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Nyokki is from Japan. The critter grows a head of grass when water is added. Cute!

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:04:41 -0700

Joe Wilcox
Nyokki is from Japan. The critter grows a head of grass when water is added. Cute!

For Christmas, I bought my daughter two sets of Binchotan figures from an eBay seller in Hong Kong.

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:39:16 -0700

Joe Wilcox
For Christmas, I bought my daughter two sets of Binchotan figures from an eBay seller in Hong Kong.

When I purchased the Binchotan figures, I didn't know that they come from a Japanese anime TV show: http://www.tbs.co.jp/bincho/.

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:40:29 -0700

Joe Wilcox
When I purchased the Binchotan figures, I didn't know that they come from a Japanese anime TV show: http://www.tbs.co.jp/bincho/.

I took this series of Binchotan figures with the Canon 20D and Canon EFS 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens.

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:42:15 -0700

Joe Wilcox
I took this series of Binchotan figures with the Canon 20D and Canon EFS 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens.

Isn't she pretty?

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:43:33 -0700

Joe Wilcox
Isn't she pretty?

The Canon EFS 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens captures amazing detail. The Binchotan figures are only 6.35 cm tall.

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:46:22 -0700

Joe Wilcox
The Canon EFS 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens captures amazing detail. The Binchotan figures are only 6.35 cm tall.

These blasts from the pasts visited one of my daughter's elementary school fairs.

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:29:57 -0700

Joe Wilcox
These blasts from the pasts visited one of my daughter's elementary school fairs.

My neighbor put out three little flags for the Fourth of July.

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:36:42 -0700

Joe Wilcox
My neighbor put out three little flags for the Fourth of July.

My daughter's white PSP (OK, we share it) arrived on July 21, 2006. Her MacBook is in the background.

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 16:37:16 -0700

Joe Wilcox
My daughter's white PSP (OK, we share it) arrived on July 21, 2006. Her MacBook is in the background.

I shot this series of white PSP images using available light. ISO tends to be high (320 or more) and shutter speed low (1/30 sec.).

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 16:37:39 -0700

Joe Wilcox
I shot this series of white PSP images using available light. ISO tends to be high (320 or more) and shutter speed low (1/30 sec.).

The white ceramic PSP nicely matches the white MacBook.

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 16:37:58 -0700

Joe Wilcox
The white ceramic PSP nicely matches the white MacBook.

The first game my daughter got for the white PSP was PopoLoCrois, which is based on an anime TV show.

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 16:38:04 -0700

Joe Wilcox
The first game my daughter got for the white PSP was PopoLoCrois, which is based on an anime TV show.

I stumbled across this image in July 2006, taken at a late-2004 holiday event at my daughter's then-elementary school. I don't recall taking it, but it's easy to forget when shooting so much ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:20:36 -0700

Joe Wilcox
I stumbled across this image in July 2006, taken at a late-2004 holiday event at my daughter's then-elementary school. I don't recall taking it, but it's easy to forget when shooting so much ...

I uploaded this picture on Sept. 9, 2007, as we prepared to move across country. I dusted off my old short wave radio, the major means I got world news before the popularization of the Inter ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:31:01 -0700

Joe Wilcox
I uploaded this picture on Sept. 9, 2007, as we prepared to move across country. I dusted off my old short wave radio, the major means I got world news before the popularization of the Inter ...

I took this picture for posting on Craiglists list. We're thrifting, giving or selling most of our stuff before the big relocation.

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:31:37 -0700

Joe Wilcox
I took this picture for posting on Craiglists list. We're thrifting, giving or selling most of our stuff before the big relocation.

I almost sold the radio two weeks earlier, but the Voice of America editor buyer found a problem with the synchronous detector. Apparently, there was a synch bug with first-generation Satell ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:30:23 -0700

Joe Wilcox
I almost sold the radio two weeks earlier, but the Voice of America editor buyer found a problem with the synchronous detector. Apparently, there was a synch bug with first-generation Satell ...

I tuned into Voice of Turkey while taking pictures, and suddenly I wanted to keep the radio. But we will be moving into smaller living space. I've got to let the radio go. Sigh.

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:32:14 -0700

Joe Wilcox
I tuned into Voice of Turkey while taking pictures, and suddenly I wanted to keep the radio. But we will be moving into smaller living space. I've got to let the radio go. Sigh.

My once anti-Obama friend is now a fan. He is making buttons calling on people to "pray for Obama."

nobody@smugmug.com (Joe Wilcox) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:29:59 -0800

Joe Wilcox
My once anti-Obama friend is now a fan. He is making buttons calling on people to "pray for Obama."