Pile-on spamming…
This is funny. A spammer is offering me a website with a *free* logo for $499. Well, that sounds like a helluva deal. Then, another spammer gave me a like on the other spammer’s tweet. Ya gotta love social media.
They’re playin our song
It never ceases to amaze me how our 45 record continues to live on. Maximum RockNRoll is a monthly mag dedicated to underground punk rock. Apparently, they have a weekly podcast/radio show and our song was played on their September 10, 2015 episode. We are the second song for the first DJ. I used to cringe …
Nikon D7200/D750 owner can’t click the buy D500 button…so far
The coverage of the new Nikon D500 has got me with a super bad case of camera lust. My D750 has done a great job of fending this feeling off for the past year, but it was inevitable that it wouldn’t last, right? My backup body is a D7200 and has really seen little use …
Dim those annoying LED lights on electronic devices!
Isn’t it amazing how bright those little LED lights are on electronic devices? I had been using the standard chargers for my iPhone and iPad, but needed a third charger for my wireless headphones. I bought a nice four-port USB charger to sit on my nightstand. It had a tiny blue LED and I didn’t …
Taylor the Spartan
I accompanied my daughter, Taylor, to the Austin Spartan race. Lugged my gear and took some shots. Wasn’t really possible to take photos while she was running unfortunately. Poor thing got dehydrated, but toughed it out and finished the race! Very proud of her.
New domain name yields old owner’s email!
It all started with emails from Wells Fargo telling me I had insufficient funds. At first glance I thought it was spam since I’d never had an account there, but all the links and return email were legit. Then I thought, “oh no! Someone opened an account on my name!” Fortunately, upon closer inspection, I …
Egret and mouse
Took a short hike down to Grass Valley Lake and came across some Egrets. Only had my 70-200mm lens so this shot is nearly 1:1 crop. Wish I had my 600mm. Oh well.
Old treasures
I got the bug to break out one of my old electric guitars and fire up the Fender Deluxe to see if it still worked. I also broke out my favorite fuzz box: the MXR Distortion +. Of course it needed a new battery, but the one that was still in there made me smile. The …
Snowscapes
Spent a week at my home in Lake Arrowhead, CA and enjoyed a brief snow storm while I was there. It was absolutely beautiful! Here are a couple nice shots I got.
Recording output from a Slingbox
Now that I’ve figured out how to convert an HDMI signal to component and, thus, allow my Slingbox M1 to work, I started wondering if it was possible to record the Slingbox output. Turns out it’s pretty easy.