics;)


Addendum: I antialiased the graphics too. (picky bastard)

[Quadari]

How about this weather today!:cool:

I actually went riding! (On the road, for a short time). It was great. No pictures though.

I do, however, have a picture of Keith looking very excited in class:


http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/Daily/03-03-12%20a%20repaired%20bow/Images/1.jpg (http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/Daily/03-03-12%20a%20repaired%20bow/Pages/1.html)

[Toshi]

that shot of your bow is cool. yay manual focus! :D

[Toshi]

two recent ones (note blue sky: riding is near!)

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/daily/harvard%20architecture%20-%20march%2015,%202003/Images/3.jpg

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/yoyo%20practice%20-%20march%2014,%202003/Images/7.jpg

alice hwang is crazy!

[Toshi]

oh, also there is this going on: http://www.hcor.net/forum/viewtopic.php?sid=60108ee02f8d689e7f017a41c9c9ff70&p=89903#89903

so sometime this week i want to take a few pictures of one of you guys riding about.

[Quadari]

Yay for spring skiing!!!

I went up to Loon yesterday....it was a beautiful day. I don't know what the exact temperature was but it must have been at least in the high 50s and very sunny. Consequently the snow was a tiny bit slushy, but there were no complaints coming from me!

http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/Daily/03-03-16%20skiing%20at%20loon/Images/13.jpg
(http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/Daily/03-03-16%20skiing%20at%20loon/)

[Toshi]

nice pic, ari, even if that snow does look a bit thin. :D

i am ready to ride:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/bikes%20and%20parts/kinesis%20camera%20bag/Images/2.jpg

kinesis bag (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/bikes%20and%20parts/kinesis%20camera%20bag/)

[Quadari]

So you're Canadian now?

;)

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
nice pic, ari, even if that snow does look a bit thin. :D

i am ready to ride:

kinesis bag (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/bikes%20and%20parts/kinesis%20camera%20bag/)

you're going to have to go to the gym if you plan to get your bike off the ground with that on your back.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
So you're Canadian now?

;)
craig and i thought that it might keep us from getting beat up by german football fans when we go to a game in munich... :D

also, it's not that heavy. just absurdly large. a smaller, more sane one is on its way tho -- especially for biking, i don't need to carry around the big lens all the time.

[Toshi]

http://www.titaniumcounter.com/temp/emergency/

this is quite funny.

addition: new pic from today :D

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/daily/people%20and%20places%20-%20march%2019,%202003/Images/2.jpg

[Toshi]

i didn't see you in the crowd, keith...

antiwar walkout (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/antiwar%20walkout%20-%20march%2020,%202003/)

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/antiwar%20walkout%20-%20march%2020,%202003/Images/9.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
i didn't see you in the crowd, keith...

antiwar walkout (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/antiwar%20walkout%20-%20march%2020,%202003/)


nah... I was in a meeting. Nice use of your new limited depth of field.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
nah... I was in a meeting. Nice use of your new limited depth of field.
:D i shot just about every single shot wide open at f/4.0. i love that lens. big, white, and so quick. oh wait, that sounds bad

:eek: :dead:

in other news, i think that i _am_ going to go to europe after all (vs. backing out due to the war and such), and i like this pic of ari (is it a self portrait?):

http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/Daily/03-03-19%20studying%20for%20stilgoe/Images/15.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi


in other news, i think that i _am_ going to go to europe after all (vs. backing out due to the war and such), and i like this pic of ari (is it a self portrait?):

well make up your mind already, I need to decide whether to tune up my road bike or find my elbow pads and first aid kit.

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
i like this pic of ari (is it a self portrait?):

yep....good old 10 second shutter timer! :)

I have pictures that actually have a depth of field! :)

anti-war rally (http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/Daily/03-03-20%20anti-war%20rally/)

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
yep....good old 10 second shutter timer! :)

I have pictures that actually have a depth of field! :)

anti-war rally (http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/Daily/03-03-20%20anti-war%20rally/)
depth of field is overrated. ;)

:eek:

[Toshi]

ok, i made up my mind: i definitely am going. so dust off that road bike, keith. have fun on break wherever you may be, peoples both active and silent (thad?)

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/miscellaneous/random/huh.gif

[WTGPhoben]

Went to the decordova museum and sculpture park yesterday. See pics:

http://www.phoben.com/photos/people_and_places/2003

the title page for our adventure:
http://www.phoben.com/photos/people_and_places/2003/03-03-25/images/113-1311_IMG.jpg

[Toshi]

hi all

i am in beautiful rome, hanging out with nish and deirdre. massachussetts looks wonderful, keith ;)

[Quadari]

I'm back! :cool:

http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/Events/Spring%20Break%20-%2024%20Mar%20-%2028%20March%2003/Images/11.jpg (http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/Events/Spring%20Break%20-%2024%20Mar%20-%2028%20March%2003/)

After a four day, whirlwind tour of the Piedmont South, 10 states (including D.C.), and one flat tire later I'm back in Cambridge.

Hope everyone else's break is/did going/go well.

[Toshi]

i really like this pic, Ari:

http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/Events/Spring%20Break%20-%2024%20Mar%20-%2028%20March%2003/Images/81.jpg

:thumb:

my rome and munich pics will probably be up late tonight. maybe

[WTGPhoben]

While I sat in Cambridge over break my buddy pat continued his winter-long european adventure, and since he's sending me all of his pics, I can pretend I'm there:

Pat's travels (http://www.phoben.ath.cx/photos/people_and_places/2003/pat_in_prague/)

http://www.phoben.com/photos/people_and_places/2003/pat_in_prague/03-02-04/images/second006.jpg

[Toshi]

munich and rome pics are up: i recommend you stick to the highlights (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/rome%20and%20munich%20-%20spring%20break%202003/highlights/) unless you are really bored ( http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/rome%20and%20munich%20-%20spring%20break%202003/ has 'em all)... :D

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/rome%20and%20munich%20-%20spring%20break%202003/people/Images/44.jpg

:eek:

[WTGPhoben]

well done. (insert camera envy)

[Toshi]

urban ride on sunday, anyone? the trails still aren't open...

:eek:

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
urban ride on sunday, anyone? the trails still aren't open...

:eek:


Hmmm...tempting. I'm playing in the G&S show in the afternoon, but perhaps an evening thing might work. If I'm not too tired etc....

:monkey:

[WTGPhoben]

maybe. I got a ton of stuff to do. Boston Bike show is also this weekend

[Toshi]

hro party:

page here (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/hro%20post-concert%20party%20-%20april%204,%202003/)

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/hro%20post-concert%20party%20-%20april%204,%202003/Images/6.jpg

it was intense. too much, even. but still fun.

