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…
Tag: Geek
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…
