Why didn’t anyone tell me…

Things I wish people would document, plus some original fiction. Weird, huh?

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Entries from March 2008

Digital bookshelf maintenance report

March 29th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re like me you read a lot of, “wow, that’d be neat” type of articles. Like on creating that Digital Bookshelf you’ve always been meaning to do. Or organizing your photos, or your parent’s photos, or writing that cool app you wish you had time for, or whatever it might be. I notice that [...]

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Tags: Bookshelf · House and Home · Projects

Progression over time = quality going up

March 29th, 2008 · No Comments

My mom is in town, which means I’m spending a good deal of time behind the camera for family related pics. I noticed a couple things about the images I took over the last two day-trips that people might find amusing.
1. I take a lot more pictures (by volume). More than I expected to take. [...]

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Tags: Photography

Currently reading

March 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Going back through the Jeeves books, and I seem to always pick the wrong order. I should find a list that gets them right so I can appreciate the reappearing characters.

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Tags: Photography

Return to Dark Castle – the Photography Killer

March 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Hi, I’m Dave, and I’m a Dark Castle Addict.
Sad but true, I’ve been spending what free moments I can steal from other duties trying to defeat Return to Dark Castle, which I’ve been waiting for since they started talking about it in what, 2000? And it’s quite good. But this means I’ve been slow [...]

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Tags: Entertainment

Am I really a stock photographer?

March 10th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m flattered to say (whether I should be or not) that I was accepted into the Photoshelter Collection, which is their premium stock collection from people mainly more able than me. I like my photographs, which those of you that know me well will understand, and I’m excited that maybe this will give me another [...]

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Tags: Photography

Currently reading

March 10th, 2008 · No Comments

This month I picked up Restless mainly on good reviews. I thought it was good, there was a definite spy vs. spy feeling to it. The premise is that a mother starts telling her daughter that she (mother) was a spy just before WWII, and tells her all about it. The daughter’s story is mainly [...]

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Tags: Books