Entries from October 2007

Halloween Links

Post 1

I wanted to serve up a few choice links today to celebrate Halloween and my return to normal blogging.
First, I have been a longtime admirer of Jason Santa Maria, designer extraordinaire and member of Happy Cog. He switches to a new, scary blog theme every October. He recently defeated Brian Taylor in a horror-themed match [...]


Shadrach: Northwest Mixed Regionals, Bracket Games

Post 2

Well, I need to finish this post series so that I can move on with the blog and talk about the rest of my life. Also, with the UPA club championships having come and gone, my Regional thoughts are mostly irrelevant especially in contrast with the Amazing Open Finals story and photographs available elsewhere.

I will [...]


Seesmic Post: Morning Monster Doodle

Post 3

Wait for the "animation" at the end. Want to eat Seesmic Om Nom Nom Nom.


Interlude: New Lei-Out Beach Ultimate Design

Post 4

Check out the new design I finished tonight for Lei-Out Beach Ultimate.

Yes, yes, I know the rest of Regionals must be discussed but right now my need to sleep is a bit greater. Goodnight.


Shadrach: Northwest Mixed Regionals, Pool Play

Post 5

I will not write any other blog post until I have recorded my thoughts on Northwest Mixed Regionals. Still, with these weeks having passed, I cannot remember specific details as well but will instead record general impressions and recollections.
We started the gray, rainy day with Mischief, the defending club mixed champions. Their play, at least [...]


Nikon AF 50mm f/1.8D: The Little Lens That Could…

Post 6

...almost, nearly, survive a swim in Icicle Creek in Leavenworth. Nice work, Drew. This year has not been a good one for my camera lenses. I was extremely happy to have my grandfather's old Tamron 28mm prime as backup lens on the weekend trip.
After so many bloggers and photographers mentioned their love of affordable 50mm [...]


Seesmic Review and Preview

Post 7

My dear friend Whit is working as a video editor for Seesmic, a startup by Loic Le Meur. Seesmic is a web application to provide a simple and fun interface to share and communicate with video content. The service follows the Twitter model of breaking barriers to content submission---the real hook is a Flash interface [...]