Lenoir Turnpike
Date taken: November 10, 2007 An intersection in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Muddy maze
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Date taken: October 20, 2007 As I recall, this was an understatement.
Pumpkin patch
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Date taken: October 20, 2007 A pretty well picked patch of large pumpkins.
Learning how to respond to downtime
If you run a web service, I want you to take a moment to learn from the recent response by 37signals regarding their 2hours of downtime they had the other day. Here…
Going mobile with my iPhone photos
Flickr is in a short list of my most-frequented, and favorite, web applications. That being said, once I setup my Photos section I began to only use my Flickr account to comment…
Llewelyn Moss
Date taken: September 2, 2007 This moss was pwning the sedimentary rock.
Predicting the weather is no easy task
While poking around my local news station's web site this afternoon to see how much snow we'd be getting, and when it would fall, I managed to find a thoughtful nugget left…
Safe passage
Date taken: January 11, 2008 A passage between 50-something and 50-something streets in New York City.
Pusher
Date taken: January 11, 2008 This Coca-Cola delivery man was working hard in New York City.
The Photos index gets a new look
When I launched the Photos section of this site in September 2007 (wow, time flies) I had said that I wanted to spruce up the index page once I thought I had…
Our fourth season premier LOST invitations
By now anyone that we've invited to watch the season premier of LOST with us this year has gotten their invitations in the mail. So it should be safe to write this…
From the stairs
Date taken: January 5, 2008 A view down the Ben Franklin Pky. from the stairs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Tharrrr be ads on this herrrre site!
So I couldn't come up with an exciting way to tell you that I'm testing out Google Adsense on my blog for the months of January and February. Sue me. So here…
A real beer
Date taken: November 3, 2007 Anything with the word "light" or "lite" need not apply.
Cow go moo
Date taken: November 3, 2007 The camera shutter inspired a sudden movement with each photo. Moo.
A fan’s view
Date taken: November 26, 2007 A foggy view of the field. (unknown subject)
A leisurely stroll
Date taken: November 26, 2007 Not a care in the world.
Downtown Pittsburgh at night
Date taken: November 26, 2007 Walking through the wet streets.
Huddle up
Date taken: November 26, 2007 Big Ben directing traffic. They needed, and got, a first down.
So, I posted some photos from Pittsburgh after all
At the end of November I said none of my photos from Pittsburgh were "worthy of publishing" to my photolog. Well, I decided to just not care so much and publish them…
Straight down
Date taken: November 26, 2007 Riding up to Mt. Washington.
McHollywood
Date taken: December 1, 2007 McDonald's – Hollywood style.
You, in the back
Date taken: December 1, 2007 E.T. phones home. Maybe he didn't like the movie.
We’re bringing TUG.n back
I enjoy writing. I don't think I'm particularly great at it but I enjoy it nonetheless. When asked what I'd do if I wasn't doing what I am doing now – I'll…
I’ve deleted my MySpace, Facebook, and LinkedIn accounts
In January of this year I signed up to MySpace and I've logged in about a half-dozen times since to check messages, reply to comments, and upload a few profile photos. Shortly…
Ben Franklin Pky.
Date taken: September 7, 2007 A view from 20 floors above the Ben Franklin Parkway and Cherry St. intersection in Philadelphia.
Shooting Danny
Date taken: December 1, 2007 Dan, shooting some of these photos. Taken with iPhone.
Should I block Google Images search?
Lately, and especially since I launched the photos section of this site, I've been getting a lot of traffic from Google Images search. At first I thought it kind of neat that…
Hollywood Chopper
Date taken: December 1, 2007 They have a better view than I did.
When good photos go bad
Have you ever taken any photos that looked good in the viewfinder, or on your digital camera's LCD screen, but when you saw them full sized ended up being rather bad? Or,…