A Leslie Wong Blog

Film critic Joel Siegel died today. He was significant in my life because he interviewed me in 1976. Years later, as a photographer for ABC, I ended up working with Joel when he did his ABC 20/20 interviews. I photographed him with such luminaries as Eddie Murphy and Andrew Lloyd Weber. In the fall of 1975, I had been living in New York for only a few months. My mom called to tell me that she had obtained visas for us to go to China, as “Overseas Chinese“. She hadn’t been back to... Read the rest of this entry »

Or you could just get one for retail at the Apple Store. And wouldn’t a nerd start taking it apart as soon as possible?  Read More →

dzhugashvili over at digg.com says, “Processors are typically compared by their performance alone, but the folks at The Tech Report have put together an extensive comparative article that ranks 16 AMD and Intel chips based on how much bang they offer for your buck. The results may surprise you.” read more | digg story  Read More →

Things must be slow in Columbus, OH, for Charles Starrett to be reporting on the iPhone box over at iLounge .  Read More →

robszol over at digg.com says, “This is a picture is really a monumental achievement of humankind.” read more | digg story  Read More →

cirelo over at Digg wrote, “Without any sort of fanfare, AT&T Inc. has started offering a broadband Internet service for $10 a month, half the price of its cheapest advertised plan” (in some states). read more | digg story  Read More →

I’m not often amazed by technology, but every once in a while, I see something that truly amazes me. More than thirty years ago, as a photography student, I attended at lecture called “Critics Criteria.” A.D. Coleman was on the panel, as was one of my teachers at the University of California Extension, Joan Murray. One of criterion that they discussed was how a photograph “extended my own vision.” Those photographs made you see in a different way. I remember Greg Heisler‘s... Read the rest of this entry »

I haven’t been a user of Flickr, but since I see it referenced so frequently (Scoble talks about Flickr and Zooomr all the time, and he’s a professional), I thought I’d see how Flickr manages images. Since I started using WordPress v2.2 and got all widgetized (Geez, look at my sidebar), I found Joe Tan’s (of Silas Partners) Flickr Photo Album for WordPress. Mr. Tan generously released the plugin under the GPL, so all I had to do was get an API from Flickr. I uploaded a bunch... Read the rest of this entry »

After about 7 years of not living in New York, I started eating supermarket bagels – I get Sara Lee or Thomas’ depending on what’s on sale. Chris went to New York this week and brought me back a half a dozen H&H Bagels. It’s the place Kramer was supposed to be working in Seinfield (sorry, that what I call it). It was just an Upper West Side ritual, going to Zabar’s on Saturday night to get some smoked salmon and then to H & H for some bagels for Sunday breakfast... Read the rest of this entry »