Green Heron

I spotted a bird of a type I hadn’t previously seen wading in the stream between the two ponds this morning. I took a couple dozen photos and shipped a few off to our resident wildlife expert, Burr Williams, who identified the bird as a green heron. He said they reside year-around in certain parts… Continue reading Green Heron

Wandering the Web

We went to the West Texas Food Bank’s fundraiser last night, partaking of food from a variety of restaurants (including red curry buffalo from Zucchi’s), watching (but not participating) in a sometimes listless auction of goods ranging from a rocking chair to a telescope, and listening to the current incarnation of The Lovin’ Spoonful. And… Continue reading Wandering the Web

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Fascinating Animation

Amazing example of stop-action video+animation. The footage repeats itself, but it’s worth watching twice. [Via BOOOOOOOM!] COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.

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Random…aw, heck…you know the drill…

Perhaps someday I’ll come up with a topic that (1) is interesting and (b) I know something about, but until that [unlikely] event occurs, here’s more random goodness from the interwebz: Don’t you just hate people who write “interwebz”? Xslimmer simultaneously intrigues and scares me to death. This Mac-only application purports to slit open the… Continue reading Random…aw, heck…you know the drill…

Random Thursday

I know…two consecutive days with posts that consist of actual words. Don’t get used to it. I started this one to test some new software – MarsEdit, if you must know – and needed to post something other than images to get a good feel for how it works. (I ended up not being too… Continue reading Random Thursday

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Random Thursday – The Wednesday Edition

Lotsa fascinating stuff around the web lately, to wit: For anyone who loves to read, bookshelves are a necessary evil, at least for those who haven’t yet drunk the Kindle Kool-Aid. For one thing, they take up space that might otherwise be productively employed to showcase big screen TVs. However, with a little imagination (and… Continue reading Random Thursday – The Wednesday Edition

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New Gallery Images

I’ve added a handful of images to the Gallery, including the one shown below.

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