[Toshi]

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/bikes%20and%20parts/rust%20and%20rubber%20-%20april%207,%202003/Images/2.jpg

nb: the rusty chain is gone! now the evil is sporting an ultegra short cage and a really flimsy looking sram road cassette. 12-26. the spacers are plastic and it scares me. :D

also note the lack of chain due to my having to run off to class:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/bikes%20and%20parts/rust%20and%20rubber%20-%20april%207,%202003/Images/4.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

nb: the rusty chain is gone! now the evil is sporting an ultegra short cage and a really flimsy looking sram road cassette. 12-26. the spacers are plastic and it scares me. :D

also note the lack of chain due to my having to run off to class:



how'd the rusty happen?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
how'd the rusty happen?
i rode to class all winter. the salt just killed it, and mucked up my new-as-of-november chainring pretty well too -- the new chain is skipping a bit on the hooks of the chainring's teeth. :dead: plus i cut the housing a tiny bit too short. do you have a rollamajig just lying around? :D

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
i rode to class all winter. the salt just killed it, and mucked up my new-as-of-november chainring pretty well too -- the new chain is skipping a bit on the hooks of the chainring's teeth. :dead: plus i cut the housing a tiny bit too short. do you have a rollamajig just lying around? :D

nah. all eight thousand of them are on my bikes

[Toshi]

so the trails are open now. keith, you should get a ride going. ian campbell wants to go. i can't do ANYTHING until after the mcat unfortunately (apr 26 !! ). :dead:

what i wouldn't give to be a cat

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/favorite%20pics/Images/19.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
so the trails are open now. keith, you should get a ride going. ian campbell wants to go. i can't do ANYTHING until after the mcat unfortunately (apr 26 !! ). :dead:



I'm a busy man, but I want to ride. Maybe I can put something together for sunday.

[Quadari]

I was at the expo today at Hynes Convention Center for the marathon. They had a bunch of fitness stuff there, but the only biking-interesting thing was a display for PowerCranks (http://www.powercranks.com) .

Basically what it is is that the two cranks move independently of each other and both power the drivetrain. I got on the display bike and pedaled for a while. It was pretty weird. Supposedly it helps your pedal stroke, which I can see because you can't freeload at all. I would think it would take a while to get used to though.

Also...have you seen the sideways bike guy around Boston? I've seen him 3 or 4 times.

http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/Daily/03-04-19%20a%20trip%20into%20boston/Images/12.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Quadari
I was at the expo today at Hynes Convention Center for the marathon. They had a bunch of fitness stuff there, but the only biking-interesting thing was a display for PowerCranks (http://www.powercranks.com) .

Basically what it is is that the two cranks move independently of each other and both power the drivetrain. I got on the display bike and pedaled for a while. It was pretty weird. Supposedly it helps your pedal stroke, which I can see because you can't freeload at all. I would think it would take a while to get used to though.

Also...have you seen the sideways bike guy around Boston? I've seen him 3 or 4 times.


Yeah, I've seen that guy. I don't see what purpose a bike lke that could possibly serve.

BTW, Are you comin tomorrow?

[WTGPhoben]

In case anyone other than toshi and ari are reading...

New Ride pics (first fells ride of the season):
http://www.phoben.com/humba

[Toshi]

so i'm going to be here in boston this summer -- i got summer mihnuet :D . this means there are at least four of us (keith, ari, keirse, me, probably thad too altho he STILL doesn't have a bike) that will be in the area. i have 20 hours of committments per week, and i intend to ride for the remainder...

:D

:eek:

let's visit here: http://springfish.com/springmountain/

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
so i'm going to be here in boston this summer -- i got summer mihnuet :D . this means there are at least four of us (keith, ari, keirse, me, probably thad too altho he STILL doesn't have a bike) that will be in the area. i have 20 hours of committments per week, and i intend to ride for the remainder...



hear hear!

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
this means there are at least four of us (keith, ari, keirse, me, probably thad too altho he STILL doesn't have a bike)

Ummmm....sorry. Actually I won't be here for the summer. :rolleyes:

I may catch you guys at the end of the summer depending on when I come back into town.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Quadari
Ummmm....sorry. Actually I won't be here for the summer. :rolleyes:

I may catch you guys at the end of the summer depending on when I come back into town.
aaaahhhh noooo

they are giving you a reprieve before the execution?

:dead:

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
aaaahhhh noooo

they are giving you a reprieve before the execution?

:dead:

hehe...yeah.

I actually don't start until Sept. 24. So I have a nice long summer break. :cool:

[Barbaton]

wait, i've lost track of who's graduating and who's not...

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Barbaton
wait, i've lost track of who's graduating and who's not...
keith, keirse == juniors
ari, me == seniors
you == senior++

ha

:D

[Toshi]

so what's going on with springfest? i have committed to doing mihnuet so i'll be out of commission from about 1-4.

:eek:

:dead:

(the mcat is over btw! praise be)

[Toshi]

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/springfest%20-%20april%2027,%202003/Images/1.jpg

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/springfest%20-%20april%2027,%202003/

[Toshi]

dirt jumping today. meet at 3 pm in the quincy courtyard.

:D

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Toshi
dirt jumping today. meet at 3 pm in the quincy courtyard.

:D

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/april%2028,%202003%20dirt%20jumping/Images/23.jpg

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/april%2028,%202003%20dirt%20jumping/

[hans2]

How do you pack your camera on the bike? I want to bring my little elph with me but I'm paranoid about breaking it.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by hans2
How do you pack your camera on the bike? I want to bring my little elph with me but I'm paranoid about breaking it.
i just throw my s30 in the side pocket of my camelbak. for carrying my slr and paraphrenalia i use kinesis pouches:

http://www.hcor.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5822

http://www.kinesisgear.com/

(they would be overkill for a small cam)

[Toshi]

my take: http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/the%20last%20hro%20rehearsal%20-%20may%201,%202003/

ari's take: http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/Daily/03-05-01%20last%20HRO%20rehearsal/

...

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/the%20last%20hro%20rehearsal%20-%20may%201,%202003/Images/6.jpg

[hans2]

ha...its funny to see Mark / NC-17 in those dirt jumping pictures. I'm used to seeing him spinning at Elements

[Toshi]

which one was he?

also, check out this! http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/05/02/climber.amputation.ap/index.html

NUTS.

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
which one was he?

also, check out this! http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/05/02/climber.amputation.ap/index.html

NUTS.


I think I would probably die before I grew the balls to cut off my own arm.

[hans2]

The one on the BMX

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/april%2028,%202003%20dirt%20jumping/Images/0.jpg

[kingLatency]

You go to MIT, right? Did you stop by the free bike repair thing today? Swissless and I were riding there and saw it.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by kingLatency
You go to MIT, right? Did you stop by the free bike repair thing today? Swissless and I were riding there and saw it.
nope, we go to harvard. no free bike repair classes for us.

[WTGPhoben]

I left my bag in the dining hall for a few hours by accident and some asshole stole my camera.

Toshi, can I borrow your s-30 for tomorrow night?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
I left my bag in the dining hall for a few hours by accident and some asshole stole my camera.

Toshi, can I borrow your s-30 for tomorrow night?
wow, that blows. sure.

check out the recent galleries on http://tjclark.ath.cx/ too. specifically this picture (the old guy is jameson marvin, the much-loathed conductor for this concert):

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/hro%20post-concert%20party%20-%20may%202,%202003/Images/7.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
wow, that blows. sure.

check out the recent galleries on http://tjclark.ath.cx/ too. specifically this picture (the old guy is jameson marvin, the much-loathed conductor for this concert):



cool I'll find you around dinnertime

[kingLatency]

Oh, Harvard. I live in Inman Square.

