Writing More

I'm hoping to write more. There's no big secret strategy here, just the good old brute-force method. I'll make some time regularly to site and write.

The good news is, I actually have been writing a very little bit more lately.  Just before the holidays, I wrote a post for Tor.com concerning the recent announcements out of CERN. Two research teams on different detectors are narrowing in on the infamous Higgs Boson, completing our understanding of the Standard Model of subatomic particles. Fascinating stuff.

Painting a giant movie poster.

More recently, I wrote an article on the very site I work for. Outside my office window I can see a 14-story-tall advert for movies, and every six weeks or so they paint over it for a new movie. It's fascinating to watch, and I've always wondered how it works. So I documented it with pictures and did some research to find out the process. Yes, they actually are painting--by hand--the entire side of a building. The article can be found here.

So yes, I've been writing a bit. Now to keep it going.

New Inspirations and Pursuits

Well, it has been a while.  I think this may have been the longest I've gone without updating the ol' blog. Not for lack of activity, really, just lack of time.  And that's a good thing, really, not having time to sit in front of my computer for too long.  Aside from the normal duties of work, the Condo Board, the Board of Trustees of Mu Beta Psi, and daily life with two cats and an equally busy Lynn, I've gotten back into dancing a bit and taken up a new hobby.

For my birthday, and in preparation for a little trip I'm planning, Lynn gave me a fancy DSLR camera.  (And, it should be noted, enrollment in a photography workshop.)  Under the guidance of a colleague from work, and the workshop, I've been experimenting and having a great time learning about the camera.  So far, I've taken some...

Dramatic shots of my cat:

And cute shots of my cat:

And shots of random people in the park:

And nice cars in my neighborhood:

So, clearly, I have a long way to go.  But I am very much enjoying this new way of looking at the world around me.