Just q quick shot while I am packing.
After taking a Gretzky Shot on the 11th of the data rack, I wanted to clean it up a little. Not change it dramatically but compensate for what I was able to accomplish in camera and in the room. I did not want to change it dramatically. I tweaked the horizon, the crop, the exposure, [more]

This image is straight out of the camera. I was on a job site and was taken by the wire dressing of the network patch racks. The symmetry is what caught my eye. I was not sure how well it would read as I had to hold the camera above my head due to the [more]

For this shot I wanted to make the treadmill look imposing and towering. I placed the flash off camera using a 25 foot cord on the floor and shot it upward. I then took the shot looking up. It is still straight out of camera, but I am not happy with it. It is too [more]
On Black Friday (the day after US Thanksgiving) weekend according to the Washington Post there was approximately US$52.4 Billion ($52,400,000,000) spent in the US. According to a CBS News Article that was an average of $399 per shopper. If each person was to give 1% to charity that would be US$524 Million ($524,000,000).

I think that people suck. I do not think that persons suck, just that people in general are very self centered and do not think of anyone but themselves. I know that this statement is odd coming back from a vacation, as typically that is when you think most people get more relaxed, and I did. It was also a chance for me to people watch and think about how people interact with each other. My friends don’t suck, it is people in general that suck. I do think the situation is curable – we just have to think about others and how we might impact them.
So I was chatting with Kyle (Dr. Nick) & Kim over some fine adult beverage and talking about one of Kyle’s blog posts. So I shared with him my three rules for life; and he said I had to write about them, so that is this entry. Some people have heard these rules before, but [more]
Both of my readers will know that I have mixed opinions about Microsoft. Sometimes I think that they are the evil empire and are the software equivalent of Atilla the Hun or Ghengis Khan; other times I have respect for what they have done in terms of technology and dealing with non homogenius computers running [more]
So I got a call from the blood bank last Friday asking if I could come in and donate. Really! Kind of surprising but after the phone screening I was told I could donate. So I made an appointment/reservation for 7 PM. Figured that would be a good time of day, relatively low wait. There [more]


