A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
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At conferences like NECC it’s always a dilemma to select activities. There is always SO much going on, and often what I want to see happens simultaneously with other sessions I want to attend. Fortunately, many of the sessions are being podcast, so I may try to download a few of those that I missed … Read More “Encounters with the Familiar” »
Usually I like to play the game of "pick out the teacher." They are so easy to spot, and I like trying to catch them out in the wild – on the streets of the conference town. Today I had the tables turned. During a lunch discussion with a couple of attendees from Arkansas, I … Read More “Does it really show that much?” »
For one of my concurrent sessions at NECC today, I attended a presentation on FreeMind by Gyaneswaran Gomathinayagam. While I can appreciate the fact that he travelled all the way from Inda to give this presentation, it was almost completely incomprehensible. Even when I understood his English, I couldn’t understand what he was saying. The … Read More “FreeMind – Alternative to Inspiration” »
I spent most of the morning after the first session visiting the exhibits. With limited mobility, it took a bit longer than usual. Add to that the fact that this is the largest exhibit hall I’ve seen at one of these conferences. I’ve added a new category to my Vendor Drinking Game (Part One, Part … Read More “Come on, that’s not a word!” »
When the Best is Free: Open Source Software in EducationDavid Thornburg Thornburg began by giving an update on the state of linux on student desktops. "No operating system in history has advanced the cause of Linux like Microsoft Vista." Every software title shown in this session is open-source, free, and will replace a commercial product. … Read More “NECC 2007 Day Two – David Thornburg Session One” »
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Atlanta. The last time was seven years ago for the last time NECC was in town. I had psyched myself to not be surprised at how much the city had sprawled up I-85. It didn’t help. I was still surprised. Homer and I are staying at … Read More “NECC 2007 – Day One” »
We got home about mid-afternoon, and had some time to just sit around the house. I took a look at some more of those shots to see if some post-processing would help. It turns out that cave shots work quite well with a fake lomograph effect applied. It tends to bring out the contrast. … Read More “More Vacation Post-Processing” »
Home again. We left Norton, VA, and drive straight down Highway 23 until it turned into I-26. From there, we continue straight on until home. We stopped once at Natural Tunnel (wouldn’t that be a "cave?") State Park in Virginia, but decided we didn’t want to do another chairlift. We stopped at one other overlook, … Read More “From Norton to Greenville” »
I don’t know what happened yesterday. Almost all of my photos looked washed out. I’m not sure if iy was the cloudy sky and terrible lighting, but everything looks washed out. I woke up early this morning before we hit the road again, and tried to see what I could do about salvaging some of … Read More “Vacation Post-Processing” »
As previously stated, we were ready to have our leave of Kentucky. After breakfast, we headed out toward Lexington. We took a brief detour to the Four Roses Distillery, where once again our timing for a tour was not great. We looked around, then continued on our way. Through the outskirts of Lexington, we saw … Read More “From Bardstown to Norton” »