[WTGPhoben]

It looks like they finally outlawed "stunt-jumping" in Boston

thanks to this guy (http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/125/metro/On_a_roll_Officer_lives_to_halt_stunt_destruction+ .shtml)

[kingLatency]

The link doesn't seem to work.

[Toshi]

check this instead:

boston.com (http://www.boston.com/news/daily/06/odds_thong.htm)

:dead:

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by kingLatency
The link doesn't seem to work.

for some reason the browser adds <br%20/> to the link, just take that out and it should work

[Quadari]

Pic of the day:

Keith being encircled by dancing Bandies:

http://ariel.ath.cx/pictures/Events/Band%20Banquet%20-%205-5-03/Images/42.jpg


:D

[Barbaton]

I googled and read the cached version. Not sure quite what I think of that guy.

-T

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
for some reason the browser adds <br%20/> to the link, just take that out and it should work

[Barbaton]

you guys going to the trail maint thing at the fells this wkend?

[Toshi]

hmm. prolly not. must study.

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/daily/trees%20of%20harvard%20-%20may%209,%202003/Images/0.jpg

[Gunner]

where do ya'll go to school??? ive been to the dirt jumps about 4 times in the past couple weeks but i havent seen anyone there that resembles people in the pics....just curious, and bored at co-op.....ridemonkey is such a distraction :cool:

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Gunner
where do ya'll go to school??? ive been to the dirt jumps about 4 times in the past couple weeks but i havent seen anyone there that resembles people in the pics....just curious, and bored at co-op.....ridemonkey is such a distraction :cool:
we all go to harvard. we haven't been lately (well at least i haven't) because it's finals period.

[Gunner]

ahhh the smaht kids....you guys race for the Harvard team?? i know they have a road team but i dont see many of them race mtn. look into that if youre not, collegiate racing is a blast
i should be back there this weekend when i get my 5th Element replaced, Sunday is supposed to be nice!!

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Gunner
ahhh the smaht kids....you guys race for the Harvard team?? i know they have a road team but i dont see many of them race mtn. look into that if youre not, collegiate racing is a blast
i should be back there this weekend when i get my 5th Element replaced, Sunday is supposed to be nice!!
cool. too bad monday is my last final. :dead: :dead: :monkey: :dead:

we don't have a mountain bike team. it was floated on the road list a year or so back that a squad be formed, but i guess they didn't appreciate my offer to compete in dh and trials for them... :D

[Toshi]

so done right now.

ahha

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/daily/a%20night%20at%20the%20movies%20-%20may%2019,%202003/Images/2.jpg

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/daily/a%20night%20at%20the%20movies%20-%20may%2019,%202003/Images/3.jpg

[Toshi]

funny thing for keith and ari:

http://www.seittipaja.fi/data/Photography_lessons/Composition/Lesson_3/_Street_photography.html

read the descriptions at the bottom, hehe

[hans2]

Congratulations on finishing up. I graduated WPI Saturday. If your graduation is outdoors, remember sunscreen. The morning started cloudy, but the sun came out with a vengeance once we started walking. My nose is an ugly place right now.

[Quadari]

Originally posted by hans2
Congratulations on finishing up. I graduated WPI Saturday. If your graduation is outdoors, remember sunscreen. The morning started cloudy, but the sun came out with a vengeance once we started walking. My nose is an ugly place right now.

Yeah...hopefully it won't rain this year. It supposedly "never rains at commencement" and since it did last year (for the first time in ~20 years) it better not this year! :cool:

[hans2]

My school said the exact same thing. "It hasn't rained in 17 years...except last year." It was looking rather bleak for us too, with all the gray weather late last week.

[Quadari]

Originally posted by hans2
My school said the exact same thing. "It hasn't rained in 17 years...except last year." It was looking rather bleak for us too, with all the gray weather late last week.

hehe...so maybe it's not just Harvard who controls the weather. Perhaps all of the schools in the area have a big weather control syndicate. :p

[Toshi]

who else wants to do this series? :D :eek:

BustedSpoke.com and Rye Airfield Will be sponsoring MTB racing on the Huge Rye Airfield BMX track Under the Lights as part of a 5 race series on Wed nights!!! Here are the details....Mark down the dates and come race!

MTB 4-cross eventsWednesday June 4th
Wednesday June 25th
Wednesday July 16th
Wednesday August 6th
Wednesday August 20th


Fees - $15
Registration ? 6-7pm
Practice ? to follow conclusion of BMX event ~ 7-7:15
Racing to start following a 30 minute practice ~ 7:30-7:45

More info on class and format to come soon! All registrants will receive
discounts on future sessions at rye airfield. Dirtjumps and trials course will also be open on these nights.

[Toshi]

so who can tell me about parking this summer? should i pony up for a b-school spot?

[SwisSlesS]

Man, this thread has fallen off in terms of actual ride pictures. Doesn't anyone go out anymore?!?!

[Toshi]

Originally posted by SwisSlesS
Man, this thread has fallen off in terms of actual ride pictures. Doesn't anyone go out anymore?!?!
yeah, it has. i basically didn't do any riding at all this year. this will change this summer.

here's a road ride from yesterday tho:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/fun%20on%20the%20minuteman%20-%20may%2025,%202003/

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/fun%20on%20the%20minuteman%20-%20may%2025,%202003/Images/3.jpg

(i've also fallen out of the habit of posting pics here since most people check my site regularly on their own hehe)

[kingLatency]

Wow, man! You rode all the way from the Harvard campus to Alewife! ;) :D :devil:

[Toshi]

Originally posted by kingLatency
Wow, man! You rode all the way from the Harvard campus to Alewife! ;) :D :devil:
hey, we went out to bedford too :o:

sorry for the slight rotation of this one, oops:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/fun%20on%20the%20minuteman%20-%20may%2025,%202003/Images/1.jpg

[Toshi]

did you oversleep this morning, keith? (i ended up just doing a quick 45 minute spin to boston and back.)

also, does anyone want to do the critical mass ride this friday? hans2 has a post about it in northeast.

[Toshi]

so i did go riding this morning, but these aren't (bike) riding pics. :eek:

the last chance dance (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/last%20chance%20dance%20-%20may%2028,%202003/)

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/last%20chance%20dance%20-%20may%2028,%202003/Images/4.jpg

here's me looking like a goon:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/last%20chance%20dance%20-%20may%2028,%202003/Images/9.jpg

and here's ari. isn't that mirror cool:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/last%20chance%20dance%20-%20may%2028,%202003/Images/2.jpg

[splat]

I hope you told Orven about these. I bet he would like t hat first one as an avatar.

[SwisSlesS]

Originally posted by Toshi
hey, we went out to bedford too :o:

sorry for the slight rotation of this one, oops:
You can only tell because of the lines on the train car...

[hans2]

Did you do the CM ride, Toshi? I remembered it at 5:28 while I was shoveling food in.

Oh -- since this is a pics thread. I just got a Minolta Dimage 7i (http://www.minoltausa.com/eprise/main/MinoltaUSA/MUSAContent/CPG/CPGProducts?NS=true&cname=dig&fname=dig_slr&Mname=DiMAGE_7i&mDetail=Introduction) yesterday. 5 MP, 7x zoom. It's sick. I'm still too paranoid to bring it out on the trail, probably keep my S200 for that. I took it out for a walk through Boston today. I think I see how my summer is going to be spent.

