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Breaking the Mold: High-Resolution Featured Photos
My GPS Camera Phone | July 19th 2008 by Pete
I said I wouldn’t do it. But here I am, doing it. Recent activity in the Second Shotz group on Flickr, combined with the awesomeness of my Sony H3 and the abundance of high-res photos on my hard drive has pushed me over the edge into non-camera read more
Blog Update Tips via Other People’s Reviews
My GPS Camera Phone | July 12th 2008 by Pete
Thanks to Dan’s blog review by Michael Kwan at Beyond the Rhetoric, I’ve picked up some tips on cleaning out the dead wood. Nothing major, but little things that make a difference. First off, I’ve moved the RSS feed subscription lin read more
Kid’s-Eye View: Photos from a Different Level
My GPS Camera Phone | June 28th 2008 by Pete
My children went through Montessori school, which is pretty much a free-form environment for kids to play with lots of educational materials in the form of books, music, art and other fun kid stuff. We were lucky enough to find and be admitted to Flo read more
Second Shotz Group on Flickr is Rockin’
My GPS Camera Phone | June 22nd 2008 by Pete
In an effort to learn the inner workings of Photoshop, I joined a new Flickr group called Second Shotz. It’s a group run by two great photographers, Chica from Photo Projectz and Drew from The BenSpark. Some members are new to Photoshop, others read more
How to Be Awesome on Surgery Day
My GPS Camera Phone | June 10th 2008 by Pete
Thursday, June 5th, was surgery day for me. It was a microdiscectomy to relieve sciatic nerve pain in my left leg. Not really a big procedure, but it required anesthesia, a breathing tube and lots of needles. As I waited in the pre-op area, thoughts read more
How to Make a (Good) Duotone Image
My GPS Camera Phone | June 2nd 2008 by Pete
Yes, I’ve been away for a bit. Thanks to Dan for checking on my status, which kind of made me feel a little like Abe Vigoda. In case you were wondering, he’s still alive. Anyway, I’ve been running around like crazy trying to tie up read more
Tragedy in Wonderland
My GPS Camera Phone | May 22nd 2008 by Pete
A few days ago, a terrible crime occurred on a different part of this trail. A 36-year-old woman was brutally beaten and then raped while on her morning jog around 6:30 am. The crime occurred in an affluent neighborhood with a normally low crime rat read more
Dog and Bunny Show
My GPS Camera Phone | May 11th 2008 by Pete
This has nothing to do with the topic of this site. However, due to the extreme strangeness, I have to share it. Long story short: We have two female dogs and one male bunny. The bunny has a crush on the bigger female dog. Weirdness is the result. We read more
Swing Low
My GPS Camera Phone | May 3rd 2008 by Pete
Just enjoying a lazy Saturday of coffee, clear skies and kids on the swings. And file recovery. In retrospect of how the Powerbook has been behaving, it seems that the hard drive is failing. I’m slowly recovering files and hope to get it all by read more
Stick with Me and I’ll Make You Famous
My GPS Camera Phone | April 29th 2008 by Pete
Do you have a camera phone? Do you have what it takes to be a guest poster on this blog? Are you ready to extent your online visibility to at least 10 more people? If you answered “yes!” to all of the questions above, then you’re r read more
Totally Awesome Link Roundup
My GPS Camera Phone | April 23rd 2008 by Pete
In the last few months, especially the last few weeks, I’ve found some new sites and re-discovered some old ones. Some deserve props because they rock, others because they rock harder. Either way, it’s time for some well-deserved (and lon read more
How to Get More Blog Traffic via Wordless Wednesday
My GPS Camera Phone | April 16th 2008 by Pete
After a stellar showing yesterday for my 18th Wordless Wednesday, I decided that it was time to show some love to a community that has made Hump Day so much more meaningful. Since you’ve been so good to me, dear readers, here are my “secr read more
It’s All Just a Blur
My GPS Camera Phone | April 14th 2008 by Pete
The past 12 days have been exactly what you see here. Me passed out on University Avenue, watching cars pass by. OK, maybe not, but it certainly felt like time flew by. My kids were out of school on Spring break and away for the entire time. My wife read more
Another Coat of Paint
My GPS Camera Phone | April 8th 2008 by Pete
OK, so I tried to use the Mimbo theme, but it wasn’t working out. Too much in the way of custom fields and the sidebar wasn’t making the most of the limited real estate. Hence, this updated theme. There’s a few things missing and th read more
Blitzkrieg Friday #1: Bologna and Lolcats - What else do you need…
My GPS Camera Phone | February 15th 2008 by Pete
Bologna for Sale = Lolcats Breeding Ground Dan recently posted a wonderful collection of strange eBay auctions. One that caught my eye was the "SMILEY FACE ON THE BOLOGNA" auction. As the description states: I WAS FRYING IT IN THE PAN AND FLIPPE read more
Two Great Ways to Start Off the New Year
My GPS Camera Phone | January 8th 2008 by Pete
It’s not even halfway through January and I’m lucky enough to be recognized by two fellow bloggers, Susanne and Shiera. A few days ago, Susanne recognized me, along with three others, as one of her inspirations in 2007, which is pretty am read more
A New Year, A New Look
My GPS Camera Phone | December 30th 2007 by Pete
Ah, the smell of a new blog design. In an attempt to package many ideas that have been brewing, I decided to go with Mimbo, a theme recommended to me by Opal about two months ago. It’s a magazine-style layout that offers up a lot of space for b read more
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