Caesar’s ceiling
Date taken: August 17, 2008 A statue beneath an art-filled ceiling in Caesar's Palace.
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Caesar’s horse
Date taken: August 17, 2008 A horse in an entire scene at Caesar's Palace.
Flying over Las Vegas
Date taken: August 17, 2008 A 757, as the bird flies, over Las Vegas, Nevada. I took this, and a few other photos of this plane landing, from the top of the…
Hey TechCrunch! Put Viddler on your radar. Please?
There is no way to say this without sounding like a complainer, so I'm just going to say it and, well, sound like a complainer. And maybe I am so I'll just…
“I ♥ NetNewsWire (on the iPhone)” – Justin Blanton
Justin Blanton weighs in on the NetNewsWire iPhone application: "Since installing the app, I find myself reading news a lot more in bed, before I get up in the morning. I roll…
Reflective death
Date taken: August 23, 2008 Trees dying in a swamp.
Sailfish, on the hunt
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Often extremely elusive even to the most skillful seamen, the sailfish seems to hunt in large packs around sardines. This photoset from National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen is stunning….
Bellagio balloons
Date taken: August 17th, 2008 Balloons in a foyer at the Bellagio Hotel.
Bellagio fountains
Date taken: August 17th, 2008 Impressive. Most impressive. A display set to music.
Caesar’s ladies
Date taken: August 17th, 2008 A few of Caesar's ladies. Caesar's Palace.
Ceramic art
Date taken: August 17t, 2008 A huge ceramic vase in a hallway in the Bellagio Hotel.
Eiffel from the Bellagio
Date taken: August 17, 2008 The Eiffel Tower replica at Paris Las Vegas from the Bellagio.
Going beyond Automatic
Michael Mistretta, easily the youngest author whose blog I'm subscribed to, recently took a trip to Zambia. In "Going Beyond Automatic: Photography in Africa" he gives the broad strokes of what the…
SOLD OUT! Daring Fireball’s RSS Feed Sponsorship
I've been a member of John Gruber's Daring Fireball since, and perhaps John can correct me if I'm wrong, nearly the first day he made the membership available. I've been a reader…
Viva la New Media Expo!
Some blogger I am, I didn't even mention that I was going to go to the New Media Expo in Las Vegas. Well, I did. And it was great. And you should…
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – A Graphic Novel
Funny how just last night, lying in bed, Eliza and I were discussing this movie. Today, after going through my feed reader ((Which I'm so far behind on it isn't even funny.))…
Brand New: Opinions on Corporate and Brand Identity work
I've been trying to remember where I first heard about Brand New, a blog by Under Consideration, because I wanted to give appropriate credit. But alas, I can not. Brand New is…
The new Kyle Slattery.com
My friend and Viddler team member Kyle Slattery recently relaunched his Web site. He explains his thoughts on the design and development in this post, which got me to thinking. Having your…
Completely torn over mobile photos
The above photo was posted to Flickr from my iPhone a few minutes ago. I wanted to show off, in all its glory, the new desktop picture I'm using on both my…
Chewing on bits, bites, and full on meals
Some prefer to eat three times a day. Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. It seems that lately people in my country seem to skip the first meal, generally eat the second meal on-the-run or…
Flowers and clouds
While on my run. The clouds over the past few days seem to be much fluffier and far larger than I've seen in a long time.
Search Google Docs and Bookmarks with Spotlight using Precipitate
Even though I don't like Spotlight's window in Leopard as much as I did the one in Tiger, I still use Spotlight extensively to launch applications, find files and directories, and search…
Get a Brightkite sticker, Viddler Tshirt and sticker!
Brightkite, in their infinite generosity, sent me a few stickers that I could give away here on my site. When I got them in the mail yesterday I immediately began to think…
Brian Dawkins
Wolverine himself. I'm not a fan of the Eagles (I'm a Steelers fan), but I am a fan of Brian Dawkins.
Brightkite’s smart \”profile not found\” pages
For the unaware, a 404 page is a page you typically see when the page you're trying to reach simply does not exist. In geek speak, 404 literally means "Page Not Found"….
iPhone camera oddity
Not sure exactly what caused this, but a quick snap of my wine glass with my iPhone and this is what happened. Somehow, I found it fitting with my current state when…
Seneca Harbor Wine Center
Taken July 18, 2008 – The windows at the Seneca Harbor Wine Center.
The way Brightkite fits
A few months ago I was invited to join Brightkite. At the time I wasn't too keen on giving up my exact location all the time, nor did I want to switch…
A new perspective on billboards
There are examples of well and poorly designed billboards all over highways and high-traffic roads in the United States and other countries. However, Branislav Kropilak has a slightly different perspective on billboards…
Lights reflected in water
Date taken: July 18, 2008 Lights reflecting in the harbor waters.