From the category archives:

My Life

There is Never Enough Time

September 18, 2008

I’m trying to stick to a weekly schedule for updates here or else I wouldn’t bother. Today, it’s going to be very short. My grandmother, Felismina Roderick, died last night at the age of 85.
Please, take care of yourself and your family, because there’s never enough time. Don’t take anything for granted.

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Update: Working with Home Movies

October 31, 2007

Well, I got it working!
Since I put out my call for help, I’ve been spending some time trying out different programs that boasted the ability to rip chapters from unprotected (i.e. homemade) DVDs. Using the trial versions of the programs, I was able to rip anywhere from ten seconds to two minutes, put the clips [...]

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Help! Working with Home Movies

October 16, 2007

I’ve just spent half the day trying to find a solution to my problem, and wow, has it been confusing. What I want to do should be fairly simple – I think. Here’s the situation:
We have a video camera that we use to record home movies. It records directly to mini DVDs, in standard DVD [...]

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Totems in Northwest Albuquerque

September 16, 2007

Here in Albuquerque, on the southeast corner of Coors Blvd. and Montano, is a collection of carvings set amongst fields of sunflowers. It’s quite striking, really. I have three photos to share, and then… weirdness. I can’t really… well, you’ll see.

Okay, now for the weirdness. It seems to be an explorer kinda guy from a [...]

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