Back to the beginning

I started this blog to be able to update people about what I was doing, especially when I was out of town at tradeshows. In an attempt to get things back on track all the way around I thought I'd start doing the updates from industry events again at the very least, and so I present Mix Nashville, or wish I could. So many are missing from this years event it makes me wonder about the very industry itself. No Apple, NO Digidesign, no Logic, no Microsoft. I know this doesn't spell the end of the business but come on, Digi has had a rep in Nashville forever and they couldn't even muster a table or at least some brochures? Some of the panels seem interesting, and Cakewalk is here, so is Roland (they own Cakewalk) so not a total loss but things seem very different this year. I can't put my finger on what it is but I'm keeping a weather eye on the horizon for next minute or two for certain.

What - what maker???

Tilt Shift Maker! What fun, check out the website it's a blast. I've been playing with this website for a couple of weeks now and it's so addictive. If you'd like an in depth description of the origin of the effect here's the wikipedia entry for tiltshift . There's even a flickr group , so enjoy!

Been a while

Well the last post was when we elected our next President, and soon he'll be sworn into office. Maybe this is a new day for all of us, in our own way. I know I need a new start. in every way. Well the light of the dawn always seems to bring new hope.

History

For a while now I've been looking for something to blog about, and I guess this would have to qualify as something to write about. I've seen "history" made in my lifetime, not all of it good, in fact most bad, or at best just sad.

July 20, 1969 man lands on the moon, I didn't really see it I don't think, but I was alive. This was good. August 9, 1974 Nixon resigns. April 30, 1975 last choppers out of Saigon, the end of the Vietnam War. 4 November 1979 Iran takes US Embassy, hostage crisis begins. 8 December 1980 John Lennon shot. March 30, 1981 an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan. November 9, 1989 the Berlin Wall fell, and on December 25, 1991 the Soviet Union dissolved.On December 19, 1998 Bill Clinton was impeached and acquitted narrowly of the charges on February 12, 1999. September 11, 2001 is hard to think about even today. I could go on with the Iraq War, the War in Afghanistan, but I think enough time has been spent dwelling on the past.

Tonight, at 11:30 John McCain gave his concession speech, and another moment in history, one I can say I'm proud to have seen, occurred, an African American, a black man if you want, was elected President of the United States of American. September 22, 1862 the Abolition of Slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation, was issued. 146 years later Barack Obama is our President Elect.

The vacation is over!

A week in Florida and no updates thanks to a forgotten power cable for the iBook. Photos will start going up soon (1200 plus to sort through) and more text as well. Vacation I miss you already.

DCon survived sucessfully

DragonCon 2008 has come and gone. Best of the past several years, had a blast, saw panels, people watched, drank some, and laughed way to much (is that possible?).It was a wonderful little geek/nerd vacation and I'm actually looking forward to doing it again next year. I might try to go into more detail later but right now I need a little sleep. Check out the pictures and look around Flickr for even more.

Just a good day.

I was feeling good about the day and thought what a novel thing to blog about, no insightful thoughts, no gripes or grievances, no epiphanies, just simply a satisfying day. Have you had one of those days lately? Nothing too hard nothing too easy, just right. Learned a couple of things (and probably forgot a couple) made a couple steps forward without falling back any, I guess this is what Goldilocks found...does that mean there a couple pissed off bears waiting for me around the next corner? Oh well it might just be worth it, if I see Goldy I'll make sure and ask.