ViewBug 2016 Photo Contest
2016 ViewBug Photo Contest – Vote Early and Often So, I’ve been a member over at ViewBug for nearly a year now and have gotten some good feedback, exposure and gained confidence as a photographer through the contests and challenges available. Hell, I’ve even won a couple. As 2016 is wrapping up, the folks at […]
Merry Christmas 2016!
Beignets for Santa! It has been a completely crazy and busy end of the year at work and I have had little time for blogging or photography. For my vacation this month I had planned a simple staycation with my family, but as with most things, the best laid plans … Jen and I have […]
On the road again – Redux
Oh the “fun” of business travel … On the Road Again … and again … [Updated post and maps 14-Oct-2016 – Edinburgh and London/Bracknell added – link to previous version of this insanity ] Its a day that ends in “Y” so I must be on the road again … This time I am off to […]
Holy Sh**… ViewBug Featured!
ViewBug Featured Photo? WTFOver? I got a truly amazing surprise yesterday when I got home after a long hellish day at work. One of my photos over at ViewBug was selected by one of their editors for their Feature/Hall of Fame. This was completely unexpected, and surreally cool after looking through some of the other photos […]
Lake Wakatipu New Zealand
Photos at Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand Last month I was on a business trip to New Zealand, and while I was laid out sick most of the trip, I did get out for some photos. I went for a drive through the countryside outside Queenstown with a couple of colleagues from work and stopped at […]
Albrightsville Pennsylvania Weather Station
Albrightsville Pennsylvania Weather Station UPDATE: Due to reasons beyond my control, the weather station is down until further notice … One of my hobbies/interests outside of photography is meteorology and weather tracking. Living in Albrightsville Pennsylvania up in the Poconos we have many microclimates. It is so bad the weather reports on the news are hardly ever close to accurate […]
Testing New Content Delivery Network (CDN)
CDN (Content Delivery Network) and the Need for Speed So, I host my blog and other websites with Hosting Matters, the folks have been great to me over the past decade and prices I have locked in are absolutely phenomenal (seriously – they are great). As with anyone who is on a shared hosting plan, […]
On the road again – Travel and Insanity
Oh the “fun” of business travel … On the Road Again … [Updated post 5-Sept-2016 AU/NZ Trip Added – Previous updates 24-May-2016 – more travel posted to map and text] So this year has seen a lot of travel already, and now that there have been some changes at the office, I’ll be doing a quite a bit more […]
Photo Contest Winners and Awards
ViewBug Photo Contest Awards Ok, I am not a professional photographer in any way, shape or form … but I am a pretty good hobbyist, and love the creative outlet it gives me. So about six months or so ago, I joined ViewBug on a whim to see how some of my photos would do in a […]
Site Upgrade – WordPress 4.6, Plugins & More
Upgrade – Maintain Speed! Installed the WordPress 4.6 upgrade, as well as a couple other changes and tweaks this evening. Firstly, updated the backend to the current version. This caused its share of issues with a couple plugins – so I chased down a few more updates and re-applied further custom tweaks I’ve made to tie a few […]