Eclectic EchoesEclectic echoes of my thoughts...Shhh! Secret Photoshopping- January 30, 2005 Got an email from an old friend in Idaho about a bargain (if you&8217;re into Photoshop at least)&8230; Avondale Media has an instructional DVD out called Secrets of the Photoshop Masters Volume 2. Thing is if you order the DVD and use a coupon code, you get the DVD for free. You still pay shipping, but at $5.95 for a $49.95 DVD, I&8217;ll bite. Sure enough after entering the coupon code the total came to $5.95. The coupon code is: APLPSM2...http://heupel.com/eclectic/2005/01/29/shhh-secret-photoshopping/ Jack of all Trades- January 25, 2005 Not an entry really&8230;just, well, just a rant. Sometimes it really sucks being a jack of all trades! I can&8217;t tell sometimes if I am being a &8220;goto guy&8221; or whipping boy. You get bogged down in so many different side jobs from that the main job suffers. You end up as the go to guy. I am trying to implement limits and as in Getting Things Done, &8220;redefine&8221; my jobs back to what they were originally. Then I can focus on actually getting some results. The fault is not any...http://heupel.com/eclectic/2005/01/25/jack-of-all-trades/ Gassho-Zukuri- January 24, 2005 Sled and Gassho-Zukuri Originally uploaded by tsuda. I have always loved the traditional Japanese farm house architecture. I loved finding this image at flickr of Shirakawa-go buried in snow by tsuda. Fortunately the Gassho-Zukuri of the Gifu Prefecture has been preserved in large part because of it&8217;s identity as an important part of the Japanese cultural heritage. The village of Shirakawa-go in Gifu &8212; made of mostly Gassho-Zukuri &8212; was added to the World&8217;s Heritage List in..http://heupel.com/eclectic/2005/01/24/gasshozukuri/ Digging Out...- January 23, 2005 Head Above &8230;Not Today! The winds are finally starting to calm. 10&8212;15mph constant with gusts to 30&8212;35mph. Still snowing a small bit, more like a dusting. Looks like we got 15&8212;18&34; total, but it&8217;s hard to tell for sure because of the amazing drifts. A few look to be 4&39; or more. I took 3 measurements in &8220;drift free&8221; areas&8212;15&34;, 17&34;, and 18&34;. The storms hit along with the astronomical high tide, the storm wind created a surge on top of that so...http://heupel.com/eclectic/2005/01/23/digging-out/ Blizzard '05- January 23, 2005 Blizzard &8217;05 Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes. Well, there&8217;s about a foot of snow and more on the way! The bad part is the wind though. It&8217;s staying strong at 25&8212;35mph with gusts above 50! From WeatherUnderground: &8220;Snow this morning&8230;possibly heavy at times. Snow tapering off and ending by late afternoon. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in blowing and drifting snow. Total snow accumulation 1 to 2 feet. Very windy with highs around 25. North winds..http://heupel.com/eclectic/2005/01/23/blizzard-05/ Memories of Texas- January 23, 2005 Dreaming of Spring Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes. I finally had a chance (and remembered to Get It Done) to develop some shots from our visit to Texas this past fall. I figured it&8217;s the perfect night to post this, especially given the situation outside&8230; 12+ hours of steady, heavy snowfall. It&8217;s both at flickr and in the Eclectic Images Wildlife Gallery here. In the Wildlife Gallery I actually uploaded it so that the 1600&215;1280 version is available....http://heupel.com/eclectic/2005/01/23/memories-of-texas/ Abscessive- January 19, 2005 Damn, that abscessed tooth really hurt! And of course it happens while we have company, so I&8217;m grumpy and out of it when I should be enjoying myself and their company. Luckily we found a good dentist in the area, who took me at 7:30pm in an emergency visit in the -5&176;F night. So good in fact that I didn&8217;t feel the first two shots of novacaine at all. The third was in the roof of my mouth, but tolerable. After that, no pain at all. Just the really strange sensation of a tooth...http://heupel.com/eclectic/2005/01/19/abscessive/ |