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Yearly Archives: 2004
I Want My Fiona – Now!
I am delighted to discover that Mark Morford and myself are not alone in our quest for MORE FIONA!
Posted in Radio
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Tough Week for a Geek
Man, what a week! In the course of two days, my main server’s hard drive crashed, and a machine I maintain in Santa Rosa also exhibited symptoms of a disk crash. It turns out that thte disk in the server in Santa Rosa had not crashed, and I had backups and redundancy in a few critical places on my home network, so I was able to restore everything in about a day. No data loss – not even a single e-mail. Most users never even knew of the problem. (thedude pats himself on back.)
Maybe now I can get back to blogging!
Posted in Computing
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Knutson Associates
Kelly has known these fine folks for many years. Knute, Scott and Joyce Knutson create exsquisite unique jewelry. Scott’s work is influenced by his diving adventures – he has produced many pieces with an aquatic theme – really lovely stuff. When it came time to select a jeweler to design a fabulous wedding ring for Kelly, Scott came through for us in a big way. Both of our rings are beautiful!
I may soon have the chance to repay Scott. We’re talking of doing a website showcasing his work. Finally!
Posted in Old Friends
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Turkey Day Aftermath
Almost brother-in-law Jeff takes a well-deserved snooze after cooking two days in a row.
Posted in Holidays
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Image Restoration
My dear friend Kalvin sent a scan of this lovely photograph of his parents. Shot in 1941, the original hand-tinted black and white photo had lost a bit of its original color over the years.
The restoration turned out to be a bit harder than I originally thought it would be. After the usual dust-spotting, I had a tough time deciding when I was actually done. I did not want to overdo it and cause it to look worse than it did all those years ago. I had to avoid the temptation to pump up the colors and contrast. Most of the work was done with PhotoShop’s Levels, Dodge and Color Replacement Tools.
I think it’s an improvement. I hope the results will satisfy Kalvin. That’s the main thing.
Posted in Photography, PhotoShop
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I Love This Shot of Kelly
Posted in Family, Loft Life, Photography
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Steve’s Stude’s
Steve with two of his three beloved Studebakers. The black one is a 1962 Studebaker Grand Turismo – one of just 7700 ever made. (Yes, that’s Kelly in the back seat.) The other is a 1958 Silver Hawk. Steve also owns a blue Commander, (1962?) but it was not able to make it to the photo shoot.
I’m So Sorry…
…but we bought this LCD HDTV, and we are absolutely GLUED to the dang thing. One day I hope to make an entry on my blog again… maybe even post a picture or two.
Posted in Just Blogging, Loft Life
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Think You Get a Lot of E-mail?
This guy gets 4,000,000 a day…
Posted in Just Blogging
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Ten Bucks Says You Can’t Do It
As we say good riddance to one of my favorite people – John Asscroft – I challenge you to listen to this little gem IN ITS ENTIRETY. I’ll bet you can’t. I couldn’t – and I REALLY tried – hard.
Posted in Just Blogging
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You Just Have to FEEL It!
Andrew has finished his magic – for now – and the result is this spectacular piece of work on our pillars! We are soooo happy with the beautiful venetian plaster applied by the master. What you don’t see here is the wonderful sensual texture of the polished plaster. It feels like cold marble. YUM!
Thank you Andrew! Now – can I talk to you about our bathroom? :-)
Posted in Design, Loft Life
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Oopsie!
National Guard fighter jet strafes New Jersey grade school.
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