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My mom was the chief chronicler of family events, documenting every birthday, award ceremony, and lazy summer day with photos. She collected these into many large photo albums, complete with captions and goodies such as newspaper clippings.

Shortly before her passing several years ago, I inherited many of these albums. More…

Folks, after being a watch-guy for most of my life, I’ve been without one these last six years for one reason or another. Meet the Casio F10SW-1A Illuminator:

1. I owned this watch as a kid. In fact it was my first watch, a birthday gift from my mom and dad.
2. It’s rugged and utilitarian, with a reputation for being reliable. Water resistant? Check. Backlight? Check. Multifunctional? Check.
3. It’s kinda dorky and, well, so am I.
4. Hipsters love it. Okay, that’s sort of a reason not to wear it. But at least I could argue that some subset of the population considers it trendy.
5. Al Queda loves it. Or at least they supposedly love its close cousin, the F91W. Enough so that the CIA has used possession of a Casio watch as reason to extend the detention of Guantanamo Bay detainees. While I’m certainly no fan of Al Quaeda, I think Guantanamo Bay and extrajudicial detention is an abomination. So wearing a Casio will be my own little fuck you to the CIA/Military Industrial Complex.

I’ve had a very productive last couple of weekends when it comes to websites.

I built a website for my dad back in 2002, mycarinsuranceguide.net, and I have to say it was pretty meager even for it’s time. Hey, I had only just begun making websites, and it was about all I could handle. A couple years later I took another crack at the thing, but mostly just improved the backend structure, leaving the same horrible colors in place. Well, enough is enough. I tore down everything I had built, and in its place erected a WordPress-powered site. It’s cleaner and more robust than ever. The theme still needs a lot more work, as could the featured images, but it’s an excellent start.

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Last monday I started my new job as a Client Services Associate at PhotoShelter.

PhotoShelter is a really cool service that provides the tools for photographers to showcase their business online. One part CMS, one part storefront, one part… magic? Here’s how they describe themselves:

We’re the worldwide leader in photography portfolio websites, photo sales, marketing and archiving tools for photographers. With PhotoShelter you get a customizable website to show off your photography, plus a set of powerful tools that help you attract more website visitors, delight your clients, and make more money from your images. -PhotoShelter

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I opened a Twitter account today. Yes folks, it has come to this.