Miscellaneous Ramblings » nc http://www.miscellaneous.net Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:04:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 First Images http://www.miscellaneous.net/2009/08/15/first-images/ http://www.miscellaneous.net/2009/08/15/first-images/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:12:06 +0000 Stick http://www.miscellaneous.net/?p=205 Dragon Fly So I finally made my decision on a camera.  I settled on the Canon EOS T1i (500D).  So far I love it!  I went to the “Rose Garden” down by NCSU and shot a little bit this afternoon after having to work all day (on a Saturday).  This little guy came out pretty good, though upon reflection I should have stopped a little higher for a little more DoF.  Live and learn I guess.

I had half-heartedly thought about submitting one of these to an online photo contest but ultimately I decided that I need a bit more experience before I take that step.  That’s a post for another day, however.

]]> http://www.miscellaneous.net/2009/08/15/first-images/feed/ 0 In search of… http://www.miscellaneous.net/2008/04/25/in-search-of/ http://www.miscellaneous.net/2008/04/25/in-search-of/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:01:34 +0000 Stick http://www.miscellaneous.net/?p=123 My previous post about the ‘Perfect Manhattan‘ probably misled a few people. I’m in general not a fan of dry vermouth, hence why I like ‘The Haining’. I’ve always been in search of the perfect (note the lowercase ‘P’) Manhattan. Every time I’m out at a bar and I have one they are usually really good, in fact often times, so good they are dangerous. But yet when I make them at home I don’t get it right. I had suspected that despite ordering just a ‘Manhattan’ that I was actually getting a ‘Perfect Manhattan’. After having one there is a definite difference. So I’m still on the hunt for the right recipe for me. Sadly it’s actually hard to find Rye Whiskey here in NC (yay state run liquor). Traditionally when I’m out I generally order bourbon Manhattans but I’d like to try one with Rye.

Maybe I’ll take a more scientific approach this weekend and make a couple of small variations for tasting purposes. One of the downsides (is it really a downside?) to experimenting is that once you have 2 or 3 they all start to taste the same.

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