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"I took the wife to Melisse a restaurant here in Los Angeles/Santa Monica with a two star Michelin rating. The food and the service were second to none!!!! From the time we walked in the door, until we…"
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Dude! I’m Getting a Mac! - http://thomashawk.com/2009...
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Johnny, Iván Abrego, Tyson Key and 35 other people liked this
Here is the configuration on the new MacBook Pro I ordered: 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2X2GB 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) MacBook Pro 17-inch Hi-Resolution Antiglare Widescreen Display Backlit Keyboard (English) / User’s Guide Accessory Kit So in addition to today’s price decrease on the MacBook Pro, here are the other reasons that I upgraded today and why I went with a Mac over a PC for the second time around.
- Thomas Hawk
No doubt, they've reached the tipping point for me as well in terms of features and value
- Andrei M. Marinescu
Nice one, Thomas. I'm jealous. I use big iMac I have at home for all my photos but had to process a photo on my work HP laptop last week and I was reminded exactly why I hate using PCs for Photography - the process was painful and I had no idea what the photo will look like when I bring it up on my Mac. If I could afford it, I'd buy a new laptop to go alongside my iMac for when I...
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- Ivan Makarov
Dude, you're coming to L.A.?!?!?! Dude, let's go shooting!!!!! Let me know if you have time...oh, and congrats on the new shiney!
- noeltykay
I'm down to go shooting while you're in Los Angeles as well Thomas. If you have the time of course. Congrats on the new machine.
- Nathaniel Perales
Do you have any reservations or concerns about the non-user removable battery? I know the bigger screen is sexy, but is the weight of the laptop a concern?
- Arlan Koizumi
Arlan, not really. I'd imagine that replacing the battery is just a trip to the genius bar and having them do it for you. A slight cost, but I bet it takes less than 5 minutes and that they won't charge much in labor for it. For me the weight is not a problem in the slightest. I'm also lugging around a 5D M2 and 4 lenses everywhere I go. A few ounces here or there doesn't matter in the slightest to me. It fits in my lowepro bag, that's all that mattered to me personally about the size/weight.
- Thomas Hawk
Info on battery replacement: http://www.apple.com/support...
- Drew
Thomas - what'd that run you
- andy brudtkuhl
including tax and 2 day delivery about $3,200.
- Thomas Hawk
I got a Macbook Pro in mid 2007. At this juncture I have no plans to replace it, but I don't think I'd buy another Mac right now. Even with the price drop, it's still twice as expensive as a nearly identically configured PC laptop. I could deal with the Apple tax when it was under $300, but these days it's just become absurd. While I generally feel that Apple's laptops are excellent quality, they're not worth an extra thousand dollars.
- Eric P
Hi Thomas, that's great to hear. The battery is less of a concern, personally, than the weight and portability. But if it's not a big deal to you, I'm sure that beast of a machine will be a joy to use!
- Arlan Koizumi
Awww...Is this your first? The first time's always special....congratulations stud!
- sofarsoShawn
actually not my first. I used Macs in college extensively. I was the editor-in-chief of my college newspaper and we laid the whole thing out every week on Macs. The older ones. Mac Plus, Mac SE30, those guys. After college though I went to work for a bank and ended up on the PC train for a good 15 years or so. But my last two primary computers (my current one and this new one) have been Macs.
- Thomas Hawk
Can't wait to hear how you like it Thomas. I'm really tempted to get the 13" and a 24" display. Or I may way for updated IMacs.
- ChiliMac
Yang Chow (5/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...
"Clean restaurant, very good, quick service and excellent food. We always get the Slippery Shrimp. Yang Chow is the perfect place to eat before a Dodger game...that is of course if you decide to skip…"
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For Thomas Hawk and others: NYPD Operations order regarding public photography
Anthony Citrano, Robert Cooper, John Lam and 56 other people liked this
Anyone have any copies of similar orders for SF, LA? It'd be more useful to keep in your pocket than an official looking card.
- Kevin Fox
That might be the most useful thing posted on FriendFeed to date. Where did you find that, Kevin?
