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366 Project 2012 : January Highlights

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

I have always admired people who attemp 365 Projects (or 366 Project for leap years like 2012), regardless of the type of project. I especially admire those who attempt photography 365 projects because I’ve never managed to get beyond day 2 during my attempts. I usually decide to do it and then don’t, results in [...]

CAST ‘Jack Goes Boating’ Photos

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Carolina Actors Studio Theater (CAST) is a little over halfway through their run of Jack Goes Boating. I did some promotional photos for them

and took some photos during the first half of a dress rehearsal

but the fun part was a trip to a local pool. Michael Simmons took the actors to the pool so [...]

YEsSIR Awards 2011

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

Time for 2011’s Year End sirshannon Says It Rocks Awards!
Movie of the Year: Bellflower, a intensely beautiful movie that was stuck in my head for days, like a song. Many thanks to Back Alley Film Series for bringing this to a Charlotte theater!
Honorable Mention: Thor, X-men: First Class, Captain America. What can I say? I’m [...]

Occupy Philly Before the Eviction

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Nest Learning Thermostat Unboxing Video

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

I preordered my Nest thermostat on Day 0. It arrived on my doorstep today. I don’t think anyone has been excited about a thermostat in the last 10 years (except for the guy who finally figured out how to program his after a couple years of not bothering) and I feel a little silly about [...]

The Wedding / Honeymoon / Summer Vacation Roadtrip Post

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Marisa and were married in May, honeymooned in New Orleans, then drove from CLT to the Grand Canyon with my stepson Vincent. Click through to read the full story, along with some photos.

iTunes Match – I Spent $25 So You Don’t Have To

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

Signed up at work but don’t have any music there so that didn’t do me any good for testing purposes.
At home, I turned it on at 6:45pm Tuesday.
Step 1 – Gathering information about your iTunes Library – took until 7:10 or so.
Step 2 – Matching your music with songs in the iTunes Store –  said [...]

Kindle Fire 24-hour Mini-Review (Eric Parks Guest Post)

Friday, November 18th, 2011

So I played with the Fire longer last night. I think I can actually recommend this thing as a $200 device. No, it is not even close to an iPad, but it’s also 1/3 the cost. If you just want to read books, RSS feeds, and play a few simple games then it is fine.
One [...]

GarageBand now available on iPhone

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

GarageBand on iPhone is impressive. They managed to make it support everything the iPad version does, but intelligently hid a lot of things in menus so there is room on the screen.
The piano keyboard is small (tiny!) but the drums may actually be a little easier to play for me than they are on iPad.
The [...]

My First Day with iOS 5

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

Best new feature: long song/album titles now scroll in the music app (there is no iPod app now, there is a Music app and a Video app).
Worst new feature: Playlist order is broken again.
Other things I’ve noticed:

Location-based reminders are apparently only on iPhone 4S. I can set a reminder for a time but not a [...]