I love my bank

I love my bank. By that I don’t mean, “I love the huge corporate entity to which my bank is affixed.” I could not care less about about the huge corporate entity. What I mean is I love the branch at which we bank. I love that I can walk to it so I can…

The Art of Learning

I don’t know all that much, really. That’s not a statement meant to invite pity. In fact, it’s what makes life exciting. I don’t know all that much, which means there’s so much to learn! I adore learning. The art of picking up a new piece of software and putting it through it’s paces is…

Having fun with displacement

I’ve been playing with displacement maps in photoshop, and having a lot of fun. Below are two images which spring from my experiments. In the first I wanted to see if I could make the ABCNJ 2015 Annual Session logo appear as though it were printed on a a piece of fabric flapping in the…

Final Cut X – powerfully confusing simplicity

This week I finally pulled the trigger and purchased Final Cut X and Motion. I’ve been using Final Cut Express 4 since 2008, it was WAY past time to upgrade. To be honest, while I knew it was a needed move 1, I was a little leery. Final Cut X got trashed when it first…

Practical Traps

I was “at work” 1 the other day and had a sudden realization. Many of my co-workers don’t know me very well. This came as quite a shock to me. I’m friendly with everyone there, but in a lot of ways I feel I’ve been cast into the “computer guy” role so deeply that people…

Time

Ever sit down to write something only to find you can barely keep your eyes open?  That’s me at present. I was all set to write a post on the currently US culture as a breeding ground for toxic beliefs and I just can’t keep my mind in focus. I’ll have to get to it next…