Doing some research on our new toy, I came across a teriffic article on Sports Illustrated's digital photo workflow.

Minutes after eight photographers stationed at this year's Superbowl took over 15,000 pictures in under 6 hours, it falls to two guys huddled around a monitor, giving the thumps-up or -down to two pictures a second, paring the shots down to a reasonable set, and that's just the beginning.

Just 18 months ago S.I. relied on film, two portable developers in a trailer, and a staff of negative-cutters and mounters to do the same job half as well. All-told, it's an interesting look at the melding of humans and computers in the workflow of managing 42 gigabytes of photos in under a day.

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Heya, sorry for the lack of posting. Google's annual ski trip was Thursday and Friday, and Trisha, Benjy, Karen, Crystal, Rachel and I all went to my Uncle's place on the North Shore for Friday through Sunday.

Between us we went snowboarding, skiing, sledding, hiking, and more, and all told we had a really good time. I'm certain that photos will ensue soon.

We took the Prius up to Tahoe, despite my fears of snow that would require me to shackle my new baby in chains. As it turned out, we got through Donner Pass yesterday when chains were still imminent, but not required. It was a real joy to drive the 80 miles from the peak of Donner Pass to Sacramento on a single gallon of gas, the fuel economy graph maxing out at 99.9 MPG for most of the downhill ride.

Thanks to the Superbowl we made better time into the Bay Area than one could reasonably expect on a Sunday afternoon, but I forgot to have Tivo record it. While we missed almost all of the game itself, thanks to my media-equipped friends I got to see the Timberlake/Jackson incident ('wardrobe malfunction' my ass (warning: NSFW)).

Thankfully, we got to watch the last 10 minutes of the game, which were the most exciting by all accounts. It sounds like even the ads mostly sucked, though I was glad to see the Pepsi-iTunes ad hosted at Apple.

Now it's Monday again, start of another week. This week looks to be pretty dance-heavy, with hip-hop class on Wednesday, our last Waltz class (Redowa!) on Thursday, and Friday Night Waltz the day after that.

And, of course, tons to do here where, once again, I'm thankful to have the best job in the world.

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(with apologies to Neil Gaiman)

When Sports Writers Snap. (Guardian UK)

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(because if I don't post it quick, it'll just go on my to-do list that never gets done)

The wedding I went to in Berkeley on Sunday, Shauna and Sherman's, got a pair of articles (only one online) simply for being scheduled against the Superbowl. Nifty!

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Good Luck to:

Ernie who's a contestant on The Weakest Link (now in syndication)! He's not allowed to tell us how he does, lest he be liable for a hunk of a million dollars in penalties, but Go Ernie! All that time waiting in line like a dork has finally paid off!

The Cal Bears who broke a year and a half home losing streak on Saturday to stuff Baylor's Bears 70 to something-a-lot-less-than-70! Let's hope it's not a fluke. I gotta say, though: I knew Ernie was perfect for this game from the start. (specifically this)

The Oakland A's, who've won 19 games in a row. The only times a team has doen better than that was back when they'd play all their home games at once, then go on the road and play. Not bad for a team with 1/3 the salary budget of the Yankees. Will this be the third year in a row that they face each other in the pennant race?

Me. There's God's own thunderstorm going on outside right now, and I can feel the ground shake betweenthe flash and the thunder. I love weather.

Someone who doesn't need luck is Kristin, kicker of asses and taker of names.

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Thanks to a last minute invite by Emily G, I got to go to last night's ill-fated A's vs. yankees playoff game. The seats were in the first row along the third base line, next to the Yankee's bullpen. It was a blast and I got some good pictures, the last three of which I snagged off my TiVo after coming home ...

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I'm not a huge baseball fan. I mean I like the game, but I don't go watch it very often. Still, there's something pretty cool about both Bay Area teams hosting playoff games tomorrow against the two New York teams. It's like our own mini-olympics, minus the drug testing...

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