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Insta360 One X2

After considerable research, I took the plunge and shelled out $500 for what should be considered the next generation of action cameras: Insta360 One X2. So what’s so revolutionary you ask? It is a 360 degree action camera that is water resistant (30′), has a long battery life, and is both rugged and compact. Other […]

Photo to drawing

Playing around a bit with Adobe Photoshop. Learned a cool technique for turning any photo into something that looks like a charcoal line drawing in just a few clicks of the mouse. Here’s one of my bike shot in the Northern CA redwoods.

Composite fail

Today’s composite materials are amazing, making many things we touch lighter, cheaper, and often stronger than wood/steel. However, you occasionally bump up against the product designed “just strong enough” in the engineer’s mind, but in fact a failure in real world application. These pruners are a perfect example. Nice light and relatively cheap… but put […]