This photo was taken the day before my wedding on Nov. 10, 1989. My brother flew over from Germany (he was stationed in Mainz) and my Mom & Dad came to Boston for my wedding. My mom took this photo with a little point & shoot ASP camera in Faneuil Hall in Boston. It is my Dad’s favorite photo so when I was visiting earlier this year I sneaked into his office and scanned the photo. The print was 3.5″ by 5″ and not in the world’s best … Continue Reading…
Just upgraded to WordPress 2.7. This update required a database update but it all went smoothly. The admin interface is completely new. Seems reasonable to use so far.
Last night (12/01/2008) a triple conjunction of Venus, Jupiter and the crescent Moon occurred right at dusk. I was able to get a quick shot on the way out the door.
Shooting Conditions
Camera model: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Focal length: 100 mm
Exposure: 1/8 at f/4.6
Exposure mode: Manual
ISO speed: ISO 200
Metering mode: Spot
On a tripod.
The upgrade went smoothly last night during low activity hours. It always impresses me how sophisticated yet simple WordPress is to manage.
My sons, our dog Mia and I went GeoCaching for Cache GCGKTB. This cache was a 2 part multi-cache, meaning you first had to find the clue to get the coordinates to the actual cache. We could not find the coordinates at the original site but were successful at the alternative site. It took a little while to find it though!
Once we retrieved the N and W minutes, plugging them in to our Garmin 60CS was easy enough. Unfortunately, the day was very overcast and the Garmin had … Continue Reading…
As I mentioned in the last Shrugh post, we’ve been getting a lot of great feedback and doing some brainstorming on Shrugh. Last time I described how users respond to shrughs. This time, I have a demo that shows the simplified shrugh creation process. It also has a couple of new bells and whistles - like how Shrugh automatically finds other shrughs similar to yours based on words in your shrugh and description.
My goal is to have this idea implemented in the next week … Continue Reading…
My friend and UI guru Bob and I have been thinking about Shrugh. This collaboration has been really helpful and some good stuff has come out of it. As part of the initial discussion, I created a short demo on how a user responds to a shrugh that has been posted. You can see it here (and please leave feedback at the end). (This was, of course, created with balsamiq Mockups and my technique for making an … Continue Reading…
As I make progress on Shrugh, I plan to capture the experience as I go. Last week I gave a status update on the Shrugh concept demo and feedback I’ve received. I’m still getting feedback (a good thing) but I have enough already on the concept and usability (collected on this Google Form) that I am ready to start exploring implementation.
As I mentioned in the last status update, I had done some prototyping in both … Continue Reading…
First, I want to thank everyone for their feedback on Shrugh! The response has been great! I’ve been working on the demo (you may have seen several versions of it already) and now have a scripted demo that is reasonably complete. It shows how to create all 3 types of shrughs - Yes/No, List, and Pros & Cons. It also shows how you can tag and add notes to other Shrughie’s shrughs and follow Shrughies that you are interested in. Finally, the demo ends with … Continue Reading…
On Saturday evening my friend David called to ask if I wanted to go fly fishing on Sunday morning. He didn’t have to ask twice! After a short conversation and a follow-up email and phone call, we made plans to meet at 5:15am and head to the Swift River of central MA. We had fished the Swift a few times before and found it to be challenging. The water there is crystal clear and ice cold. There are large Rainbow and Brown trout … Continue Reading…
