WildDog at Work: A Ruff Day with IKEA

Why put together one large IKEA bookshelf when you can assemble four of them? Luckily, WildDog was on hand to supervise. When you’ve got a massive book storage problem, the only solution is to go to IKEA, right? And while you’re there, you really should spend 2 hours wandering the Swedish jungle only to select [...]



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The Brown and the White

It didn’t take long. The Brown soon realized that the white powder falling from the sky was just another state of his favorite substance – water. A Lab. His bone. And a flurry of snow. It’s time for you to rearrange your priorities. Drop what you’re doing and immerse yourself in the The Brown and [...]



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Starry-eyed Wise Men

So while we’re on the topic of Magi, because Magi come up all the time, we have a bit of a Christmas navigation problem to solve. It’s a small problem. But, you’re probably going to celebrate about 70 Christmases in your life, so getting the bugs worked out of your grasp of the story isn’t [...]



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Variable Depth of Field Images

From the mad scientist video lab comes: Variable Depth of Field Images.

Variable DOF images are interactive photos that allow you to change the focal point of the photo while you view it. You click on a part of the image and that part of the image pops into focus. In other words, the focal point is "variable."

When I learned how to do this, it triggered my evil laugh reflex and I had to experiment. Here are a couple of my hastily assembled attempts.

Shout out to Eric for pointing me to this lifehacker post which features this nifty variable DOF generater by Chaos Collective.

Attempt #1: Kitchen Table

1. Arrange cactus and candy.
2. Use wide open aperture.
3. Eat candy.
4. Do not eat cactus.

Attempt #2: WildDog

1. Set up camera.
2. Bribe subject.
3. Work quickly.

Attempt #3: WildDog

Exterior Illumination

At least we have lights. I’ll be honest. I have a very lukewarm attitude about Christmas. Celebrating Christmas is like going to a carnival at the library. Except for Christmas lights. I like Christmas lights. Photos after the break… Every year I am hushed with awe and wonder at the meaning of the season. And [...]



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