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Goodbye MobileMe, we hardly knew ye

During Monday’s Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) I was at my normal multiple monitors position tracking several live-blogs and twit.tv’s live stream and was intrigued about what the demise of MobileMe was going to mean to those of us with blogs and websites hosted on the service. In typical Apple-style with it’s lightning-focus on delivering …

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Beware of Joe & His Camera

This is a vent and a bit of a rant. It’s probably unwise for me to share this, and so I want to offer a blanket apology to anyone who feels that I’m being unfair or that it’s wrong for me to write about this. I guess that’s kind’a what this comes down to: as …

The Postcard that Started it All

Got this postcard and mostly ignored it until I talked to my account. He said that it was time to buy. That got me started looking. Alas, when I went to the development advertised in the postcard there was the model building and then one small group of homes on the opposite end of the …

Nephew Dan w/ Decrepit Birth on Tour

I was bitching last week about feeling like the only one I knew using the ‘Net to connect with family, so my sister surprised me this morning with this amazing photo of my nephew, Danny, on stage playing with his band. It’s a friggin’ awesome photo. Now that’s what I’m talking about, as far as …

Blackout!

Thank God for my handy blue-light LED flashlight. It was really really dark when all the lights went out after a lightning strike somewhere in the area. We were in the dark for over an hour. It was getting toasty in the apartment but the time the power came back on. ick. Can’t imagine what …

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Zen Garden Pirated!

Will the disgrace never cease?! The tranquility of this peaceful place has now been replaced by a bold pirate marking his spot in the sand… [sadness]. jbb

FayWatch Day 3 – Enough Already

It’s been raining NONSTOP since before 5pm yesterday. The rain isn’t coming down in buckets, but combined with how long it’s been raining and the wind… this storm can move on now… jbb Click the link for a video of my drive home from work in the rain….

Final Cut Studio Unbox

07-19 Final Cut Studio Unbox, originally uploaded by boringcom. Ir’s taken nearly a month, but I’ve finally gotten my copy of Final Cut Studio, a perk of being on-staff @ Full Sail University. If you’re not so sure whether this is a perk, just check out the retail price for FCP. All I can say …

Redecorating

Redecorating, originally uploaded by Melaina. You know you’re way too into your phone when you move your furniture to accommodate the coverage, or lack thereof. I just wanna be done with that cluttered in the corner/empty spaces and walls just moved-in look. jbb