This is the permanent (hopefully) web presence for me, Payam Minoofar. Until the viewership of this blog increases to anything significant, it is purely a repository for my daily ruminations, an object to receive my gripes absent an ear willing to listen.
The picture that currently graces the top of the blog is that of one of the many remarkably talented couples competing in the tandem surfing competition in San Buenaventura, CA, on March 30, 2008. The picture was snapped with my fairly new Kodak Z812 IS. I got this camera because it will record HD videos, and because it has nifty optics that include 12 times optical zoom. This photo was, in fact, snapped at 12 times magnification. Its clarity and sharpness are testimony to the ruggedness of the optics and Kodak’s image stabilization algorithms. I’m beginning to like this camera!
I should have stayed longer for this tandem surfing competition, but it was a cold day at the beach, I did not have a warm jacket, and I had gone there to go the Ventura Flea Market. All I bought at the flea market was a vase. 
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