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Feel The Burn

“Is not this a glorious time of year for your deep inward fires?” Henry David Thoreau November is a great month to stoke those internal fires.

Camera Minimalism

Camera Minimalism

Over the past thirty years, I still struggle in figuring out the ideal camera which will best suit my photographic needs. I want a camera to always be ready to shoot, but I can’t always bring along a DSLR or mirrorless camera because they are bulky. And who wants

WebLog

A scary thought occurred to me during a 3AM quick stop to the bathroom and back to bed: “Do I want to maintain or keep my 22 year-old website?” I woke up a few hour later and wondered if I dreamt this, but then realized this was an idea worth

The Majestic

If you’ve been reading along the past few years, you know I am into wall murals in a big way. I finally had a chance to fully appreciate one of the world’s largest augmented reality (AR) murals right here in Tulsa. Scan the nearby QR code and you

Mental Kaleidoscope

“There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations.” – Mark Twain

Sunday Reads

Reading a book on a Sunday allows you to travel and escape. It will get you to think and think more and to ponder and sometimes have an epiphany. It will cause you to want to finally create that plan, write that long over-due letter and go on that hike.

Publishing On The Go

Publishing On The Go

My website has being going for over twenty years. In that time, technology has transformed my life and the way I write has gone through some pretty major shifts. What was first typed into a frustratingly slow WordPress installation can now be published from a variety of apps with surprising

On Photography

There is no getting away from my love of photography and cameras. My favorite thing in the world is going somewhere, anywhere, and just wondering around pointing my lens at things. The simple act of doing so is like mediation to me, and nothing thing else comes close.

Photo Archive & Curation

Photo Archive & Curation

2023 is the year I finally go RAID (redundant array of independent disks). After that, a dedicated photo file server. Then organize images with tags, keywords, geotags, faces. Easily searchable. Convert to the Digital Negative format and use as backup One Lightroom catalog per yearly archive as backup. Make yearbook

Suggested Reading

Suggested Reading

I have a particular hatred of American politics and its ability to worm its way into everything. During the entire Trump administration, even tech blogs managed to sneak in some snark and commentary. No thanks. All media and social media were covering the poison of politics (still do) and then

RSS

Whether you are sick of social media, want to get away from endless notifications, or just want to read all your news all in one spot, an RSS reader can help. RSS stands for “really simple syndication.” It’s a protocol that allows an RSS reader to talk to your

Solvitur Ambulando

Constant reminder to myself about the benefits of walking/hiking- 1. Boosts mood 2. Sharpens my thinking 3. Increased energy 4. Become more fit 5. Increases creativity 6. Pumps blood & oxygen to the brain Walking is the most underrated tool to improve your physical, mental & emotional health and I’ve

Overorganized & Underused

Over-organizing is a great way to procrastinate. Am I doing something useful or am I avoiding something that is intellectually more difficult? I am not an archivist. But I want to curate my notes and articles. I am not making notes for legal documents. Just for me. For 99.99%

The Batcave- GC6NMCX

The Batcave- GC6NMCX

875′ into the storm drain leading underground from 41st & Detroit to the Arkansas river in Tulsa. We found the cache hidden high, stepped all over each other before finally grabbing a ladder and logged the find.

This Too Shall Pass

“If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass.” Fran Lebowitz

Light Reading

Not too many things can beat a free public library card paired with the Libby e-reader app. I’ve downloaded and read so many e-books from there this year that I’ve beaten my goal of twenty two books for 2022. I knocked out that goal by March and I

iPhoneography Tips

There are phases I go back and forth with in my photography such as mobile-only for awhile or a professional camera. This article will discuss my continuing fascination with iPhoneography and tips on how to make it better. 1. Clean the lens on your iPhone Our iPhones get stuffed inside

Mojo Island (GCA06T7)

With my friends joining me, I have claimed an island in the middle of the Arkansas river as my own and renamed it “Mojo Island.” After verifying GPS coordinates, I placed a container full of treasure and a log for those intrepid explorers who follow me. From the geocache description:

Solvitur Ambulando

“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.” — Søren Kierkegaard

Endurance

The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it. Ernest Hemingway

Reading Checklist

Creating a reading list. Mix in some fiction, non-fiction, classics and new authors. Set a goal. Start this Sunday.

Support

In the entire twenty years of this website’s existence, I have never monetized it. No ads, no gimmicks, nada. It has been self-sufficient this whole time. But, all of a sudden I find myself in a situation where rising costs of server hosts and email hosts may be too

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What’s in store for me in the direction I don’t take? Jack Kerouac

Hard Finish

The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it. Ernest Hemingway

Live Life Write

In order to write about life first you must live it. Ernest Hemingway