You want a hot not-ride pic?
http://forcynth.net/mig/albums/Friends/Defmatch_2003-06-03/PICT0017.JPG

That was tonight at Defmatch (http://www.defmatch.com) this weekly I go on Tuesday. Breaks, electro and fun at Vertigo on State St.

[Toshi]

huh, that defmatch looks pretty cool. i didn't make it out to critical mass, and can't even remember what i was doing that day. probably reading this book :D : a new kind of science (http://www.wolframscience.com/). (finished it the night before last. whew)

congrats on the camera purchase. walking around town is fun, eh? i can't wait for urban rides to start up again, hint hint

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/daily/from%20the%20back%20bay%20-%20june%202,%202003/Images/8.jpg

[kingLatency]

Let's see some pictures, you slacker.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by kingLatency
Let's see some pictures, you slacker.
hey hey, i have an excuse: drove 2800+ miles in five days, making my way from lovely washington state to somewhat dreary cambridge.

but keith, on the other hand... ?? new camera pics eh

[Toshi]

at long last:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/fells%20ride%20-%20june%2014,%202003/Images/5.jpg

june 14 fells ride (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/fells%20ride%20-%20june%2014,%202003/)

[Toshi]

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/night%20ride%20at%20alewife%20-%20june%2015,%202003/Images/4.jpg

night ride at alewife (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/night%20ride%20at%20alewife%20-%20june%2015,%202003/)

any pics turn out, keith?

[WTGPhoben]

There were a few good ones (and some I posetd because Dave was going huge even though they were out of focus).


here (http://www.phoben.com/cgi/pgal/galbuild.cgi?range=962&style=gal1)

http://www.phoben.com/humba/galleries/03-06-15/images/105_0525.jpg



BTW... I went back to the manual and figured out some of our flash issues (canon 10d in case anyone is interested):

1. Av mode is useless with the flash unless you set the flash sync (fn. 3) to 1/200 fixed. on auto it dials down the shutter to 1second+ and sets the flash accordingly

2. In Tv is set to use speeds less than 1/200, but for whatever reson it likes to open up the aperature all the way until the shutter is real slow. I would assume this makes the flash light less harsh.

Program and auto mode seem to take a middle ground usually setting the aperature at 4 and the shutter at 1/60 and compensating the flash accordingly. Unfortuntely you can't shift the program with the flash on.

BUT. the flash has a lot more kick in manual mode. You can set whatever you want and the camera will meter the flash accordingly. I got a fairly good exposure the long way across a 10'x20' room at 1/200 f11. The manual advertises a flash range of 25' with a 24mm lens at f3.5.

[Toshi]

i have my camera set at the fixed 1/200 flash speed already. :D oh, i ordered a 420ex and st-e2 today... hehe, should be fun!

http://www.usa.canon.com/html/cameras_speedlite/graphics/420ex.gif

http://www.usa.canon.com/html/cameras_speedlite/420ex.html

http://www.usa.canon.com/html/cameras_speedlite/graphics/ste2circ.gif

http://www.usa.canon.com/html/cameras_speedlite/ste2.html

[WTGPhoben]

sorta unrelated.... why won't the IMG tags show pics when the links are CGIs? It's sort of a pain to find the actual links to pics when the CGI can pull them out of my database for me.

is the weather supposed to be nice tomorrow? I want to do some trail riding.

[Toshi]

i, too, want to do some riding tomorrow. however, i must be back at 6, clothed and showered, so i can't go riding with you after work. ah, yes, i think i'll go in the MORNING ahhahhaha

:D

the img tags don't work since it searches for a .gif or .jpg extension. all other extensions need not apply, including weird strings of numbers fed to cgi scripts. a few of those shots of dave turned out nice.

[WTGPhoben]

Yeah. It's too late for me to do a morning ride at this point. I guess I'll have to go play without you.

[Toshi]

actually i don't think i'm going to go today. woke up very sore -- that urban ride used back muscles that had been happily atrophying away for a year... :dead:

i'm free all day tomorrow, however...

[WTGPhoben]

there's a RAGE ride in the fells tomorrow night. I'm up for that, or we could go ourselves. Either way. I'll be free after ~6. call cell.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
there's a RAGE ride in the fells tomorrow night. I'm up for that, or we could go ourselves. Either way. I'll be free after ~6. call cell.
my calendar turned out to be wrong, and i was free yesterday, but not today :dead: this weather bites my eye anyways

[Toshi]

up for a loop around the fells tomorrow evening? rage or not, no difference to me. i have no schedule constraints.

update: fun fact of the day: xtr chainring bolts are apparently a few mm shorter than normal ones. thus the bolts i picked up after saturday's ride (when i lost two and bent my chainring) don't work. we shall see how the drivetrain likes to have 1.5 mm of free play this afternoon...

notice just for those not on the list: meet outside mather house at 4 pm if you wish to ride the fells today.

http://map.harvard.edu/level2/2RiverHouses.shtml

[Toshi]

also a firmware update looks to be forthcoming for your spiffy 10D, keith:

http://www.robgalbraith.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB8&Number=143929&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

[Toshi]

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/fells%20ride%20-%20june%2019,%202003/Images/7.jpg

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/fells%20ride%20-%20june%2019,%202003/

i'm tired

[Quadari]

Hey guys,

Greetings from Europe. Looks like you're having some good riding back in Boston. Unfortunately the only riding I've been doing here is on cruiser bikes on the bike paths here in NL. It's still fun, but not the same.

Ciao. :p

[WTGPhoben]

mmm... firmware upgrade.

Speaking of 10d, I've been kinda disapponited with the performance of the new lens (24-85), so I decided to test the autofocus (ref. 10d focus problems)...

dpreview thread (with pics) (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=5408151)

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
mmm... firmware upgrade.

Speaking of 10d, I've been kinda disapponited with the performance of the new lens (24-85), so I decided to test the autofocus (ref. 10d focus problems)...

dpreview thread (with pics) (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1019&message=5408151)
your lighting is bad as the thread states. can't conclude anything. plus my 50mm is a f/1.4, not the 1.8. :dead:

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
your lighting is bad as the thread states. can't conclude anything. plus my 50mm is a f/1.4, not the 1.8. :dead:

I don't see how it should matter with the flash-assist enabled. The flash was plenty strong to give good clear light. at any rate, It's likely that i'm just paranoid (or spoiled after using your prime for two weeks). I've been waiting a LONG time for a day that wasn't cloudy or raining so I could go take some photos outside

[WTGPhoben]

I replied to the thread... A retest with the card and better light gave the same result.

I also posted an out of focus pic for you. It's a tad backlit, but plenty reasonable.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
I replied to the thread... A retest with the card and better light gave the same result.

I also posted an out of focus pic for you. It's a tad backlit, but plenty reasonable.
hmm, bring your camera and that lens to the dealer you bought it from. you bought locally, right? they can tell you how to send it to the service center or exchange, etc.

[kingLatency]

You photo nerds. Now that the G5 is out, I can get me a G2 or G3 for cheep! Yay!

