The Bulletin goes warm and fuzzy

The big news in Bend today (according to The Bulletin) was about a wallaby who had gone missing and was found after a five day Juniper Berry Bender (or maybe he was caught up at the west side Rigoberto’s hop thru). Mind you this is no ordinary wallaby – it’s a...

Bowl for Kid’s Sake

Just wrapped up a project for our local Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization. A worthy cause for sure. Dad took the kids bowling over at Sun Mountain Fun Center a couple of weeks ago – which was a great opportunity to set up an impromptu photo shoot. The...

Computers vs. Brains

Check out the Computers vs. Brains article by Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang for nytimes.com. The notion of having wired counterparts around to either help us with our daily lives or take over the world and enslave us has long been a cornerstone of Sci Fi lore.  The fact...

Frak it

The last episode of Battlestar Galactica will air tonight – truly an epic TV moment – would love to see the viewership stats for this night on the SciFi Channel. This series is/was truly a merging of many many elements. From great character development,...

Prehistoric Product Placement

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/eYvOgnabABU&hl=en&fs=1] Ah, Fred, Barney – and Winston. Who knew? As a kid, I watched the Flintstones – what I left with was foot powered cars, dinosaurs for pets, and miniature martians who granted wishes –...

Public Real Estate Notice

I saw one of the Real Estate sections disappear this past Saturday from our local daily The Bulletin. The advent of less advertisers no doubt. It appears that the former Real Estate section was replaced with a Public Notice section – featuring mostly...

No longer two hands old

Max is eleven – the years have outpaced his digits and now it’s time for the toes to contribute. Ten fingers and a toe old. It’s cool to see him grow up for sure. Today I showed him how to back our Pathfinder out of the garage – which he was getting ready...

Mari Lassa Handbags

Now available on a browser near you – MariLassa.com – Anne Scott’s website for her one-of-a-kind handmade leather handbags. A fun project indeed. After our initial meetings and planning, one of the first tasks on the list was to assemble a library of her...

snowPHOTOboardSHOP

Been kinda busy over the past few weeks since the 2009 Bend Winterfest, but had time to kill in Photoshop and put together some images from the Rail Jam. Mostly messing around with different techniques in layers really. There are sooooo many ways to layer images while...