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Until Next Time...

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Until Next Time...

After twenty-two years of owning and maintaining a website presence it is time to hang it up for now. There are a multitude of reasons behind this decision but I’ll keep most of them to myself. And yet after all this time it feels like I owe people an

Digital Essentialism

Digital Essentialism

How is your digital life? Feeling overwhelmed by all the clutter in your inbox, hard drive and cloud service? I know I was. Though I consider myself to be an essentialist, there does come a time when I get lazy and the discipline slides. Clutter, digital or otherwise, can get

On Friendship

Like the Greek philosopher Aristotle says about friendship: 1. There is the one friend who you can hang out with. 2. The one you call friend because you want that person to do something for you. 3. The friend who helps you become the best you can be. Number 3

Sparring Partners

Sparring Partners

Most of us need fewer friends and more intellectual sparring partners. Friends can be easy to come by. Intellectual sparring partners are harder to find. They will call you on your BS, question your assumptions, and push you to think bigger. Find your intellectual sparring partner and hold on to

A Trivial Paradox

A Trivial Paradox

Thanks to A Gentleman's Take to have me on their show as a return guest. Always a pleasure, gents. If you missed my first episode, you can find it here.

Like & Subscribe

Like & Subscribe

As a follow up to my post last year on the state of my digital subscriptions, it's time to review and re-think what I am paying for. I am always looking for the best software for my workflow so I am constantly tweaking. Now, a lot of this is me

8 Exposures

I was cleaning out some boxes in my storage area and came across a Polaroid camera and an unopened 2-pack box of Polaroid instant film. Better use it before I toss it and so I did another photo walk today. Only used 1 box so only 8 more frames after

36 Exposures

Woke up this morning for a photo walk around SoBo before the heat kicked in and grabbed 36 exposures. Felt good to get out and shoot something for myself. It's been too long. Now I am waiting on the prints to be developed. Click the link below if you are

2023: Chapter 4

2023: Chapter 4

Happy 5/5 day! It is May 5, 2023- time to start the fourth chapter for the new year's resolutions. In the past 10 years or so, I have attempted a variation of resolution themes in an attempt to hold myself accountable, and all of them have had limited success.

iPhone vs Camera

iPhone vs Camera

The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of ditching all but one of my cameras and just use the camera built in to my iPhone. Why? An iPhone can untether the photographer because you have a full stack setup of a camera, a digital darkroom

VSCO > Adobe

I toggle on/off the urge to use Adobe Lightoom as a catalog library and photo editor for the past 16 years. I paid one price for it back in 2007 and then they went to a subscription-based plan a couple of years back. I moaned, groaned but eventualy relented

ART::ificial

In lieu of having enough time to go out and photograph something (anything!), I've been generating synthographs. Synthography is a method of generating digital media synthetically using machine learning. This is distinct from other graphic creation and editing methods in that synthography uses artifical intelligence text-to-image modeling to generate synthetic

More Reading Hacks

More Reading Hacks

One of the biggest mistakes readers make is assuming that all books should be read from the first page to the last page in an unbroken sequence. For non-fiction books, learning is non-linear. Non-fiction books are for thinking, not reading, and context is king. Break out the highlighter and pen

Synthography

The new all-in-one website/mood board I built dedicated to my generative AI art creation and curation.

I've Lost My Photo Mojo

I've Lost My Photo Mojo

Once upon a time, there was a camera in my hand every weekend off to explore and shoot. The camera was my passport and I went everywhere with it, including dangerous places I wasn't "supposed" to go. I've noticed in the past year, however, that I just can't be bothered.

Analog + Digital

Analog + Digital

When you buy a new vinyl record nowadays, it comes with a code to download the MP3 digital version too. Why can't we get a free e-book version when you buy a paper book?

Philosophical Intelligence

Philosophical Intelligence

Anyone wishing to explore artificial intelligence first needs to study philosophy. Eastern works such as Tau, western works such as the meditations of Marcus Aurelius, the Bible, and other modern day thinkers. To understand and explore artificial intelligence, we have to explore the implications or consequences for this understanding and

2023: Chapter 3

2023: Chapter 3

Happy 4/4 day! It is April 4, 2023- time to start the second chapter for the new year's resolutions. In the past 10 years or so, I have attempted a variation of resolution themes in an attempt to hold myself accountable, and all of them have had limited success.

Wallpaper Downloads

Wallpaper Downloads

I've had the opportunity to make a few backgrounds for the iDevices and wanted to share them at no cost if you are interested. Good for any device. Just click here to download and save to your screens. Let me know what you think and maybe even send a screenshot

Precession of the Equinox Circles

Precession of the Equinox Circles

The Hoover Dam hides an intriguing secret connecting sky to ground and past to present, using a similar “as above, so below” system of measuring time displayed at the Giza Pyramid of Egypt. Located on the Nevada side of the Hoover Dam is an monument dedicated to over 100 workers

Authentic Intelligence

Authentic Intelligence

I’d like to put it out there to the World Wide Web right now- if I ever use artificial intelligence to write this website for me, I'll shut it down first. But, until the damn thing grows arms, breasts and sentience, I’m in charge, so we’ll do

Stolen Moments

A camera offers gentle reminders to slow down and enjoy life’s simple moments as they happen. After a while you start to notice the little things, something I would’ve overlooked had I not taken up photography.

I Am An Imbecile

I Am An Imbecile

“Photography is a marvelous discovery, a science that has attracted the greatest intellects, and art that excites the most astute minds—and one that can be practiced by any imbecile.” — Nadar (1910)