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Hello 2013
The last several years as December has drawn to a close I’ve taken time to reflect on the year past. As I prepared to sit down this year and write my 2012 reflection, however, I drew a blank. Instead,...
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Continuing with the Nexus 7
I’ve been using the Nexus 7 for a couple of weeks so I want to share some thoughts on how its been going. Over all, I continue to really like the tablet. My only nag on the hardware is the layout of...
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Look Ma, No Wires!
Harry Potter apparently lives at my house I was given a wonderful present for my birthday, a first generation Canon EOS Rebel DSLR. It's my first “real” camera, and getting a DSLR for free took away...
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Textbook pain
My son is visually impaired. It doesn’t slow him down all that much, but it does make school more difficult than it would be for him if he had better vision. Several years ago we got him an iPad so...
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Training Revolution
The buzz was running among Geeks this week Teens are bored with FaceBook. I’ve been saying for a while that the kids who grow up in the era of persistent-connectivity are going to naturally find...
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Star Trek: Into Old Plotlines
Before I begin my thoughts on Star Trek: Into Darkness, please let me state clearly, “There will be spoilers.” Keep reading if you want, but don’t blame me if I reveal a plot point you haven’t seen...
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Thank you!
Here's Judy with myself and my kids. She hadn't seen them since they were babies! I recently wrote a blog post which looked back at my connection to some of “pastoral ancestors,” for lack of a better...
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Door-to-door sales
Just got a visit from a Comcast “Direct Sales Rep.” Here’s how the conversation went: Rep [fumbles for badge] “I hope you can see that, I’m the direct sales representative for Xfinity in this area. Do...
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Oh Microsoft, you’re a sly one
According to Cnet, Microsoft has just released a version of Office available for the iPhone. I haven’t used the productivity suite since around 2000, so not having it on my iOS devices hasn’t been an...
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Identity Confusion
There is another Wesley Allen who lives near me, who also happens to be a pastor. Our wives have the same first name, and we also happen to go to the same dentist. We’ve met and hung out a little,...
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How about asking why?
This past Saturday I was privileged to lead a workshop on “Projecting Worship” at the Essex Association annual meeting. The folks who joined me at the seminar were a pleasure to work with, which made...
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Geek Depression
I just got over a serious case of “geek depression.” It’s a state of mind/life which tends to come about when I’m posed with a tech problem for which I know there is answer, but can’t find it. Usually...
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Practical Traps
I was “at work” 1 the other day and had a sudden realization. Many of my co-workers don’t know me very well. This came as quite a shock to me. I’m friendly with everyone there, but in a lot of ways I...
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Final Cut X – powerfully confusing simplicity
This week I finally pulled the trigger and purchased Final Cut X and Motion. I’ve been using Final Cut Express 4 since 2008, it was WAY past time to upgrade. To be honest, while I knew it was a needed...
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Automation Fun
I really enjoy writing in Markdown. The plaintext syntax allows me to write quickly without worrying how things look. Its wonderful. A side-effect of writing in a plain text format is the relative ease...
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A Death in the Family
Yesterday Leonard Nimoy passed away and large portion of geekdom mourned, including me. He was part of a phenomenon which helped me accept being the oddball in the room, and his passing impacted me...
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OwnCloud back in the workflow
A few weeks ago I blogged about setting up ownCloud on my Raspberry Pi. It was a fun exercise, but after completing it I was a bit uncertain as to how I’d use it. Let me explain why. Last year I...
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Just one more turn…
Back in college a friend of mine introduced me to a game by the name of Civilization. To say I was hooked is an understatement. We played that game for hours, guiding a culture from the stone age to...
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Having fun with displacement
I’ve been playing with displacement maps in photoshop, and having a lot of fun. Below are two images which spring from my experiments. In the first I wanted to see if I could make the ABCNJ 2015 Annual...
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3D Text in Apple Motion
Real 3d text has come to Apple Motion! I’m very excited, as it might save me from purchasing a plugin or two. I say “might” because the texturizing features only work on 3d text at the moment, as far...
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