Do you guys have any digitals that you've grown out of that you'd sell me?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by kingLatency
You photo nerds. Now that the G5 is out, I can get me a G2 or G3 for cheep! Yay!

Do you guys have any digitals that you've grown out of that you'd sell me?
nope, hehe. both ari and i are quite attached to our s30s still, and keith had his g2 stolen.

[kingLatency]

Originally posted by Toshi
nope, hehe. both ari and i are quite attached to our s30s still, and keith had his g2 stolen.

Do you guys know anyone with a G2 that I can steal?

[Toshi]

so i now have a phone. email me if you want the number. i think i already sent it to you on that mass-mail, keith.

also, i have a flash. so let the night rides commence!

[Toshi]

off-camera flash is fun! imagine the night ride possibilities with this. specifically, imagine a wallride with the flash at the bottom of the wall, with a huge shadow extending up the wall... mmm :D

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/daily/both%20flashy%20and%20subdued%20-%20june%2024,%202003/Images/12.jpg

here is a weird biking related picture, of a dual crown _rigid_ fork: :confused:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/daily/both%20flashy%20and%20subdued%20-%20june%2024,%202003/Images/2.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

The two crowns, when properly supported with high-density polymer foam bumpers, increase both the stiffness and inertia of the bike. This improves race performance through increased confidence and endurance gained while running with your useless bicycle strapped to your back.

BTW, anyone up for a apres work ride?

[Toshi]

i can't do wednesdays, sorry. i could do a night ride, around 10ish, tho

more thoughts: there's apparently a firmware 1.0.1 update for your 10d, just in case you haven't checked dpreview today. also, for ari, my father is thinking of buying a g5 :eek: . i think that he only needs an iMac.

[Toshi]

only three pics turned out (and the wallride one had me guess incorrectly at manual focusing):

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/government%20center%20night%20ride%20-%20june%2025,%202003/Images/0.jpg

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/government%20center%20night%20ride%20-%20june%2025,%202003/Images/1.jpg

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/government%20center%20night%20ride%20-%20june%2025,%202003/Images/2.jpg

but they're dramatic, eh? :D

[WTGPhoben]

Here's the less dramatic ones:

www.phoben.com/humba
http://www.phoben.com/humba/galleries/03-06-25/images/IMG_1029.jpg

[Toshi]

cool, i like this one. all in all, these are much better than from the last night ride, eh

http://www.phoben.ath.cx/humba/galleries/03-06-25/images/IMG_1036.jpg

[Toshi]

who's down to hit up rye airfield this sunday? i'm free.

http://www.ryeairfield.com/home.html

-t

[Toshi]

for those of you looking for a digital camera, B and H has an S30 in stock, used. $269. Two are listed, one is sold already apparently (got this info through a message board).

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh5/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=800308303&is=USE

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh5/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=800308302&is=USE

call and ask before you order to make sure they haven't run off yet, of course

addition: i sent the 28mm in for service today. it was REALLY loose and flopping about, and is visibly soft in the lower right corner (lower left in this vertical pic):

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/daily/a%20typically%20sweaty%20day%20-%20june%2026,%202003/Images/1.jpg

also, here's your chance, keith: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2936297262&category=4687

[Toshi]

this is cute: 1Ds, 10D, G3 sensors side by side. 1Ds is huge!

http://cakili.image.pbase.com/image/18361850/medium.jpg

also we might need you to drive too, keith, depending on how many actually show for this nh deal

[Quadari]

Originally posted by Toshi
also, for ari, my father is thinking of buying a g5 :eek: . i think that he only needs an iMac.


mmmm.....G5. ;)
Thanks for the tip also...I hadn't been checking Apple's site lately since I'm way over here.

And to think...it was exactly four years ago that the G4s came out!

I also see that Apple is getting away from the curvy thing and going back to a more retro straight lines thing...

[Toshi]

rye pics up:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/rye%20airfield%20-%20june%2029,%202003/

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/rye%20airfield%20-%20june%2029,%202003/Images/13.jpg

[Toshi]

a couple of thoughts: i want to go to the "land mine mtn bike classic" in hingham. aug 3, petewilk.com has details. also, it is costing me a bit over $350 to have this window replaced, so any humba/berkoben assistance would be just dandy.

[kingLatency]

Originally posted by Toshi
a couple of thoughts: i want to go to the "land mine mtn bike classic" in hingham. aug 3, petewilk.com has details. also, it is costing me a bit over $350 to have this window replaced, so any humba/berkoben assistance would be just dandy.

Seems like whomever loaded that bike should pay the majority of the money.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by kingLatency
Seems like whomever loaded that bike should pay the majority of the money.
i agree. that person is not me.

anyways, i think i'm going to rye again on monday. may have extra seat(s)

added: here is a cool sequence of me caught and spliced by keith, who is on the road for a week:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/seq1small.jpg

[hans2]

I really want to go to Rye. Not so much to ride (I don't think I'd be great there on my bike) but mostly to play with my camera. I work nights though, and usually sleep all day. If you ever go on a Thursday or a Saturday I might be able.

Speaking of work...I've driven past half the good riding spots in this state in the past month, all without having my bike on me. I was in Lynn this morning. Otis, Wampi. Doing a good 1000 - 1800 miles a week. I need a roof rack dammit.

[kingLatency]

Nice shot. Can I see the .psd?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by kingLatency
Nice shot. Can I see the .psd?
only phobe-boy has it. here is the full size jpeg he sent me: http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/seq1.jpg

[kingLatency]

Well, Phoben, if you'll send it to me, I'd like to see the file. If not, please explain a bit. :)

[Toshi]

Originally posted by kingLatency
Well, Phoben, if you'll send it to me, I'd like to see the file. If not, please explain a bit. :)
he's on a cross country trip this week, so don't expect an answer soon :D

[SwisSlesS]

Come, I post when I'm on vacation. What do you think laptops and wireless internet are for?

j/k :p

[Toshi]

Originally posted by SwisSlesS
Come, I post when I'm on vacation. What do you think laptops and wireless internet are for?

j/k :p
hehe, when i take my trip later this summer, you may see some posts from the ol' cell phone :eek: :D

[Toshi]

just a reminder to y'all, i'm going to rye tomorrow (monday). so far, the locals haven't bit -- they must have "jobs" or something crazy like that -- so i have 3 extra seats in my car. post here if you're in boston and wish to go. leaving around 10, back before 5 certainly.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Toshi
just a reminder to y'all, i'm going to rye tomorrow (monday). so far, the locals haven't bit -- they must have "jobs" or something crazy like that -- so i have 3 extra seats in my car. post here if you're in boston and wish to go. leaving around 10, back before 5 certainly.
thought of the day: highway 93 is NOT the same as highway 95. (drove up to nh on 93, checked directions on phone, slapped forehead, drove back.) oh well

[kingLatency]

My mountain bike is up and running again thanks to my new cranks and some help from swiss. I say we go to the Fells some time. Now that I've started work, I'm free Saturdays and Sundays.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by kingLatency
My mountain bike is up and running again thanks to my new cranks and some help from swiss. I say we go to the Fells some time. Now that I've started work, I'm free Saturdays and Sundays.
cool. how does sunday morning sound? meet at, say, 10 am at the small parking area to the left (east?) of governors ave on south border road.

