yOOrek's Rants'n Raves » Rants http://blog.yoorek.com The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven. Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:40:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 This is quite… http://blog.yoorek.com/2009/09/12/this-is-quite/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2009/09/12/this-is-quite/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:31:14 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/?p=487 I cannot trust my own eyes. What a cheek. I like it though. Like it very much.

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2009/05/27/wtf/feed/ 2 This photo on the other hand… http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/05/20/this-photo-on-the-other-hand/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/05/20/this-photo-on-the-other-hand/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 22:12:33 +0000 yOOrek http://yoorek.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/this-photo-on-the-other-hand/ has been posted to Flickr™ more than three weeks ago and got only twenty three views despite the fact that I consider it to be much better photograph. What gives?

Herold

Herold Originally uploaded by yOOrek

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2008-04-19-1707-00-3 

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/05/20/this-photo-on-the-other-hand/feed/ 2 Sometimes I just don’t know… http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/05/19/sometimes-i-just-dont-know/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/05/19/sometimes-i-just-dont-know/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 21:47:26 +0000 yOOrek http://yoorek.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/sometimes-i-just-dont-know/ what makes a photo interesting. Take this one for example. I uploaded it to Flickr on 17th of May. Day and a half later it got forty eight views (as of 24th of May it became my most viewed photo with more than 100 views). I know this is nothing when compared to Flickrati (Flickr establishment), this is my personal best however. Strange but true.

These boots were made for riding...

These boots were made for riding… Originally uploaded by yOOrek

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New riding boots.
2008-04-27-1655-51 

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/05/19/sometimes-i-just-dont-know/feed/ 0 On the ‘You get what you pay for’ adage and the art of ball making http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/04/16/on-the-you-get-what-you-pay-for-adage/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/04/16/on-the-you-get-what-you-pay-for-adage/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:21:21 +0000 yOOrek http://yoorek.wordpress.com/?p=263 Benro KS-2 Ball Head. “Benro” Rhymes With “No Go!”:

You can’t go on any photography equipment forum on the Internet without seeing some reference to the “tremendous value” Benro products represent. For those of you who may not have heard of Benro, Benro is a Chinese manufacturing company that pretty blatantly manufactures knock-offs of well known brands of tripods and tripod heads. Owners of Benro products swear they are “just as good as the originals” or “nearly as good as the originals considering the price”. I think Benro owners state this to cover up their embarrassment at having thrown good money at a bad product. I didn’t intend for my web site to contain product reviews but I thought someone needs to review this product in light of what it actually represents…JUNK!

After reading this article about Tom’s experience with Benro ‘no go’ ball head, boy am I glad that I got myself Markins. I would recommend this article as a prerequisite reading for anyone considering cheap ball heads from eBay.

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Comic strip showing iPhone influence on people

Comic strip showing iPhone influence on people

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  • bird brains (telephoto lens lovers)
  • fat folk (wide angle lovers)

Which one are you? What if you like both? Does it make you a fatso with bird brain?
BTW these are rhetorical questions.
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il frigo di casa 3

il frigo di casa 3 Originally uploaded by non_ci_sono_solo_le_arance

]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/03/31/how-do-they-know-that/feed/ 0 Americans facing more doom and gloom http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/03/26/americans-facing-more-doom-and-gloom/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/03/26/americans-facing-more-doom-and-gloom/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:42:19 +0000 yOOrek http://yoorek.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/americans-facing-more-doom-and-gloom/ Source: The Age:

AMERICANS are bracing for rising unemployment and shrinking salaries, a gloomy outlook that could translate into a serious cutback in consumer spending, the primary engine of the economy.

I just wonder what will all this lead to. Will China suffer? What’s the influence on other markets?
So far it has been great for me. Cheap equipment from USA. :-)

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