Perceived Performance

Coding Horror: Actual Performance, Perceived Performance A brilliant post, one that points out something that we (as programmers) often miss. I mean, seriously, of course we’d measure performance objectively – but our users don’t see it that way. And as an aside, I always wondered why the file copy in Vista seemed so slow, and… Continue reading Perceived Performance

Focus… Focus!

I’ve been fiddling around with my camera again lately, and my feature-of-fiddling has been aperture, as it relates to the focus of the camera. Like a lot of people who get into photography (or so I assume), it’s a little mind-bending at first with all the terms… focal length, depth of field, f-stops, aperture, etc.… Continue reading Focus… Focus!

Eclipse Pictures

So I thought I’d try taking photos of the lunar eclipse. After all, I’ve got a camera, a nice view of the sky from my porch, and the patience to try, so why not? Well, since this is really only my first time taking photos of the moon at night with my camera, I wasn’t… Continue reading Eclipse Pictures