I’ve written about Scrivener before, but I’ve been spending a lot of time with it lately so I thought I’d give some brief thoughts on using it as I impatiently await the long-sought iOS version. First, Scrivener remains to be one of the most powerful pieces of software I’ve ever used. Calling it a Swiss-Army…
Category: Geek
Accordance – In Search of a New Editor
I love Accordance. To me, it’s the Bible Study software. This isn’t to say other Bible apps are bad. I really enjoy Olive Tree, especially on mobile, and I always had a good experience with BibleWorks before I switched to Mac 1. It’s just that when I’m using Accordance I feel like I have the…
Some Photoshop “Just for Fun”
I’ve had some fun in Photoshop the last couple of days. First, on Monday I created an image for “Star Wars Day” 1. My son had taken down the Millennium Falcon from a shelf in my office so he could examine it more closely 2. When I spied it on Saturday I realized I’d never…
Age of Ultron, A Non-Spoiler Review
Yesterday, for a lark, I checked to see showtimes for Avengers: Age of Ultron. To my great surprise I discovered that there were showings of the movie on April 30, beginning at 7PM. This was seemed odd to me, as the movie is not “officially released” until May 1, so I drove over to the theatre to…
Down to the River, an HDR Sunset
I’ve been wanting to head down to the river for a few days with my camera/tripod/nexus 7 setup to do some HDR photography as the sun set. So, when the clouds broke yesterday afternoon I grabbed my gear and headed down to the river with a friend. The setup worked beautifully. I took two sets…
HDR Sanctuary
My post yesterday was my first real HDR photo. It wasn’t the best composition in the world, but I felt it was a good demonstration of what photo stacking could look like. I wanted to experiment some more. As twilight approached on Friday I took my camera, tripod, and Nexus 7 over to Central’s Sanctuary…
