I got this wild hair up my nose about "wouldn't it be cool to show a random item from my Amazon wishlist on my site?" the other day. I looked around, found plenty of wishlist scripts, but none of them did what I wanted. They all showed the first X items on your list sorted by Y, for various Xs and Ys. Nothing random out there. Read more

I'm getting back into the darkroom after a bit of an absence. Breaking out all the chemicals, I wasn't sure what to expect from year-old developers.

First up was Lauder Chemicals Formula 76, basically D-76 with a not-so-original name. Devved a roll of film, fixed, washed, take the roll out of the tank...completely blank! Even the frame numbers, gone. Stupid developer had completely died, and I'd fixed away everything. Oh well, out with the 76. Read more

About a month ago I was out tooling around, taking photos and whatnot, when I decide to make some beer. I never turn down ideas like this, so I headed over to SF Brewcraft to pick something up. Read more