- DeWitt Clinton
Friend of a friend. I'm working on verifying its authenticity. I believe this is the order THawk referred to in this post though: http://thomashawk.com/2009...
- Kevin Fox
Wow! This is very interesting. I'm glad someone has outlined rules for police to follow, even if they don't seem to always follow them.
- Brandon Titus
Intermediate source, though it doesn't explicitly say how they got the order: http://jeremybales.blogspot.com/2009...
- Kevin Fox
He says in a later comment that he got it through the NY Press Photographers Association.
- Seth
This is good! Thanks Kevin!
- Thomas Hawk
"2. Members of the service may not demand to view photographs taken by a person absent consent or exigent circumstances." Pardon? Is there something missing here?
- Gilbert Harding
Convenient, seeing as how I'll be going to NYC later this week.
- Gabe
Printing this and putting it in my backpack!
- noeltykay
I like that..thank you Kevin..
- HotNYC News Blog.
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Palmeri Ristorante (5/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...
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Early World Restaurant (3/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...
"Early World is a great big MEH! The service is fast and friendly the food is okay...the prices are expensive, but I guess they have to be to pay for that Brentwood lease."
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The York (4/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...
"Popped into The York with a friend who lives in the neighborhood. Great little pub! He ordered the Cheddar Burger which looked amazing and I had a basket of fresh cut fries! They have a nice menu…"
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New York Bagel Co (5/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...
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Angelini Osteria (4/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...
"I took my wife here last Saturday night for her birthday. We arrived five minutes ahead of our reservation and were seated promptly. The restaurant was full, and there was a wait outside. It was…"
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Casa Vega (4/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...
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Simon Blint, Director of Visitor Relations at the SF MOMA, Yeah You Asshole, Photography is Not a Crime - http://thomashawk.com/2008...
William Spaetzel, Ole Begemann, Ihar Mahaniok and 96 other people liked this
still reading...but my jaw is dropped right now!
- Justin Korn
Wow, that's unbelievable.
- Chris Rivait
Blint and the SFMOMA can kiss my...time to get a group of photogs to all go in together? Let me know when the beg to apologize.
- Justin Korn
It is pretty crappy. To accuse someone of using a telephoto to spy on his employees is a crappy charge and not something that one ought to get kicked out of a museum for. If the SF MOMA doesn't want their employees that sit in the atrium appearing in photos then they should not have a "photography is allowed policy" per their website in their atrium. Simon Blint is like plenty of other assholes I've run into over the years. A power trippy person who gets upset when someone challenges their word.
- Thomas Hawk
Digg it up...http://digg.com/travel_...
- Justin Korn
thanks Justin, appreciate the digg and support.
- Thomas Hawk
TH: This is absolutely ridiculous! I don't have that much (any?) power, but I'm going to do everything I can do get this story out (not that you don't have enough followers/supporters)
- Justin Korn
"Blint obviously knows nothing of photography because the 14mm ultra wide angle lens on my camera body was about the furthest thing possible from a telephoto lens." Ultra-LOL
- Johnny Worthington
Sigh. Amazing that they are still being jerks about photography.
- Robert Scoble
It appears that they have (just?) changed their policy on the website. "Photography is not permitted in the galleries. Flash photography is permitted only with a handheld camera in the Atrium." http://bit.ly/4sm86V
- Jauder Ho
Jauder: But TH was in the Atrium, and he wasn't using a tripod, so his camera was handheld. Do you interpret the policy as 'only flash cameras are okay. Cameras without flashes are not'?
- Kevin Fox
So 'handheld' must only be point and shoot...
- Johnny Worthington
sounds like the Curator of the SF MOMA needs a slew of emails , in protest . Perhaps a large photography meetup at the SFMOMA . Press Office commassistant@sfmoma.org
- johnpiercy
A photowalk with video camera would be lots of fun! Then we could have a segment about "what to do if you are accosted by an asshole." :-)
- Robert Scoble
I'm in for a photowalk over there. I just sent an email to the curator as well.
- Justin Korn
http://www.google.com/search... I hope this is just a wake up call for him and that he doesn't lose his job over his poor behavior.
