In Which I Chase a Squirrel

September 25th, 2008

... or the one about how I proved myself to be a loon.

The video pretty much explains everything…

And yes, I am breathing hard at the end of the video, deal with it. I’m a sysadmin, not an Olympic squirrel wrangler.

Photoshop Experiments

September 21st, 2008

... or the one about how I do not suck at photoshop... at all.

I wondered if I still had my knack for using Photoshop, and I knew there was much more to learn that I’d never picked up before. This week I read a lot of photoshop tutorials, but the most important thing I never learned to use before: Brushes. I have NO idea how I’ve missed out this feature, and this week I discovered a few tutorials/videos on how to make photoshop do all sorts of things with my Wacom tablet that my ex-wife got me so many years ago. I’d really not been utilizing it enough. Without further delay, though, I’ll get to the art:

Promotional Artwork for Arsclan.net Turkey Shoot 2008 (my favorite camping trip):
Turkey Shoot 2008 Poster

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Dan Rather nails why mainstream news sucks

September 6th, 2008

... or the one about why I don't watch the news.

And now you have why I don’t watch the news.