Here’s the full list:

cap·ture

–verb (used with object)
1. to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.

2. to gain control of or exert influence over: an ad that captured our attention; a TV show that captured 30% of the prime-time audience.

3. to take possession of, as in a game or contest: to capture a pawn in chess.

4. to represent or record in lasting form: The movie succeeded in capturing the atmosphere of Berlin in the 1930s.

5. Computers.
a. to enter (data) into a computer for processing or storage.
b. to record (data) in preparation for such entry.

Please try to find an appropriate comment when you are looking at someone’s photography. Saying “Nice capture” is intellectually lazy and faux-pretentious.

That’s my rant for today. Tune in next time for something else.

When I purchased it (a Canon ip7600) the ink cartridges cost 9.99 each.

I saw one today for $18.00.

It seems like more and more, when I turn the printer on it wants a couple of cartridges replaced. I’m not going to pay $36 to turn on the printer when I can get almost 100 prints made at Walmart for the cost of turning on the damn printer here.

There are a lot of places I can get an 8×10 print made for 1.99.

Don’t get suckered into buying a color printer, folks.

That tablespoon (or so) of ink in the cartridge works out to ink at $4,608 a gallon.

India ink bought at Amazon.com comes in a 2 oz. bottle for $3.15. That’s a far more reasonable $201.60 a gallon. If you can call that reasonable.

Greedy Corporations suck. I’m looking at you, Lexmark, Canon, and HP. There’s no possible reason that the cartridges couldn’t retail for 6 or 7 dollars, based on materials cost.

You created the ink refill business by charging the prices you have. Drop your DRM on printer and cartridges, charge a fair price for the ink, and cartridge refillers will go out of business. Are you really too stupid to see this?

I imagine you are.

The photo is of Jeppe Hein’s Bench Around the Lake, a wonderfully whimsical set of swoopy benches that seem to spring out of the earth in places around the lake, do odd things, and disappear again. The only thing I have against them is that they are a photographically hideous shade of yellow, which pretty much knocks them out of the running for anything except black-and-white portraiture.

Oh well.

Dear Phil Jern,
My name is Sandra Gxxxxxx and I am an editor at www.gpsmycity.com. We are currently compiling a self-guided walking tour to Indianapolis that will be published on out site www.gpsmycity.com as well as in an iPhone application.
We hereby seek your permission to use one of your photos of Lady Spray Fountain on Flickr.com as part of the tour guide in question. The photo we need is:
www.flickr.com/photos/pjern/4797268948/
Naturally, we intend to credit you fully for the authorship of this photograph.
I thank you in advance for your permission and look forward to hearing from you soon.

People need to get out of the habit of thinking that they’re entitled to other people’s work for free if they intend to resell it. I visited the site mentioned, and found out that they’re selling iphone apps.

I was offended by the tone of “Oh we’ll give you credit” and thanking me in advance for my permission, (which isn’t likely to happen ever!).

Greedy people suck.

Please feel free to visit me there, as well. It’s far more dedicated to the art and practice of photography, and I’m putting how-to and practical articles there.

This tree had so many lights on it I understand NASA is looking into it for use as a planetary beacon.

I just had to try this. Light painted with a mini-maglight.

There’s darn few choices when you need to go out and get something to eat at 3 AM in this city.

who? Me, of course! Follow the link in to the Flickr page, and then go over to the Ask Metafilter page where my denouement took place. I still have this problem with over thinking things, it seems :)