- EricaJoy
Sounds like a good human interest 'new story' for a local TV station or Newspaper. Works every time
- Charlie Anzman
@Erica incompetence at a high-level position like that where interfacing with the public is priority #1 is exactly the sort of reason he should be severely reprimanded or terminated. That's the last thing a museum needs is bad press.
- Pete Delucchi
Thomas - want to come visit DC's Union Station with me?
- Andrew Feinberg
Nice shot from the Atrium BTW
- Johnny Worthington
Reprimanded yes. Fired? Only if he has an established pattern of this sort of behavior.
- EricaJoy
I dugg the post, and sent an e-mail to relay my astonishment. Looking at the other staff members' e-mail addresses on the PR contact page, it was pretty easy to guess at Simon's.
- Tom Harrison
like, dugg, shared and whatever else you need to help :)
- Tim Hoeck
I'm sorry you got kicked out, Thomas! What I really don't understand about his accusation of your spying (and it seems to be a common excuse to try to stop photography these days) is that newer P&S cameras are capable of crazy zoom. If someone were spying, do they not think they would want to be the LEAST conspicuous? It makes no sense.
- carlotta fancypants
I can't believe this happened. I hope everyone talks up this issue and something changes. I noticed that people react differently when you use a DSLR instead of a small point-n-shoot.
- Tom Newman
Ppl freak out when I pull out my DSLR.....
- John Staton
But more and more people have DSLRs these days -- I think they will just have to get used to it
- Brian Sullivan
facebook profile -Simon Blint http://www.facebook.com/home...
- johnpiercy
Wow, what a muppet.
- Andrew Garrett
I just delicious tagged and anonymous tipped your story for SFist... we'll see if they pick it up...
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
Tomorrow night I'm going to see two friends who work in the SF MOMA dungeon. I'll ask them about this miscreant.
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
I left an hour before this happened but not before I had to body check the over zealous security girl who literally got within 6 inches of my personal space because I refused to acknowledge her 2nd request to turn my off camera.
- Mrsth
Simon Blintz is a douche nozzle. He needs a good kick in the nuts.
- noeltykay
Something tells me he's going to have come to his senses by Monday.
- Pete Delucchi
If you haven't dugg it yet (only 200 or so have!) do it...http://digg.com/travel_...
- Justin Korn
Holy sh**. I took tons of photos at the Louvre and no one cared.
- sergiooo
from NoiseRiver
Ridiculous. This type of stuff really annoys me and makes me wonder about the future of public photography in general. I'm amazed at how quickly our photographic freedoms are being torn away by unbased bias and fear. GRRRRRRR.
- Sam Dodge
Interestingly, Simon seems to shoot with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi. http://flickr.com/search... His behavior seems more douchey to me now.
- EricaJoy
This man needs to loose his job over this incident. Not even a public apology should save him from getting canned. I've had a similar incident regarding my camera at a NY Islanders game in the Nassau Coliseum and have been following Thomas Hawk's series of posts about the museum with interest. David Pogue wrote about this as well after a motocross event incident a few months back.
- Tony Vota
Wow! 12 pages of ff entries on "Simon Blint" in just 19 hours. http://friendfeed.com/search...
- Jesper Kjær Hansen
What a nippy arse. Hope he gets read the riot act.
- Chris Nixon
There are some comments over on SFist from people with first-hand opinions: http://sfist.com/2008...
- Richard pancakhaus Walker
Oh, and one more thing to all of you that are trying to make this an issue of Hawk's or Blint's character, I think the real issue stems from trumped up "security" meant to keep us "safe." All sorts of power-tripping security guards and police have become accustomed to people immediately accepting restricted rights with the magic words "post 9/11." The reason it is such a hot-button...
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- Richard pancakhaus Walker
Sorry this happened to you Thomas, it's strange to see how close minded and arrogant are some of the people in art institution. What happened to you and to me last week is a sign of the times: photography is increasingly seen as a danger as it cannot be controlled. http://digg.com/arts_cu...
- Davide Bedin
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