A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
Flickr has a new Easter Egg (or would that be a Christmas egg?) as part of its programming. If you place a note on a photo with the phrase "ho ho ho hat", a Santa hat will be added to the image. Likewise, if you add a note with "ho ho ho beard", a Santa … Read More “Ho Ho Ho Hat” »
The day began with self-reflection brought on by the funky fog, then had ups and downs along the way. We had a nice meeting with my tech team, but other difficulties popped up, about which I won’t elaborate here. Laura suprised me at home with presents and a nice meal. In particular, she got me … Read More “New Lens” »
I love the fog. I would really like to shoot some long-exposure photos in the early morning with trees outlined and barely visible. I especially like it when the sun begins the break through. Today had all those features. As I drove to work, I mentally framed dozens of potential photos. Problem was, here I … Read More “Opportunity” »
I had my 15 seconds of fame on the Internet this week. My article comparing fast food colors with species mimicry was included on Boingboing.net. It didn’t gather quite the attention of Chip’s soiled sweatpants used as packing material, but it was more than this poor website could handle for awhile. On Tuesday when it … Read More “My 15 Seconds” »
The Greenville School District still seems to be reeling from the fallout over confidential student data. The Greenville News announced that the district is implementing a training session for administrators regarding data security. Greenville County Schools unveiled a new computer security awareness program to trustees Tuesday. Superintendent Phinnize Fisher described the program as a … Read More “More on Data Security” »
Move over, Google. I think I’ve found a new search engine that is far more entertaining… Ms. Dewey
"God don’t bless a clock-eyed church" And, no, I don’t have the scripture to back that up. It’s never a good sign with that’s the first phrase uttered in a staff meeting.
I had lunch at our local Wendy’s yesterday. Looking up the street I was struck by something. See if you can spot it… Here. I’ll make it a bit more obvious in this collection of logos… Notice how all of these companies use shades of red and yellow in their logos? One might argue that … Read More “Yellow and red” »
One of our board members, Garry Harper, was quarterback at USC with George Rogers. Today he brought George’s Heisman Trophy by the office. Of course, work came to a standstill.
In a weekend already jam-packed with concert and Christmas activities, we managed to squeeze in even more. After a lazy start to the day, we eventually made it to the late afternoon Service of Lessons and Carols at the Furman University Chapel. This was the first time in several years we had been able to … Read More “From the Sublime to the Ridiculous” »