Sure, I could see that, but it's more like a 15% chance. In NIN case, it's at least a month out. The real problem starts when you want to see a band out of town.

Yeah, presale is great. So what if they pay people to stand in line. That levels the playing field. Otherwise the scalpers' bots buy all the tickets.

Have you ever experienced the frustration of trying to buy tickets only to find out the show is sold out?! Ticket scalpers have elaborate robot ticket buying systems that can get through any captcha you throw at it. Ticket Master doesn't care …

Nine Inch Nails only selling tickets in person at the box office. Do you think other big bands will follow suit, or is it really just about money and to hell with the …

At the risk of getting off topic. I love to photograph ducks and geese at the park where the Willamette flows through. I made a conscience decision a lot of years ago not to photograph the water foul while people are feeding them, I know the birds …

I'm really excited for the renewed interest and internet attention that FLICKR is getting since this news. It feels positive.

Yeah, that was pretty good. I've always like CNET's approach to tech.

You can't describe, but you can see it. The 150mm Hasselblad T* lens has such incredible look to portraits, its sharpness and compression are damn near perfect.

Yes a full frame digital these days is stunning. But when I shoot portraits with a 150mm lens on my Hasselblad 500C/M i get a warm fuzzy feeling. A 150 has roughly the same distance-to-subject framing as a 70mm lens on a full frame camera.

If the service adds value, people will pay or it.

I've used CHDK wayback when... I had a great little digital camera SD900(?) It was so cool.

That's what I'm thinking. If they could get good integration between Flickr and SmugMug's printing service, that could be fantastic.

So I just saw on the FB that Thomas Hawk posted a USA Today article about it. I guess I am happy. I don't use SmugMug myself, but I friends that use and absolutely love it. I have been a Flickr user since 2006 and I am on the site everyday. I hope …

I agree that FB could do better. I'm having a hard time believing they will. You know those kids that get outed because a moderator opened a private group to the public never saw it coming. That's unfortunate, but that kind of thing will continue …

I think there may be a moral delemna for some of engineers. I would argue that most of them are just in it for the money. We can get as upset at management of these companies. At the end of the day, there will always be an engineer willing to do …