Create-a-thon 2015, General

Photos from the desert

I finally got around to loading some of my Vegas pics into Lightroom today. I made a few minor corrections to overcome the iPhone camera and came out with what I feel is a nice little gallery of some of my favorites. These are taken around Red Rocks Canyon and Lake Mead.

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Create-a-thon 2015, General

Villager escape!

A quick update from Minecraft. Some of my friends and I started up on a new server and I decided to create a villager trading post. My first attempt came out pretty good, but then I realized I made it too close to my villager breeder and so I wasn’t getting any new villagers spawning. […]

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Create-a-thon 2015, General

Nintendo on smartphones

Today brought news that Nintendo has partnered with a mobile game maker to bring some of the more popular character franchises to smartphone games. So this means that in the future you may see games on iOS and Android that feature Mario, Luigi, Kirby, etc. along side other games in the app store. However, one […]

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Calling all DSLR geeks

I know there are a few photo buffs who follow my musings here, so I’m hopeful that maybe a few of you will come out of the woodwork to put a comment or two on this post. This is one of those interactive posts that could use some input :). I started shooting back in the […]

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A day-late running blog

Argh… my excuse for missing yesterday is either A) I was still getting back into normal life after our trip and forgot. B) I was too busy playing Minecraft and forgot. C) I had honestly thought I had written one, but apparently hadn’t. D) All of the above. So here’s my first of what will […]

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Create-a-thon 2015, General

Las Vegas – Wrap up

We returned very late last night, so late that it was actually today. Our plane landed around 12:15am and we began the process of getting our luggage and starting our drive home. Needless to say we found ourselves sleeping in quite a bit this morning before finishing the unpacking and starting laundry. This is the […]

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Las Vegas Trip 2015 – The Strip

No trip to Vegas ever seems complete without at least one visit to The Strip. For those unfamiliar with Vegas, The Strip is a couple mile long stretch of Las Vegas Blvd. where all the casino’s that you hear about are. The Luxor, Belagio, Ceaser’s Palace, etc. are all on The Strip. Unlike Freemont Street, […]

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Las Vegas breweries

One of the things I like to do when visiting other cities is to sample their local brewery culture. I love to try new beers and love talking with local breweries about the beer culture in their cities. This trip has afforded me a chance to try beer from four different places so far, so […]

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Running Red Rocks Canyon… the adventure

One of the things I like to do when traveling is run in different climates and biomes than I can experience back home. Since we’re in the desert I wanted to spend some time running in the desert, and we selected Red Rocks Canyon on the west edge of Vegas. My wife planned a smaller […]

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Las Vegas 2015 – Day 1

Today started bright and early with arriving at the airport by 7am to catch our flight to Vegas to visit my wife’s family. Although I had been nervous for a while about flying I managed to feel pretty good this morning. I also took a little white pill to help calm me down during the […]

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Something about a dress, but more

So a couple weeks ago the Internet exploded with everyone talking about if a dress was gold/white or black/blue. I was one of the people who saw only gold/white, and no matter what I did, I just couldn’t see the black/blue. There were some great articles out there about the science behind it, but I […]

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Create-a-thon 2015, General

Teens all around

Today I am officially the parent of ONLY teenagers. As someone who turned 40 last year, it sometimes feels a bit weird to think that my children are this old already. However, I really enjoy the fact that my kids are mature and old enough to take care of themselves in ways that younger kids […]

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