Finally! Pictures from my second trip to the new California Academy of Science begin now. Here's the first, a fishy face.
Tomorrow: tell the little ones they're "playing."
Check out this little ad. It's not a service I know anything about, but my dad plays the pharmacist in their ad, which I think is pretty cool. :D
Accidental wordplay?
So I've taken very few photos since October, pretty much only taking the camera out for family events or board games strewn about on the street. I wasn't sure why this was. Yesterday, while catching up with a friend, I think I figured it out: I carry my camera in a much less convenient bag now.
In the past, I used small, flip-open bags. They didn't have much padding, but I'm pretty careful with my stuff so that didn't matter. My little olive green Domke bag, which has been confused with a purse by more than a couple people, is the most convenient camera bag in the world, it just limits what else one can carry with it. I used my larger Crumpler laptop/messenger bag for many years, since it provided ample room for the stuff I wanted to keep with me, but it was too limiting for longer trips. I have a Lowepro dedicated camera backpack, but it ONLY carries camera stuff. There's no room for anything else, the way it's laid out.
In October, a friend gave me a new Tamrac backpack for my birthday. The thing is fantastic: lots of room for camera stuff in the bottom 3/5ths, and the top is a big space for lots of other stuff. What I'm realizing now is that the less-convenient storage method of having to unzip a tight, water-resistant zipper makes me less likely to pull out my camera compared to lifting up a flap of fabric.
This will not do. I will have to come up with a solution.
Forgot to mention, this is the last pic before the California Academy of Science set. This is not nearly as neat as some of the stuff coming up next week (I'm not sure if I'm going to continue posting on weekends). I'm aching to get to the hip-shot people pictures.
Whups! I was having so much fun not making a living today that I almost forgot to post a photo. Here's a nice blue scene:
That tower is perfectly centered, and the horizontal center line is right at its base, but some weird illusion makes it seem off. At least, it does to me.
'Course, if I really wanted this to be a good photo I would have put the tower on one or two 1/3rd lines. I guess I just liked the symmetry: everything is reflected except the dam on the left. In fact, I wonder if it's the dam that is making the image seem off. Damn.
Tomorrow: Peanut Butt.
Tomorrow's will be better.
Nevermind about changing RSS feeds, I just got hit with a bombshell yesterday: Blogger is ending support for publishing blogs to private websites (like mine) via FTP/SFTP very soon. This means that, if I want to continue to use Blogger, I either have to move this blog to blogspot.com, which I will not do, or use their Custom Domain option, which I am completely confused about. I am hoping I can find more info on Custom Domain, because I don't like the little bit I've read about it so far. All my web skills are from the late 90s, and I don't understand nor want to spend the time to learn about all the crap required to implement the Custom Domain option.
Of course, there's another option: stop using Blogger. I use WordPress (with ComicPress) for neopifex.com, but what you see there is barely more than a default layout. WordPress requires an understanding of CSS and PHP that I just don't have, nor do I have the time or resources to learn them. I just redesigned this damned blog, I don't want to have to do it all over again, using an architecture I don't understand!
There is a fourth (nuclear) option, but I don't even want to think about that one right now.
This really sucks. At least tomorrow's picture will be prettier than today's.
You may look at this photo and think, "Them colors is crazy!" If you do think that, I suggest you go take an English class, because your grammar is atrocious.
Shot looking straight up through some trees. I actually had to dial back on the colors to make this look less crazy.
Tomorrow: more foliage. Jeeze, this set is boring me. Thursday's photo will be a lot better, promise.
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Yesterday was Hourly Comic Day. I decided to take part, even though I wouldn't be able to actually draw anything til I got home from work. Well, here you go, an hourly highlight clip show of my day. I hope it doesn't bore you to tears.
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You can see I changed my mind after making that last one. I honestly don't know why I bothered with this. It was fun for a while, but I'm really not cut out for this.
Dying leaves have such nice, warm colors to them, especially when there's light filtering through them.
I have sooooo much to do tonight! Gah, where did this all come from? Gonna try to take part in Hourly Comics Day as best I can (the way I'm doing it is kinda cheating, but it's not like people care about my comics anyway). Tomorrow: crazy colors overhead.
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Gah, this set is off to a lame start. I should have just gone out of order and started with the Academy of Science photos rather than these, but I feel a need to post them chronologically. Here's something underfoot.
Tomorrow's will be better, I think. The one after that is kinda crazy.
This one's not really that great, I just love red leaves vs blue sky. It's such a nice contrast. There's nothing like the vivid colors of mid-autumn foliage, and this is only partly like that, since it was taken in mid-winter. Here in California, our seasons are off by one.
This and the next five pictures are from a hike around the Lafayette Reservoir last January. Tomorrow: red wood.
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What better way to start off a new set of photos with a couple of everyone's favorite black fluffball, Serendipity?
ARE YOU AWAKE WAKE UP FEED ME I AM STARVING OH WOE I AM BUT SKIN AND BONES.
So the plan for this set is one photo at a time, most days. Like today, there will be a couple double-shots, but I want to make this last.
Next: a walk around Lafayette Reservoir.