Me, Myself, and this blog Archive

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    I always wanted to be a rock star

    I always wanted to be a rock star. Not for the usual reasons including the endless supply of cash and groupies, but I suppose those wouldn’t be terrible perks. I mean, if I had to take the cash and the groupies I suppose I could...

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  • Creativity is just connecting things

    Creativity is just connecting things

    This quote by Steve Jobs has been flying around recently even though it’s a few years old but it’s really good and I wanted to talk a little about it. Here’s the full thing: “To design something really well you have to get it. You...

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  • Kicking the dust off

    Kicking the dust off

    The more I write the more I write. When I slack off I lose the motivation, it’s almost like the tubes get clogged and it’s much harder for me get going again. I was on a really good streak there for a while with the...

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  • Toy Cameras & The Photographic Image

    Toy Cameras & The Photographic Image

    “Despite all signs to the contrary, it was not the original goal of Mr. Lee… [inventor of the Holga] to make toys, but rather to ensure that people were fascinated and interested in creative film photography.” My recent photography obsession isn’t limited to just taking...

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  • 750 words again and again

    750 words again and again

    It’s the beginning of March and so far this year I’ve written more than I’ve written in most years combined. OK that might be a little bit of an exaggeration but it’s probably not far from the truth, and I’ve certainly been on a much...

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  • Some thoughts on Photography

    Some thoughts on Photography

    Forewarning, this post is looooong. It’s also filled with a bunch of skate park photos mostly because I live close to the park and it’s a great place to practice. My relationship with photography has been one of three things, taking photos to use myself,...

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  • Facebook Friday

    Facebook Friday

    I proposed this idea on twitter yesterday and decided it made a lot of sense. Going forward, from here on out, or at least until I decide it doesn’t work as well as I thought it would, I’m going going to visit Facebook on Fridays....

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  • I launched a new thingy

    I launched a new thingy

    This is the longer ranty version of the story, for the short and sweet one just go to R3515T.COM and see for yourself. Basically I just launched a T-Shirt company/brand/thing but it’s not your normal t-shirt/brand/thing as I’ll be focusing a lot of attention on...

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  • On points and writing every day

    On points and writing every day

    (This is an example of what I write for 750words.com. This was today’s entry and was motivated by this get satisfaction thread. Here is the stats page for this entry so you can see how it all works.) I can already tell today’s writing is...

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  • I do what I do when I do it

    I do what I do when I do it

    The other day lawyer involved in a federal criminal trial asked me to explain, briefly, what exactly it is that I do. I couldn’t do it. This is something I’ve tackled before and that I need to get better at. As much as I like...

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  • 750 words

    750 words

    I’ve been doing the 750 words project. This was today’s entry, it’s 779 words. I’m posting it publicly to hold my own feet to the fire. And because I need my ass kicked. — Write motherfucker. What are you waiting for? It’s not going to...

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  • 2009: The year in review, in photos

    2009: The year in review, in photos

    Since I’ve created a bit of an ongoing tradition by looking back on the photos I posted online through out the year in 2008 and 2007 I thought I’d keep it up for 2009. I feel like this is kind of a good way to...

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