Gone Fishin’
TOP is on a slight hiatus today. I got wrapped up in some other tasks that took me a million miles away. (Note that today's delay is NOT Ctein's fault—he hit his deadline as he invariably does.) I will gear...
Our 100,000th Comment
Note the number TOP—or rather the new (TypePad) TOP blog—reached Comment #100,000 at 5:43 this afternoon. When it happened, sirens went off and balloons fell from the ceiling here at TOP World HQ, scaring the dog. The lucky 100,000th commenter,...
Pointer
Don't miss Ctein's capsule history of Daly City in the "Little Boxes" post. After you read it, go back and read the first sentence of that post. Made me chuckle.... Mike Send this post to a friend Please help support...
Need a Scanner?
I've got to apologize in advance—this could possibly turn out to be the most boring week ever in the history of TOP.* At least I'm making progress.... Mike's library. This is about two-thirds of the books from the living room...
Apology
Our Comments sections were invaded by multiple spam posts on Saturday. I don't actually know how this happened. But...sorry about that! The Management
Sale Update
The print sale is going swimmingly, but I'm drowning. We're being inundated in torrents of orders. Enough watery metaphors? Okay. Anyway. If you've emailed an order (thank you), you will eventually get an email back from me. If you don't,...
The First To Go
I want to apologize for the lack of activity around here on Tuesday—I was reached by news of the sudden death of Marina Finch, an old college buddy from Dartmouth, and I was just plain feeling sad all day. Memories...
This Saturday
Housekeeping note: TOP won't be updating today, while the proprietor pretends to take a day off (although new comments will be posted). Tomorrow, we will publish "Kirk's Take" by Kirk Tuck—this month, a review of the Leica/Panasonic 25mm ƒ/1.4 Summilux...
Blog Note: Upcoming ‘Open Mike’
Just a warning. For those few readers who still seem to be shocked or affronted that I occasionally take an interest in things non-photographic, I should probably mention again that on many Sundays I write a deliberately off-topic post. I...
TOP Down (Briefly)
TOP will be down for maintenance for a few days. However we will be back AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! As early as Saturday, but at least by Monday.
—Mike, TOP Chief Custodian and Facilities Maintenance Engineer
Freedom Isn’t Free: Protect the Internet
To all U.S. readers: Take a moment today to go to Wikipedia, enter your ZIP Code, and follow the link to your Congressman. Tell them to vote AGAINST SOPA and PIPA, the two bills now before Congress that would suppress...
Request for Help
I need a spot of help—anyone out there who's a whiz with small-scale electronics who could lend me a hand? Perhaps especially conversant with batteries and chargers? Who can solder, and maybe even spot-weld? The job I need doing is...
