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It’s been far too long but I’ve started to shoot again. I purchased a Nikon D300 this year and have been assisting my friend, fantastic wedding photographer, Lisa Webb.
We are shooting a friend of mine’s wedding in May and earlier this month we got together to do an engagement session.
Here’s a couple of my favorite images that I shot:
See more from the shoot over at Lisa Webb Photography.
I picked up Tim Ferriss’ recently updated book, The 4-Hour Workweek and it is completely changing the way I run my WordPress design business day-to-day. No, I’m not cutting everything back so I can actually work only four hours per week, but by implementing a few of Tim’s suggestions I am doing a much better job at maximizing my time.
Many people know that Tim suggests outsourcing your email in order to allow you to focus on the important tasks. As I’m in a service-orientated business, that’s not exactly a viable option. I can see how it could be done but I don’t see myself eliminating it as he suggests.
Here is a short article I wrote for Dig Magazine, CSULB’s monthly publication. My day-by-day travelogue is still in th works and will be posted soon. This article is really too short to do my trip justice but please enjoy it anyway!
“Where is all the sand?” I thought to myself when I landed at Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca, Morocco. It turns out that much of Morocco is actually very dense with forests and vegetation. The Mediterranean climate is much more comfortable than one would imagine when contemplating a visit to North Africa.
“Bienvenue en Maroc! Welcome in Maroc!” I frequently heard while walking down busy streets. Not knowing whether I was French, English, or American, they were sure to cover their bases and make sure I understood that I was welcome in their country.
Sunday was an eventful day in the world of Sports but the talk around the water cooler the next morning wasn’t about the Pittsburgh Steelers or the Seattle Seahawks victories that are sending them to the Superbowl. Instead, even the most casual sports fans wanted to talk about Kobe Bryant’s record setting game that was easily overshadowed by the two NFL playoff games.
Kobe scored 81 points Sunday in the Lakers 122-104 victory over the Toronto Raptors—the closest anybody has come to Wilt Chamberlain’s record of 100 set nearly 44 years ago in a season when the team average was 111 points per game.
The question on many people’s minds is, “Can he beat 100?”
Apple has been nice enough to allow users to purchase their $29 version of Quicktime Pro that will convert any video readable by Quicktime into a compatible H.264 format for new video enabled iPods. Unfortunately this does not produce quality video in a timely manner for most users. It works decently for creating video to be viewed on the iPod screen, but many users are purchasing the new product in order to view video on TV’s. If this is the case, Quicktime Pro’s H.264 conversion is not only painfully slow, but the quality is not very good due to the video being scaled down to 320×240 or below.
For converting a DVD to the iPod I recommend using MacTheRipper (MTR) and HandBrake. MTR is not required, as HandBrake can convert the video directly from most DVD’s, but I’m paranoid and feel that this puts too much strain on my DVD drive. I prefer to use MTR to first copy the contents of a DVD onto my hard drive, and then let HandBrake takeover.
I submitted my previous entry about stuck pixels to Digg and to my surprise it made the frontpage within the hour.
Digg is a pseudo-tech news site that allows users to submit stories. The digg community choses which stories make the front page, not an editor. It’s a great site with lots of interesting, amusing, and entertaining content. I’ve added a list to the right side of this site that displays the articles I’ve found interesting and ‘dugg’.
In 2005 I found a red stuck pixel on the LCD screen of Apple PowerBook. Severely disappointed I looked for an easy method to fix the dead or stuck pixel on the LCD screen.
After lots of researching the tips I read online I was unable to repair the stuck pixel. Some are easier than others, but many take a lot of time and work. After a couple of months I came up with a great solution.
A rudimentary version of the solution has been available here on my blog for several years with over 300,000 downloads, countless thank you comments and emails, and quite a few support emails. I was unfortunately unable to provide all the support for free and had a realization: This is a great product that helps a lot of people fix their dead or stuck pixels on their LCD monitor.
I decided to revamp it from the ground up. The video was re-created from scratch for today’s HD monitors. I also created a PDF guide to walk you through, step-by-step how to fix dead or stuck pixels on your LCD monitor. All methods are included: the quick and easy approach or the slightly more involved, but simple as pie method for more stubborn dead or stuck pixels.
The program has it’s own website and is available now for only $9.95. There’s a full money-back guarantee because I am so confident this will work great for you to fix your dead or stuck pixels on your LCD screen.
fixdeadpixel.com
If you need to fix a dead or stuck pixel on your LCD screen, monitor, or TV, you owe it to yourself to check this out. Your LCD screen will be as good as new in no time. And if not? Just let me know and you’ll get a full refund! What’s to lose?
Just a few dead or stuck pixels =)
I recorded the Sundance Channel’s Anatomy Of A Scene for Garden State and encoded it for your viewing pleasure. Requires Quicktime 6.5.
This scene doesn’t really spoil the movie, but I am glad I saw it after I watched the movie. Watch at your own discretion.
Please right click and save the file to your computer.
Anatomy Of A Scene Garden State – LOW – 18.1mb
Anatomy Of A Scene Garden State – HIGH – 50.9mb
Comment if you can mirror these files because I know my bandwidth is about to skyrocket!
I filmed some good body boarding footage at the Wedge yesterday and made this video last night. It’s MPEG 1, VCD Quality. 47mb, so it’s a bit of a download but I think it’s worth it! Music by Amber Sky.
Too bed I go. It’s way too late and I’m getting up in 4 hours to go ride some waves at the Wedge tomorrow.
Update: I fractured my neck and nearly died.