[SwisSlesS]

Originally posted by Toshi
cool. how does sunday morning sound? meet at, say, 10 am at the small parking area to the left (east?) of governors ave on south border road.
The guys I work with and I try to go riding at the Fells on Sunday mornings at that time. We meet at 9:30 and then drive up there. Do you think you could wait until Saturday night for a definite yes or no for riding on Sunday?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by SwisSlesS
The guys I work with and I try to go riding at the Fells on Sunday mornings at that time. We meet at 9:30 and then drive up there. Do you think you could wait until Saturday night for a definite yes or no for riding on Sunday?
er, sure. but i'm probably going to ride then anyways...? :D

[SwisSlesS]

Originally posted by Toshi
er, sure. but i'm probably going to ride then anyways...? :D
Well yeah, I kind of figured that. But I'll just let you know whether to wait for us or not :p.

[kingLatency]

Originally posted by Toshi
cool. how does sunday morning sound? meet at, say, 10 am at the small parking area to the left (east?) of governors ave on south border road.

Where's that? I was thinking we'd meet in the city.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by kingLatency
Where's that? I was thinking we'd meet in the city.
oh, that's just on the edge of the fells itself, where we usually start the ride. if you would like to meet elsewhere suggest away, i'm game

[SwisSlesS]

Yeah, I figured we would be meeting at the Fells like you said Toshi. Sheepfold Meadow I believe the parking lot is called.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by SwisSlesS
Yeah, I figured we would be meeting at the Fells like you said Toshi. Sheepfold Meadow I believe the parking lot is called.
ah, so it is. we usually meet at a lot 90 degrees around the circumference of the fells, but sheepfold probably is the easiest place to find. so 10 am at the sheepfold it is.

[SwisSlesS]

king: Cliff can only fit three people in his car, so I was thinking that I would drive as well. Probably meet at Cambridge Bicycle so that we can follow Cliff and Myles.

[kingLatency]

I can't come this weekend.

[Toshi]

a heads up for keith when he returns:

the 10D's AF sensors cover a different area than the engravings on the focusing screen. this may explain many of your woes, as the sensors extend outside of where you think they would, and might pick up on other objects as a result...

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/miscellaneous/10DAFCoverage.jpg

[Toshi]

pics are up:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/fells%20ride%20with%20swiss_less%20-%20july%2013,%202003/Images/0.jpg

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/fells%20ride%20with%20swiss_less%20-%20july%2013,%202003/

[SwisSlesS]

Good ride Toshi. Sorry again that we were so late. Next time we'll be on time, and maybe kingLatency will come along too.

[kingLatency]

Originally posted by Toshi
http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/miscellaneous/10DAFCoverage.jpg

****, this may as well be called Toshi's photography nerd thread! :p

I'll be getting my S40 as soon as I've got the dough. :):):)

I definitely want to go on the next ride. That is, assuming someone else isn't getting married.

[Toshi]

you're in luck: next ride is tomorrow (thursday), meet us at the fells at 5 if you want in. however, i'm not parking at sheepfold, but rather at the usual place, since i like the loop better starting from there. how to get to this mysterious lot: head up governors ave towards the fells from the tufts area, turn left (west) on south border road, go past the first no parking area, turn right into the small pull-off area where cars should be parked. look for my pathfinder:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/daily/boston%20at%20night%20-%20july%2015,%202003/Images/6.jpg

governor's ave is the one that goes by lawrence memorial hospital (bottom, slightly left of center/hwy 93 in the lower of the two maps here):

http://www.ragemtb.com/maps/fells/maps.shtml#far

[SwisSlesS]

I'm working until 7 tomorrow so that's gonna be a no go for me. And I'm leaving on Saturday to go to Alaska for a week. We'll do some urban when I get back from that.

[Lizard0fthetrai]

What are the Fells like? I'm looknig for a ride tonight

[Toshi]

they're pretty tame -- bring an xc bike for sure, but there are some fun sections. cleaning the whole loop is a challenge, and being out in the woods is fun enough on its own.

[Lizard0fthetrai]

oi...I don't posess an XC bike...

[Toshi]

another day, another ride in the fells:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/fells%20ride%20-%20july%2017,%202003/Images/0.jpg

a few sequences of pat this time. he's cleaning those log sections, watch out

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/fells%20ride%20-%20july%2017,%202003/

[Toshi]

for those not on the email list, i'm heading to rye airfield tomorrow (saturday july 19). i may have an extra seat. post here before midnight if you're interested.

i'm leaving cambridge at 10 am, and will be back by 5 pm.

http://www.ryeairfield.com/

[Toshi]

rye pics are up.

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/rye%20airfield%20-%20july%2019,%202003/Images/18.jpg

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/rye%20airfield%20-%20july%2019,%202003/

nb: the trick above was all on the same rail, at a standstill -- the illusion that the guy slid along the rail is purely photoshop

[Toshi]

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/fells%20ride%20-%20july%2020,%202003/Images/4.jpg

another fells ride: http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/fells%20ride%20-%20july%2020,%202003/

[WTGPhoben]

I finally got to finishing the rye pics from the end of june...

http://www.phoben.com/humba/galleries/03-06-30/images/IMG_1271.jpg

also included are the highway carnage pics:

http://www.phoben.com/humba/galleries/03-06-30/images/IMG_1315.jpg

www.phoben.com/humba

[kingLatency]

How fast are your lenses on them-there DSLRs? How many FPS do you shoot in burst. What technique did you use for that sequence?

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by kingLatency
How fast are your lenses on them-there DSLRs? How many FPS do you shoot in burst. What technique did you use for that sequence?

I get 3fps with the canon 10d up to about 9 shots (on high res).

I was using toshi's speedlite 240ex (I think I got the model # right, toshi will undoubtedly correct me if I am wrong). With that flash, you only can get a four flash burst in the best case so I think I shot 1/125 ~f6 and I would guess that I used ISO of 800 to keep the draw on the flash low and squeeze the most shots out of it... I would have liked to used faster shutter, and ISO 400.

I kept the lens on wide (24mm) so I didn't have to pan too much, and the rest I put together in photoshop (a bit too hastily... one splice was really obvious). I sharpened it pretty heavily so the rider would stand out a bit more.

[Toshi]

420ex, three shots at 3fps usually is what the flash will do before not firing. keith uses slow lenses (a 3.5-4.5 zoom), i use fast lenses (2.8, 1.8, 1.4, 2.0 primes)

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
keith uses slow lenses (a 3.5-4.5 zoom), i use fast lenses (2.8, 1.8, 1.4, 2.0 primes)

this makes Toshi cooler than keith.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
this makes Toshi cooler than keith.
damn straight. i am "hard core"

[Toshi]

ahha

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/newport%20-%20july%2021,%202003/Images/24.jpg

[Toshi]

just as a heads up to all, i can't ride this weekend. but if y'all want to come to f1boston, we're going on sunday. :D

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/trips/f1boston%20-%20november%2011,%202002/Images/14.jpg

[kingLatency]

I just picked up an EOS-1Ds. It ROCKS!!! I also got this really cool Tamron lens.

