July 22, 2010
July 1, 2010
Favorite time of day…
… when there are few folks up and about, when the Sun kisses the horizon, when the deer come to play. Yet when the birds sing to me, yes, this is my favorite time of day.
May 28, 2010
May 24, 2010
May 22, 2010
All Yours Donny
I am sorry it ain’t a donkey pix Donny but,
Amber was about 1 year 5 months in this photo.
One of my all time favorite photos.
Amber, you were and are gorgeous!
Please note that she is giving me the finger 
May 5, 2010
Chrome, Google’s Web Browser
I have been using Chrome over Firefox for about a year now simply because it is faster. But, evidently my opinion isn’t good enough for Google. They had to do some ‘real’ tests to prove that Chrome is faster. Hence the video below;
May 3, 2010
Bob Ross
My sister, Jeanie Hoppal, is one heck of an artist. One of her many talents is painting. She even teaches the Bob Ross style of painting. You might know of Bob Ross via his long time running show on PBS, you know, he was that curly headed dude that was always saying “and now let’s make a happy tree…” Unfortunately, Bob passed on before the home computer really caught on. But if he were still alive, I wouldn’t be surprised if he ‘painted’ using the PC and using GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program). GIMP is free, and so are the many tutorials.
I might have to try to emulate the results in the above tutorial. But I do not expect similar results for unlike my sister, I have no talent.
April 18, 2010
April 12, 2010
April 9, 2010
OK GO
Song Title; This Too Shall Pass
From the new album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky” available at http://www.okgo.net/store
OK Go on Tour http://www.okgo.net/shows/
Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Produced by Shirley Moyers. The official video for the recorded version of “This Too Shall Pass” off of the album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky”. The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The “machine” was designed and built by the band, along with members of Syyn Labs ( http://syynlabs.com/ ) over the course of several months.
There is an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the warehouse here: http://www.okgo.net/this-too-shall-pa…
OK Go thanks State Farm for making this video possible.
This was an actual Rube Goldberg puzzle that played while the band sang the song. Notice how some the ’stunts’ sync with the tune.
Hard to believe that this is a 4 minute long song (it goes by so quick). But if you are like me, you will watch it over and over and …
