My name is Alex. I live and work in Boston, MA. Flickr | Email | Twitter | Photography Tumblr (3.0; @aabhowell)http://www.aabhowell.com/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l61kjyOyUf1qz5hl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/852206532http://www.aabhowell.com/post/852206532Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:04:46 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l61k96a75L1qz5hl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>How I spent my Friday night. Yep, I’m a real rebel-rouser. </p>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/852182043http://www.aabhowell.com/post/852182043Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:58:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5q1taDpye1qz5hl3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/825083748http://www.aabhowell.com/post/825083748Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:46:22 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5ogjxplWs1qz5hl3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Got my beta key. It’s exactly like Starcraft, just with 3D graphics and crazier maps. </p>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/821545995http://www.aabhowell.com/post/821545995Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:09:33 -0400<object width="400" height="225"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/yMTc1pe7M2cZ4ycDY9nqEA/934/971" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/yMTc1pe7M2cZ4ycDY9nqEA/934/971" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Melissa was on national TV. She’s the cool one wearing a blue and aqua hoodie attempting to make a copy. </p>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/819552746http://www.aabhowell.com/post/819552746Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:24:03 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5nkc7csLX1qz5hl3o1_250.png"/><br/><br/>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/819416765http://www.aabhowell.com/post/819416765Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:33:43 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l574t9lTlK1qz5hl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>For our anniversary Melissa got me a membership to the beer of the month club, and the first shipment arrived today.</p>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/781539200http://www.aabhowell.com/post/781539200Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:36:49 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l55hixSgLG1qz5hl3o1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p>Our vegetables this week.</p>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/777821571http://www.aabhowell.com/post/777821571Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:16:09 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l517arSpmZ1qbsvjmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ilovemyleica.tumblr.com/post/768963952/ilovemyleica">ilovemyleica</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bawtrees/3454694689/">Leica M5, with Zeiss Sonnar 50mm 1.5 lens</a> (by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/bawtrees">bawtrees</a>)<br/> LeicaM5</p> </blockquote> <p>I love this camera. If I were to buy another Leica body, I think it would be a M5. </p>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/771258890http://www.aabhowell.com/post/771258890Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:57:28 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4vs10d1Wb1qz5hl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The selection of books left on the table I’m using at the Boston Public Library. The people who sat before me had varied tastes and interests.</p>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/757616341http://www.aabhowell.com/post/757616341Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:27:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4itxwc1up1qz5hl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/731372747http://www.aabhowell.com/post/731372747Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:39:40 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4604f6rwp1qz5hl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/708234532http://www.aabhowell.com/post/708234532Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:24:20 -0400<a href="http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/migrant-mother/">The story behind Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother.</a>: <p>She happened upon the group of migrant workers, and only took five exposures. </p>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/704225593http://www.aabhowell.com/post/704225593Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:30:40 -0400<p>It’s a beautiful state, far prettier than I thought it would be. Even though I’m from Colorado, I’ve been living on the east coast for so long that whenever I travel out west I’m amazed by all the open space and the great big skies. Arizona did not disappoint.</p> <p> <img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3o1eoVURT1qz5hl3.jpg"/></p> <p>I’ve been to big western cities, and exploring the immense sprawl that is Phoenix was not high on my agenda. What I really wanted to see was the desert, and I logged 800 miles in three days on my rental car seeing all that I could. It was different than I expected, with a lot more trees spread among the cacti and sagebrush.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3o2cuSwrX1qz5hl3.jpg"/></p> <p>The weather was also a surprise. It was definitely hot, but not uncomfortably so. Prior to this trip, my only experience with extreme heat was either in Florida (a humid messy tropical climate) or Boston (surprisingly hot and muggy in the summer). Even with highs of nearly 110˚F, I was comfortable in my Levis and a T-shirt.</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3y709aGjA1qz5hl3.jpg"/></p> <p><a href="http://www.jwdesertridgeresort.com/">Our hotel</a> was exactly what I expected, a giant extravagant resort twenty miles away from Phoenix directly across the street from an enormous shopping center. The resort had three swimming pools, a lazy river, five restaurants, a Starbucks, its own shopping plaza, an 18-hole Nick Faldo/Arnold Palmer designed golf course, and a spa. It was ridiculous, and I never would have stayed there without someone else paying for it (in this case, my wife’s employer). The room was nice and comfortable though, and had a great patio where we would sit and enjoy the sunrise. </p> <p>Overall it was a great time. I loved the weather and the scenery, and the people I met were extremely polite and nice.</p>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/693459489http://www.aabhowell.com/post/693459489Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:42:13 -0400<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/us/politicsemail/10access.html">Efforts in Gulf to Limit Flow of Spill News</a>: <p>This is almost worse than the crisis itself.</p> <p><a href="http://jstn.cc/post/683459601">jstn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote>In a separate incident last week, a reporter and photographer from The Daily News of New York were told by a BP contractor they could not access a public beach on Grand Isle, La., one of the areas most heavily affected by the oil spill. The contractor summoned a local sheriff, who then told the reporter, Matthew Lysiak, that news media had to fill out paperwork and then be escorted by a BP official to get access to the beach.</blockquote> <p>This infuriates me. Who do you turn to when even the police are colluding with BP to censor what’s happening? Why does the Coast Guard/FAA command center building belong to BP, and why is BP answering the phone there? Even US Senators are having trouble gaining access; does the government really have any control at all?</p> </blockquote>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/684349538http://www.aabhowell.com/post/684349538Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:35:47 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3jxmuYu341qz5hl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/666991804http://www.aabhowell.com/post/666991804Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:23:22 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3eiiaspCi1qz5hl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Travelling to Phoenix.</p>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/657361874http://www.aabhowell.com/post/657361874Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:08:40 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l33cfc6bow1qz9leso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ilovemyleica.tumblr.com/post/638254808/ilovemyleica">ilovemyleica</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://everyatom.ca/">toddsmith</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/640856484http://www.aabhowell.com/post/640856484Fri, 28 May 2010 10:29:23 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2s9tvtwp91qz5hl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Six Point Bengali Tiger IPA, NY, 6.7%</p>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/619809913http://www.aabhowell.com/post/619809913Fri, 21 May 2010 14:53:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2munwDl5A1qz5hl3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.aabhowell.com/post/610926589http://www.aabhowell.com/post/610926589Tue, 18 May 2010 16:38:19 -0400