Category Archives: Thoughts

Damn!

I was out at the wetlands in Henderson doing a little hdr and bird photography when this walked by……

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Stuff I Started to Write, But Never Got Around To Finishing

If you blog you generally have a few rough drafts, or maybe just notes to get you moving. Well, I’m going through my drafts and wondering why I wrote some of them -okay, most of them. ================== I have one … Continue reading

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Site Traffic and What I’m Going To Do About It

According to Google Analytics my traffic is so far in the toilet that even Roto-Rooter couldn’t find it. So now I need to start being nice to people to get links. This also means that I have to settle down … Continue reading

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Helicopter – 1951

Down in the Grand Canyon

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Times are Hard in the Neon Jungle

If you’re thinking about moving to Las Vegas… Stay Home. Our official unemployment rate is at 14.8%. This doesn’t count the people who have dropped off the unemployment rolls –I think the rate I read was around 6000 a month. … Continue reading

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Led Lights For Photos

I do a bit of macro photography and adjusting the flash can be a royal pain. –So I invested in a pair of battery powered fixed output leds by DLC. They may not dimmable like Litepanels MicroPro, but at $99 … Continue reading

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Telescope or Missile Guidance System?

Is it just me or does this thing look like a missile launcher? They have this beastie over at Pioneer Loan and Jewelry (a local pawn shop). The guy that pawned it put a lot of effort into the brackets … Continue reading

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Attention Coupon Clippers. The Wall Street Journal is Now Offering Weekend Specials

According to Advertising Age the Wall Street Journal is now publishing coupons in it’s weekend edition. The Journal said coupons will just make the paper more compelling for everyone. “Who doesn’t like some value, regardless of their income?” asked Michael … Continue reading

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The Right Way to Stuff a Squirrel

BrewDog is a U.K. brewery specializing in anything but normal, namby-pamby beer. Any taxidermist can stuff a squirrel, but how many of them are smart enough to use that squirrel to keep their beer cold?   Warning: The silliness of … Continue reading

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Cooking the Books

Found on De Zeen magazine: If you want to read Podravka’s annual report you have cook the book. Croatian creative agency Bruketa & Zini? has designed an annual report for food company Podravka that has to be wrapped in foil … Continue reading

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