Not many moons ago, Ole Jørgen Liodden was an ace Canon photographer. Armed with his 'tank', a.k.a the EOS-1Ds Mark III, he scoured the Arctic permafrost for sparring polar bears. Quest for frolicking king penguins had him lying on his…
While I be the Banker
Towards the end of March, of what is known as ‘the annual financial closing’, the accidental banker in me braces for the approaching storm with clinched fists and gritted teeth. It’s payback time for the mounds of litter left around…
Nikon, Sex, Hollywood & Marco Polo
Actually, I owe the title to Scott Kelby rather than the ongoing Nikon Marketing teaser where something 'Nikon' is claiming to be Sexy, Hollywood and Marco Polo, all rolled into one, with Innovation thrown somewhere in between. I could have…
Why EVIL Cameras will Leave You Stranded
Never have the DSLR-bashers had it so good. Finally, there is the ultimate in point-and-shoot with sensors nearly as large as those in four-thirds DSLR cameras. And there is an electronic viewfinder to scan the world in 'realtime'. Really high-tech.…
Go, Get a Tablet!
I caused some heartburn when I wrote 'Go, get a DSLR' and I'm still busy wiping foreign froth off my face! A couple of connoisseurs who couldn't bring themselves to descend low enough to put in a comment on this…
The Clock Has Come a Full Circle
I am no tiger in the woods. Forget tigers, I am not even a coyote in the woods! Yet, what exactly were the Internet sharks thinking when they stole my non-descript website url uspandey.com a year back? That I'd be…
Go, Get a DSLR!
Everyone has legs, everyone walks. Do some people walk better than others? You bet! Hundreds of languages would bear testimony to the thousands of rhymes alluded to mesmerizing walks of the damsels, ladies, princesses, queens.... I hope I don't get…
No One Moved My cheese!
Years ago when the doomsayers were busy swearing that every computer on this earth will pop away into fine ionic dust come Y2K, my stoic scientist friend wouldn't even bat an eyelid. He suggested I get a webaddress instead, long…
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That I Live Still —A Translation
"Emotions! What right had anyone to meddle with emotions? Words were invented to conceal emotions. It was the dreadfulness of raw emotion that had made language a basic necessity." ~Isaac Asimov I have been writing for long, mostly for folios…