August 5 - 217/365

50mm lens, f/1.8, 1/100, ISO 200

I've been travelling for work quite a bit recently. Luckily the travel is relatively local, but it has meant a few overnight stays at a hotel. Not a big deal, but it will be nice to work in my own office and sleep in my own bed again soon.

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March 29 - 88/365

28-135mm lens @ 53mm, f/4.5, 1/8, ISO 800

I would have rather spent my evening thinking about a creative or artistic photo to take. But instead, I spent my entire evening rescuing files from my portable hard drive. That black piece of junk next to my computer. I am happy to report that I got the drive working again, and ALL my photos have been transferred to the laptop. Yea! But in order to get all those photos off, I had to hold the power cord into the drive VERY tight. Not moving a muscle. For over an hour. My fingers were hurting - I sure love my photos.....

Tonights ordeal also made me remember that I haven't burned my photos in too long. And it made me wonder... how many copies or "backups" is enough? I'm starting to think after this latest episode that 3 would be good. One on a hard drive. One on a CD/DVD. And maybe one on an online backup source. Any thoughts suggestions? What works for you?

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February 28 - 59/365

18-55mm lens @ 39mm, f/5, 1/30, ISO 200

Sunday night, the end of the 2010 Winter Olympics. I have really enjoyed watching the Olympics this year. Of course I enjoy some events more than others, but I think I enjoyed watching them a little more this year than I remember in the past, especially the skiing/snowboarding. Of course the big topic of discussion for today was team USA's narrow loss in the Men's Ice Hockey medal match. Personally, I don't understand why we were playing Canada for the gold medal when we had already beat them once. I know there is some intricate system for matching everyone up, but I seriously don't get it. While we didn't get the gold here, our team seemed to do quite well overall, taking home 37 medals. Another 2 years until the Summer Olympics in London!

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