Mama-to-be

A short walk last night revealed a number of deer. For the most part, they are so commonplace that I barely sort through the shots I sneak of them unless I sense something outstanding. But, this soon-to-be mother caught our eyes, and it was only the zoom lens that showed her bulging belly.

Things in the House (#1)

Scratch

Developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at MIT Media Lab, Scratch is a new programming language that allows users to create interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art.



Fifteen-to-twenty years ago, programs like Hypercard, Toolbook, IconAuthor, TenCORE, and Authorware established the foundation for visual programming, decreasing flexibility but allowing an interface for anybody to be a programmer of basic interactions and functionality. As these programs progressed, they became complicated (or, nonexistant) to the point where it took a "technical mind" to use them successfully. Scratch may revisit the early days of these technologies in a vastly more accessible format.

National Cathedral

The Young One

A trip to Meadowlark Gardens revealed a small family of geese.

The tiny world of Willard Wigan

Willard-wigan.com


Elvis Presley on a pinhead

Luring

Just when I thought I'd have nothing to write about.

When I was a kid anxiously awaiting the first day of school, somebody bought me a binder that was littered with pictures of fishing lures. At the time it was kinda cool; I had no idea what they were, but they were very colorful and marked with words that simply didn't make any sense to me.

In retrospect, it was a fairly odd gift. I had never gone fishing or even expressed interest in doing so. I hated the taste of fish (still do), and have grown to find the whole concept of fishing barbaric.

Nonetheless, fishing lures are kinda neat looking, and through a roundabout link from Ken Jennings' blog, I found this site of vintage fishing lures.

I wonder if I still have that binder somewhere.

Kicking and screaming into the 21st century...

Truthfully, I'm horrible when it comes to updating any type of online blog. I've been trying since 1999, and rarely do they last more than a month or two.

On top of that, I like to build my own interfaces. They are, of course, not nearly as evolved and easy as sites such as this which, say, have more than one person working on them one or two evenings a month.

With that said, I'll try to maintain a photography blog here. What better way to start than with a condescending look from one of our cats, Sasha.

(And, just to maintain an archaic approach, I'll link to my own website instead of a photography-specific site. Like I said...kicking and screaming...)


Photograph by Bill Murphy