A week ago, Tara and I took a trip to Lyon, France, and spent a few days basically eating the most delicious food in the universe all day (did I mention the Lyonnaise are the undisputed masters of cooking with shameless amounts of bacon?).
While we were there, I also took a bunch of pictures, such as this HDR image of the Basilica of Fourvière:
(larger size)
Another experiment I made is this wide-screen panorama of the city of Lyon that I later stitched together with Hugin.
(you must see this one in the original size.)
Also, this one is really funny:
If you want, check out the whole photo set. Hope you like it!
Coincidence? I let you be the judge 
From Leech, John (1817-1864), Drawings. In the Public Domain. Via: The Internet Archive.
I am two days late for this year’s anniversary, but this is just too impressive: Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944.
Make sure to click on the picture to see bigger versions.
(via Justin, thanks! Source: US or Canadian National Archives, via Wikipedia. Public Domain.)
On occasion, people claim I blog about too much geekery, so here you go with some dog content:
Yup, that’s Lizzy, playing with her brand-new rubber chicken. She picked it herself at the store and oh-so-appropriately, it is a Bavarian chicken sporting Lederhosen.
Given her usual aversion to having photos taken of her, I was impressed that I got a set of four pictures before she bailed.
