Reading a post by Jason Calacanis about refusing to do a phone interview for Wired got me in a t’riffic mood. Of course Wired didn’t hold back but the thing that makes this amusing is the fact that Calacanis is so paranoid about being misquoted he’ll only do email interviews.

I can understand his “I don’t need publicity” position but what I fail to understand is how someone like himself doesn’t recognize how boring such interviews are for the journalists and especially for people to read. The whole point of an interview is the interaction between both parties involved. It’s about the spontaneity, follow-up questions and answers, digging deep, pushing the envelope of what you can get out of a person. When you look at it from such a perspective you might be inclined to believe Calacanis is simply affraid of being led into a trap and revealing too much.

Sure, you’ll be misquoted a few times but that’s easily rectified. Just as easy as doing it all by email.

Yesterday was one of those days when I really wished I had a faster camera (like 1D mk3).

The reason… one of those near misses that are entirely down to the camera:

Note how only the toes on her hind legs start to come into focus (though the real focusing point is actually still further back). I know the Sigma 70-200/2.8 can handle the speed but the 20D usually lets me down in such situations. Other than faster focusing I also wish 20D had focusing points organised in groups rather than single/all selection given. It would really help with composition in high speed movement shots since as it is, you can only rely on the center point. Others are rarely helpful.

The fact that her left hind leg and a part of the frisbee got cropped irritates me much less than this…

I did get some good ones but nothing I’m be terribly proud of. Take a peek in the gallery.

For the record… that’s an Aerobie Superdisc she’s catching. By far the best frisbee for dogs. It floats extremely well (though it might be slightly too fast for smaller dogs) and it has a soft rubber edge so they don’t injure themselves when they bite down. They start bleeding really fast with other frisbees, believe me. It’s also highly resistant to chewing. We’ve had one for about a year now and it’s still in great shape. Most others get destroyed in a day or two.
We have one Dogobie on standby but it’s too soft, doesn’t have a straight & stable flight and it’s also not that resistant to chewing as they’d like you to believe. Sure, they can’t tear it up completely but it does get punctured relatively fast. But having said that… ours is still flight worthy after a year of rather heavy use. We just preffer the Superdisc. It might be better suited for occasional play.

Will not throw paper airplanes in class x 500

The geek way (click on links under the comic)