Kurt Johnson http://kurtjohnson.net/blog Postings from Texas and around the world Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:46:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Elephants http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2010/08/31/elephants/ http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2010/08/31/elephants/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:46:30 +0000 Kurt http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/?p=619

Tarangire national park, Tanzania.  Taken in 2007 with a 100-400mm zoom at 400/5.6.

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East Dallas in the shadows of the high rises downtown.

]]> http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2010/06/21/shadows/feed/ 0 Amazing time lapse photography of Japan http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2010/06/21/amazing-time-lapse-photography-of-japan/ http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2010/06/21/amazing-time-lapse-photography-of-japan/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:39:26 +0000 Kurt http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/?p=609

Hayaku: A Time Lapse Journey Through Japan from Brad Kremer on Vimeo.

Go to Vimeo and watch it full screen in HD.  Brad should be on the payroll of the national tourism board.  H/t Jeffrey Friedl.

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]]> http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2010/06/21/flickr-page/feed/ 0 Everything’s amazing http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2010/06/15/everythings-amazing/ http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2010/06/15/everythings-amazing/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:12:33 +0000 Kurt http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/?p=574 I love this clip because it’s so true.  I’m flying over Roswell NM right now and thinking of  how slow the airplane’s internet is moving.

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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/business/buy-rent-calculator.html

]]> http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2010/05/02/buy-vs-rent-continued/feed/ 0 Lockhart, TX http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2010/04/26/lockhart-tx/ http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/2010/04/26/lockhart-tx/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:35:53 +0000 Kurt http://kurtjohnson.net/blog/?p=477

Last weekend I had the privilege of trying four different BBQ places in Lockhart, the “BBQ Capital of Texas”.  For my money Smitty’s was the best all around – particularly the pork ribs.  I put Kreuz in the #2 spot.

More pics below the fold.

Smitty’s

Kipp + lunch at Smitty’s

The pits at Kreuz.

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