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Archive for December, 2006

  • A win for 9rules

    My friend and colleague, Joe Lencioni of Shifting Pixel fame, just recently worked his way into the 9rules network of noteworthy blogs. If you haven’t already used the ever-present link on the right to visit Joe’s photoblog, I encourage you to do so. He’s an extremely talented photographer and artist, and his blog features the […]

  • Best calendar getting better

    The hunt begins
    About this time last year, I began the hunt for a very elusive prey–the perfect online calendar. Weeks of fruitless Google searching returned the usual suspects, MSN and Yahoo, and a handful of raw, plucky newcomers. I was fairly intrigued with Kiko, Planzo, and CalendarHub, and I alloted them each a few days […]

  • Best. In-laws. Ever.

    Shanon’s mom and stepdad approached my Wii dilemma with the kind of ferocity usually reserved for describing rabid raccoons. Now that I’m well into my second day of Nintendo-induced euphoria, I’m super-duper thankful that they don’t take “no” for an answer.
    How could I possibly repay such kindness? A crappy blog post and a check for […]

  • My kingdom for a viewfinder

    Most everyone I acquaint with knows that I’ve been taking some photos with vintage film cameras. The people that I talk to often also realize that my favorite is the Argus C3. I paid 20 bucks for the Argus, and another 20 for a telephoto lens. My dilemma now is that I’ve been searching high […]

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