[kingLatency]

I thought the 10D could get 8 fps. Is that with no flash?

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by kingLatency
I thought the 10D could get 8 fps. Is that with no flash?

i'm pretty sure it's only 3fps up to about 9 shots on high res, unless I missed something.

[Toshi]

yeah, only film cameras, the canon 1D and the nikon d2h can do 8fps. the canon 1vhs does 15 fps or something ridiculous like that (film)

[kingLatency]

I got confused between the 10D and the 1D.

[kingLatency]

Would the f/2.0 lens of the PowerShot G3 or G2 make a vast difference over the PowerShot S45 or S50 in terms of getting decent shutters speeds for hand-held shots in indoor lighting? I trust you guys. :cool:

[Toshi]

well, f/2 to f/2.8 is one stop, meaning that you would get twice the shutter speed. so, yes, it would make the difference. this is why i make fun of keith, with his f/3.5-4.5 zoom vs. my f/1.4, 1.8, 2, 2.8 primes :D

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
well, f/2 to f/2.8 is one stop, meaning that you would get twice the shutter speed. so, yes, it would make the difference. this is why i make fun of keith, with his f/3.5-4.5 zoom vs. my f/1.4, 1.8, 2, 2.8 primes :D

there's also that thing about the size of your...

btw, you in for fells tomorrow?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
there's also that thing about the size of your...

btw, you in for fells tomorrow?
i make fun of keith for _that_, too. :D

sorry, no can do. i'm going to f1boston. oh, but next weekend i want to hit up this "land mine mtn bike classic" race on sunday. gonna ride sport trials methinks. http://www.petewilk.com/2003/03efta2.php

[kingLatency]

Thanks for the info. That does sound like a big difference, but I think the compactess of the S45 is still more imporntant to me!

[Toshi]

new bike photos:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/bikes%20and%20parts/bike%20maintenance%20-%20august%201,%202003/Images/1.jpg

bike maintenance (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/bikes%20and%20parts/bike%20maintenance%20-%20august%201,%202003/)

also of note is that dura-ace chainring bolts _will not_ work on '96 xtr cranks. no matter what the mechanics claim. :mad: so my xc bike is still out of commission. the evil is sporting a flat bar, kinda narrow, too :eek:

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/bikes%20and%20parts/bike%20maintenance%20-%20august%201,%202003/Images/4.jpg

[SwisSlesS]

Flat bar on an Evil? Why ever would you do that?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by SwisSlesS
Flat bar on an Evil? Why ever would you do that?
i like low front ends. i ran flat bars on my old trials bikes, why not on the evil? i also plan to drop the z1 down to 80mm if possible. :D

[kingLatency]

Unlike some of your other low-DOF shots, these are just too low! Too low, I say!

*goes and shoots at f/2.8 maximum aperture*

My S45 shoud be here on Monday or Tuesday.:D

[Toshi]

hehe, congrats/excellent. i do wish i had a closer min. focusing distance on the lens i used (50mm f/1.4), since those pics would be more effective up close and personal, i feel. hmm, maybe a macro is the next lens to add to my bag, or extension tubes, or that 85mm f/1.2 L... :eek: oh, where was i? :D

[kingLatency]

I didn't mean get closer, I meant use a smaller aperture! Borrow your friend's lenses.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by kingLatency
I didn't mean get closer, I meant use a smaller aperture! Borrow your friend's lenses.
hey, you can stop down any lens :p

:D but that would be compromising my artistic vision, which consists largely of blurred background areas apparently

[kingLatency]

Originally posted by Toshi
but that would be compromising my artistic vision, which consists largely of blurred background areas apparently

:devil: :) :)

[Toshi]

note for ari and other mac os x users:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11069

glider pro is now freeware for mac os x, since casady and greene went under.

oh, also, i'm going to rye airfield a week from tomorrow. post here if you want in

another comment: keith, i want my work stand back. :devil:

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi

another comment: keith, i want my work stand back. :devil:


oooh... sold that on ebay weeks ago.;)

[SwisSlesS]

You guys are big nerds.

:D

[Toshi]

thought of the day: i have some HOT friends.

url's too long for the img tags apparently. oh well, use your imagination :D

[SwisSlesS]

I don't think he's posted yet, so I will.

king's new camera came today. It's cool.

[Toshi]

fells ride, sunday morning. meet at 9:30 in front of mather, or 10 am at the fells, NOT at sheepfold but rather at the usual parking lot to the left (west) of governor's road on south border road.

[SwisSlesS]

Originally posted by Toshi
fells ride, sunday morning. meet at 9:30 in front of mather, or 10 am at the fells, NOT at sheepfold but rather at the usual parking lot to the left (west) of governor's road on south border road.
I'll talk to people at work, we'll see.

On another note, I'm going to Killington with a chick I work with on Monday. Got free shop passes. Should be a good time, even if it is a long drive :p.

[kingLatency]

I'll go once I get a new fork.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by SwisSlesS
I'll talk to people at work, we'll see.

On another note, I'm going to Killington with a chick I work with on Monday. Got free shop passes. Should be a good time, even if it is a long drive :p.
nice. killington's a fun place. keith and i went last year: http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/killington/

[Toshi]

i just realized that i only have two chainring bolts (out of four) for the dbr. plus it will be raining. might have to scratch this ride. :dead:

(the flat bars are now off the evil again. i tried it for two days of riding, and couldn't get used to it. protapers are where it's at. still.)

as consolation, i offer up this gallery: http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/miscellaneous/best%20of%20the%20summer%20-%20summer%202003/

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/miscellaneous/best%20of%20the%20summer%20-%20summer%202003/Images/16.jpg

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
i just realized that i only have two chainring bolts (out of four) for the dbr. plus it will be raining. might have to scratch this ride. :dead:

awww c'mon. don't make me break out the P-word.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
awww c'mon. don't make me break out the P-word.
i'm not a pussy! just lazy :D hehe. maybe ace will get those bolts in tomorrow, who knows. otherwise i'm going to the mfa instead

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
i'm not a pussy! just lazy :D hehe. maybe ace will get those bolts in tomorrow, who knows. otherwise i'm going to the mfa instead

since we've decided that riding is no longer important, you should check out my picws from the Phish festiveal:

www.phoben.com/photos/people_and_places/2003

[Toshi]

Originally posted by WTGPhoben
since we've decided that riding is no longer important, you should check out my picws from the Phish festiveal:

www.phoben.com/photos/people_and_places/2003
how do you link directly to your pics from non-humba galleries? i figured it out for those, but how do you do that for this one, for example?

http://www.phoben.ath.cx/scripts/cgi-bin/binpic.cgi?1326

[WTGPhoben]

Originally posted by Toshi
how do you link directly to your pics from non-humba galleries? i figured it out for those, but how do you do that for this one, for example?

http://www.phoben.ath.cx/scripts/cgi-bin/binpic.cgi?1326

you'd have to know the actual location and filename of the photo, which generally I don't know off the top of my head because I wrote a script that automatically insterts them in my database. the "binpic" number is the unique ID of the photo in the database, which is how I find them, but for those wyho do not sit at my computer, all of the non-humba photos reside in: www.phoben.com/photos/people_and_places/

or /photos/things

and all the 2003 photos are in a subfolder with that name. The directories are viewable fromm the web if you feel so inclined, and photos are archived in folders by date, year-first.

