the bowtie bandit

Biking under the lights

Monday, Aug. 16, 2010

One of my first shots after I got my new lens, this photo is my most-favorited on Flickr. It was shot very near to my old apartment on Wukang Lu. I took a chance with the lens “only” being able to get down to f/2.8, which was quite high when I was used to having f/1.4 on my 50mm. I sat there for a while, crouched down and hidden behind a tree a bit so bikes and cars wouldn’t see me and shot quite a few shots. This one, even though blurry and dark, still turned out well, and I am quite happy all things considered.

China’s P.R. War

Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009

Interesting post found at zhongnanhai blog. China plans to inject RMB 45 billion to increase it’s media reach, etc. Good read with some smart commentary. Article here.

My brain hurts!

Friday, Nov. 28, 2008

Via Andrew Sullivan, I read Roger Cohen’s piece in the NYTimes from the 26th. The following note was given to an Afgan released from Guantanamo back in 2006:

“An Administrative Review Board has reviewed the information about you that was talked about at the meeting on 02 December 2005 and the deciding official in the United States has made a decision about what will happen to you. You will be sent to the country of Afghanistan. Your departure will occur as soon as possible.”

That’s it. The whole thing. And that language? Brutal. Orwell guessed 22 years early.

Andrew’s post is here. The NYTimes piece is here.