I replaced my old Canon scanner with a new LIDE400. The old one was photography grade but mid-tier; it had a backlit insert for negatives and slides. No longer, it looks like the unassuming LIDE400 is Canon's top model. Flatbed scanners aren't great for negatives and slides anyway.


The impetus was to have a scanner for the various works of artistic loved ones. Having modern OCR didn't seem like a bad idea either. To my delight, autocrop (in addition to - dating myself - single pass scanning) saves a lot of time. Since I had another reason to dig into the film/print archive, I did a little sorting, house cleaning, and scanned interesting ones along the way. Here are some.

[15+ years ago] I guess I was toting the FM3A? Pizza and good times following graduation.

[17+ years ago] I-5 souvenirs are second only to being done with the I-5 drive.

[17+ years ago] The early days when we had just gotten Erik into surfing. I think I took a disposable underwater camera out.

[17+ years ago] More underwater point and shoot.

[17+ years ago] I handed the camera off to Rob(?) and kicked back on the new board purchase.

[17+ years ago] This is a Rob signature style so it's either him or me copying his style.

[18+ years ago] A Rob polaroid of programming assignments as we did them in the good old days. The hat was an Alaska purchase, not neckbearding before it was cool. Also notice the web cam and HP Journada.

[18+ years ago] Check out those jeans and Vans. Probably Rob with the SLR; he knew how to move through a concert crowd in those days.

[19+ years ago] I this is from my N80 days. Black and white film, friends, neglected programming assignments.

[20+ years ago] Learning focus with my first manual body.

[20+ years ago] A tennis tournament, way back when. Not sure who shot it, most of the team is in the frame. Jimmy?

[30+ years ago] This is as far back as it goes. My pit fighting days. I thrashed those pansy droids in three rounds. Wait, does pit fighting have rounds? My story is falling apart. In actuality I burned my hands on a spotlight while waiting in line to see the Star Wars exhibit.