[WTGPhoben]

I realized that I've been really selfish in the voting aspect of my photo galleries, so I added a little instant gratification. Now each photo window has a little box that tells how many votes a photo has gotten and what percentage of people liked it. If I did it right, it should also change to reflect your votes (assuming you haven't already voted for a pic in the past). pics with no votes start at 50% as a result of a little glitch in the math that the script does, but it seems fair so I left it that way.

check it out:

www.phoben.com/photos for non-biking
www.phoben.com/humba for two-wheeled toys

[SwisSlesS]

Originally posted by Toshi
nice. killington's a fun place. keith and i went last year: http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/killington/
Jeez, you just got pictures of everything don't you? And I did enjoy the pictures of those big benches :p.

[l008com]

Hey toshi do you do any afternoon rides in the fells? None of this 930am stuff, I'm talking 5 in the afternoon, just after waking up :D I'll IM you next time I see you on. We ought to do the white trail, that way I can show off as much as possible. Then there's always the rock circuit trail, if you wanna stop at the hospital on the way home ;)

[hans2]

Hey Toshi, how was Will Farrell's speach at your commencement?

[Toshi]

Originally posted by hans2
Hey Toshi, how was Will Farrell's speach at your commencement?
it was ok. some cheap gags (such as dressing up as a sailor and claiming he was trying to find the worcester boat show), but his bush impression was right on. :D

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/events%20and%20concerts/class%20day%20-%20june%204,%202003/Images/16.jpg

rye pics to come shortly

[Toshi]

pics up from today's adventure:

rye airfield (http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/rye%20airfield%20-%20august%2011,%202003/)

http://tjclark.ath.cx/images/humba/rye%20airfield%20-%20august%2011,%202003/Images/4.jpg

[SwisSlesS]

You should throw some Hook Worms on the Imperial for when you go to the Airfield Toshi.

[Toshi]

Originally posted by SwisSlesS
You should throw some Hook Worms on the Imperial for when you go to the Airfield Toshi.
my xc tires are lighter :devil:

anyway, tires are hardly the thing holding me back there. it's all about the confidence, of which i have little

[Toshi]

ahha, this is riding related, right? (the extra short bolts my m950 crank arms require)

http://harvard03.ath.cx/images/daily/consumerism%20and%20macros%20-%20august%2012,%202003/Images/8.jpg

[SwisSlesS]

What is the thing in the upper right of the picture? Looks kinda like a star fangled nut.

[Motionboy2]

Originally posted by SwisSlesS
What is the thing in the upper right of the picture? Looks kinda like a star fangled nut.

It is. Looks like someone got their new Macro lens! :thumb:

[Toshi]

Originally posted by Motionboy2
It is. Looks like someone got their new Macro lens! :thumb:
:D

i feel like i'm a character in "the little mermaid," as it's really a whole new world (of the small)... hehe

[SwisSlesS]

Here's a picture from my ride yesterday...
http://swissless.home.comcast.net/Images/leftlegscrapes.jpg

[Toshi]

Originally posted by SwisSlesS
Here's a picture from my ride yesterday...
http://swissless.home.comcast.net/Images/leftlegscrapes.jpg
er, that's pretty gross. :confused:

[SwisSlesS]

Originally posted by Toshi
er, that's pretty gross. :confused:
Hehe, what I said was actually a lie. That picture is from Monday, when I was at Killington. I slipped off my pedal from the mud and it hit me in the back of my ankle.

[Toshi]

so my 2002 z1 fr is now at 80mm of extra-firm and extra-damped travel. it is sweet. thanks, keith. (some modifications of parts, along with a whole stack of negative springs, were necessitated by the travel change.)

in other news, my web server is going to be unplugged in about half an hour, and it will be living in my car as i go on a road trip until about sept 16. then it, and all of this thread's pictures that are linked from it, should reappear on the net, hosted from my parents' fiber optic :eek: connection in washington. until then, i bid you all adieu

[SwisSlesS]

Why in the world do your parents have a fiber optic connection?

[Toshi]

so i'm back home. parents have a fiber optic connection since the county power and utility outfit decided it would be fun to wire the whole county for fiber optics. cool, eh?

http://www.gcpud.org/zipp/

of course they are moving in about 2 weeks (after 4 years here -- we seem to move every 4 years, hmm), so i and my server are losing this lovely connection. we might be renting a fraction of a t1 at the new place, but it will be slower and more expensive. :mad:

as for da road trip, it was 7345 miles, 27 days... during that time, i raced at platekill (mountaincross, got dead last :D ), rode at a few national and state parks, and did lots of sightseeing and picture-snapping. the pics will take a few days to sort out, but will surface soon enough. time to eat and sleep now

(national parks seen: acadia, great smoky mountains, shenendoa, mammoth cave, carlsbad caverns, white sand [natl monument, not park, close enough], guadalupe mountains, saguaro, grand canyon, capitol reef, bryce canyon, zion, arches, canyonlands. yup, got my money's worth out of my parks pass hehe)

ok, trip pics are up:

7345 miles of america (http://harvard03.ath.cx/images/trips/7345%20miles%20of%20america%20-%20summer%202003/)

a biking related pic from the above:

http://harvard03.ath.cx/images/trips/7345%20miles%20of%20america%20-%20summer%202003/Images/9.jpg

[Toshi]

ok, there's more. two biking related ones, too!

batch 2 of trip pics (http://harvard03.ath.cx/images/trips/7345%20miles%20of%20america,%20take%202%20-%20summer%202003/)

http://harvard03.ath.cx/images/trips/7345%20miles%20of%20america,%20take%202%20-%20summer%202003/Images/7.jpg

http://harvard03.ath.cx/images/trips/7345%20miles%20of%20america,%20take%202%20-%20summer%202003/Images/16.jpg

:D

[Toshi]

here's an old school bike pic of me, with the off-road/proflex 550. elastomer rear suspension, rigid front fork with a girvin flexstem, ah, those were the days

:dead:

http://harvard03.ath.cx/images/miscellaneous/new%20york%20through%20lakewood%20--%201983-1999/Images/15.jpg

also note that all pics in this thread will be broken once again until october 16, when i return from japan. my parents are moving while i'm over there, and i don't have any faith that they'll set up my webserver in its new home until i return myself

[Toshi]

so i am in japan. life is good and i have eaten tempura, udon, oden, and shabu shabu, just to name some highlights. :D i have also done some riding, amazingly enough.

in karuizawa i was basically marooned for a few days as my grandparents played golf, so a bike was rented and i tooled around town on it. with a covered chain, handlebar basket, really short cranks and three speed internal hub it was no speed machine, but i did manage to wheelie, bunnyhop, and ride along a curb a la tufts on it. :) fun.

also, i spied a nice kona roast, sporting a uncomfortable looking sella italia flite saddle, owned by a young guy who runs an outdoor-wear shop in karuizawa. now i am back in tokyo, however, and no riding looms in the future. however, i will be going to kyoto, nagasaki, yokohama, and morioka in the next two weeks, so perhaps something interesting, even with wheels, will turn up in the upcoming days

cheers, y'all