Subtitled for Success

Regular readers of my blog already know that I imagine myself to be fluent in several foreign languages including Russian, Spanish, French, Southie, Klingon and of course Huttese. But I use the word fluent to mean, “I know enough to get myself in trouble.” The drawback of my foreign language skills is that I have acquired them through watching movies. For example, I know how to say in Russian, “Very cold this morning Captain,” which is from the Hunt for... Read More

Bathroom Perspective

It’s funny how some ordinary everyday objects take on a new life of their own depending on how you look at them.  Of course, for someone like me who has -5.5 vision correction in both eyes, this is how the bathroom looks to me every morning when I haven’t put my contacts in yet (except for the creative colors).  Those of you “blessed” with 20/20 or better vision unfortunately will never get to experience this sensation except through the medium of photography. ... Read More

Making bubbles

Photoshop has been good to me.  Since version 4.0 or so, I’ve been teaching myself successfully how to use it and having a lot of fun along the way.  I’m always impressed with what it can do in such a short amount of time.  Getting a Wacom tablet opened up a whole new world to me in PS as well, especially CS2 and later.  I often give tutorials to my friends and colleagues on some of the basics and tips and tricks I’ve picked up from classes.  Often during... Read More

College Paper Redux

While recently poking through my ancient floppy disks, I found some college papers which were written on a vintage Canon Starwriter 30 electronic typewriter.  Most of the disks are corrupted or unreadable, but mixed in among the Organic Chemistry and Ecology Lab papers were five or six philosophy papers that I could decipher if I corrected the strange formatting.  Some were basic writing assignments such as, “supporting or refuting an argument,” some more in-depth.  The... Read More