Thursday, February 28, 2008

Dord



More from Sunday's hike. I think this is the Wahkeena creek, the first leg of the hike. Waterfalls are surprisingly difficult to shoot. The water itself tends to be bright, while the surroundings tend to be dark; capturing the movement requires slow shutter speeds, which let in a lot of light, which can make the water too bright, etc, but a faster shutter won't show the movement. Always an interesting challenge.

In 1939, the word “dord” was discovered in Webster’s New International Dictionary, prompting an investigation which found it to have resulted from a series of misreadings of editors instructions.

Robot news: Scary and not as scary.

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