I Am A CameraVox2009-01-05T02:59:16Zjasonpettushttp://jasonpettus.vox.com/?_c=feed-atomtag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22522c316604a/tags/chicago/A confessional journal. With cellphone photos.New photoset: "A winter walk through Uptown."tag:vox.com,2009-01-05:asset-6a00c22522c316604a0109d0798dbb000e2009-01-05T02:52:10Z2009-01-05T02:59:16Zjasonpettushttp://jasonpettus.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Yeah, I know, for now this personal-personal blog of mine continues to mostly rely on photo updates, now that I finally own my first-ever decent digital camera (a Nikon Coolpix S550) and have been shooting just a ton of shots around the ...
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Oh, and check out my very first Nikon panoramic shot.tag:vox.com,2008-12-12:asset-6a00c22522c316604a01098115577c000c2008-12-12T05:55:41Z2008-12-12T05:55:41Zjasonpettushttp://jasonpettus.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Okay, one more thing before hopping into bed, curling up with the freshly-arrived Dark Knight DVD (thank YOU, Netflix!), and seeing if I can't get a whopping 13 hours of sleep the first day after my oral surgery, and thus stay on my usual sleep s...
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Nikon camera test: Forcing various film speeds.tag:vox.com,2008-12-11:asset-6a00c22522c316604a0109d072f60f000e2008-12-11T05:04:19Z2008-12-11T05:17:46Zjasonpettushttp://jasonpettus.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
One of the many reasons I'm so excited about owning my brand-new Nikon Coolpix S550 is because it has so many manual settings, an important thing for me as a former fine-art photographer in film and paper form, as well as a photography major all t...
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I love my iTunes channel.tag:vox.com,2008-10-13:asset-6a00c22522c316604a00fad6b43b3d00052008-10-13T21:32:17Z2008-10-13T21:32:17Zjasonpettushttp://jasonpettus.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
Why do I love the underground arts so much in the 2000s? Here's why I love the underground arts so much in the 2000s... I just posted a new episode of the CCLaP Podcast today, over at the arts organization I own, the Chicago Center for Literatu...
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Breaking: Three dead junkies found across the street from my neighborhood cafe!tag:vox.com,2008-09-27:asset-6a00c22522c316604a00fa969e3b3200032008-09-27T15:16:25Z2008-09-27T15:18:59Zjasonpettushttp://jasonpettus.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
The cafe in my neighborhood where I hang out is located across the street from this scummy transient hotel called "The Chateau;" they're dwindling in number each year here, but in my neighborhood of Uptown there are still a decent amount of them ...
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Oh Lord, another night of Global Displacement Syndrometag:vox.com,2008-08-03:asset-6a00c22522c316604a00fa968dddf100032008-08-03T01:38:03Z2008-08-03T01:39:35Zjasonpettushttp://jasonpettus.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
I've talked about the following online several times before (including here at VOX just a little further below, or perhaps on the next page depending on when you're reading), of how I believe in this new mental condition that's recently come abo...
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I've got sex on the knee. Er, brain.tag:vox.com,2008-07-08:asset-6a00c22522c316604a00fad697a29400052008-07-08T03:18:23Z2008-07-08T03:47:25Zjasonpettushttp://jasonpettus.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
[I wrote this earlier tonight for inclusion at my main personal blog, located at jasonpettus.com, the oldest presence online I now still maintain. But the guy who hosts my sites for free there is in the middle of switching them to new servers (Lin...
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New video! "Chicago bicycling, northside to Loop, during rush hour"tag:vox.com,2008-07-08:asset-6a00c22522c316604a00fae8c9fafe000b2008-07-08T02:39:48Z2008-07-08T02:39:48Zjasonpettushttp://jasonpettus.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
(Sorry this took me so long to post! Reason below!) As anyone who's ever run a popular blog can tell you, the moment you do start running a popular blog, you IMMEDIATELY start hearing from all those annoying fucking word-of-mouth marketing comp...
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A new entry a day, damnit! A new entry a day!tag:vox.com,2008-06-16:asset-6a00c22522c316604a00fa967ef5bf00022008-06-16T23:16:44Z2008-06-16T21:27:02Zjasonpettushttp://jasonpettus.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom
After an insanely long cold streak here in Chicago, one that saw temperatures in the 30s (5 C) all the way up to the beginning of June, I'm finally out on my bicycle again daily; and that has me trying to get back on the summer schedule I was main...