Photography is an Expensive Hobby
June 27, 2008
If you guys are wondering what you’d like to get me for my next birthday, think “photography.” Until about two months ago, I had no idea this stuff was so expensive. I thought that once I had bought a nice camera, I was set. Boy, was I wrong.
Turns out that the camera body (camera minus the lens) is just the beginning. Now that understand a few things, I want a better flash ($), a nice lens or two ($$), and maybe one day the ability to use a flash off-camera ($$$). Oh, and I’ll need a way to carry all of this stuff around so I’ll need a good camera bag (which I just got, and love). Photography is expensive.
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Baby Announcement Cookies
June 25, 2008
Last week, I decided to let everyone at work in on the big surprise. So Kennye and I called the local bakery and ordered two dozen cookies shaped like a Onesie; one dozen was blue and the other pink.
We picked up the cookies the day before heading to our scheduled doctor’s appointment last Friday morning. After seeing the doctor, (and skipping our Puffy Muffin ritual) I hit I-65 and headed towards work.
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Due Date December 26
June 24, 2008
As you’ve probably heard, little Holt’s due date is December 26. Now, we all know about the great thing that happened on December 25, but what about the day after? I thought it would be interesting to look up some of the big occurrences of our due date. Here’s what I found:
Chinese Calendar Predicts the Gender of Your Baby?
June 21, 2008
My mom mentioned recently that she looked up this Chinese calendar that supposedly can predict if you’re going to have a boy or a girl. Well, I just did a search on my own to see what it was all about. Kennye and I sat here and used the calendar for as many examples as we could think of to see how accurate it was. Surprisingly, it was correct for all of the examples we came up with (and were reasonably sure about the details).
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Madelyn’s Dance Recital 2008
June 19, 2008
Last Sunday afternoon, my little niece, Madelyn, had a dance recital in Nashville. Even though I was told that cameras were not allowed, I brought my new XTi to snap some pics. Now, I must warn you, I’m just beginning to understand how to properly use this thing, and it was pitch black in there… and I was nearly all the way at the back of the auditorium. So if you see a little blur here and there, those are my excuses.
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Firefox 3 Will be Released Today
June 17, 2008
Just a quick heads-up… The latest version of Firefox, my most favorite web browser in the world, will be released today at around noon. It just so happens that I’ve written a post on GeekInspired.com for you guys to learn more about it.
So why should you kick Internet Explorer to the curb? Here’s a brief list of reasons:
- Firefox adheres more closely to web standards. This means web pages are displayed the way they were intended more consistently.
- Firefox allows tabbed browsing. You can keep several web pages open within one Firefox window. IE 7 attempts this, but somehow finds a way to make it annoying.
- Firefox is free.
A Quick Note About Comments
June 16, 2008
I just wanted to take a quick moment to thank you guys for leaving a few comments. You’re catching on! There’s just one little favor I’d ask of you.
The way the comments work on this site is that they are kept separate from other posts. That is, comments left about the latest ultrasound will appear on that post, and comments left on the other posts likewise. This way the comments on each post will be relative, and everyone else will even be able to comment on your comments.
Kennye was afraid that I would hurt someone’s feelings by pointing this out… and I certainly hope not. I encourage you to leave all the comments you want! Go ahead… practice a little on this page if you feel like it.
Geek Inspired - Your Computer and Photography Tutor
June 14, 2008
My buddy Bo Boswell and I have started to collectively work on a site, GeekInspired.com. We’ve had a lot of fun writing help articles for various things, mostly the things we know the most about: computers and photography. So far I’ve been heavy on the computer how-to stuff, and since Bo is fast up-and-coming photographer, he’s been focusing on the digital photography world.
We’ve only been at it for a few months, but things are going well so far. Both Bo and I have been mentioned on a couple of other sites and the traffic has been decent enough. We can only hope that this trend will continue! So if you have any computer or photography related questions, we hope you’ll check it out. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, please send us an email. We’re always looking for things to write about.
Link to GeekInspired.com Computer and Photography Articles
Today’s Ultrasound
June 5, 2008
Today we had another ultrasound at Dr. Burch’s office. We we’re able to see the tiny heart pumping and just how much the little guy has developed so far. You can see the head (on the right) and body in addition to the little arms and legs that are poking out its sides. After another week or so, the baby will be able to curl its fingers and toes and kick around (though, it will be a couple of months before Kennye will be able to feel any of that).
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The Sheltering Sky - by Paul Bowles
June 4, 2008
I recently finished reading The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles. I had bought it with the intension of reading it during a long weekend in Destin, FL a few weeks ago. However, I ended up spending all of my vacation reading a different book by C.S. Lewis (which I will likely write about later).
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