Maybe I’m just turning into a crotchety old man, but lately it seems like the quality of ‘things’ has gone downhill. I’ve had multiple examples of things that just don’t work as long as they should, compared to the items they’ve replaced. This doesn’t just seem to apply to technology either. For years, my day-to-day […]
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Another first snow
All week the weather has been hinting that we might see some snow on Friday. Sure enough, I woke up to find a slushy mess on my car, and the beautiful sight of large snowflakes streaming from the sky. I love the first snow of winter, and Friday was no exception. It was a beautiful […]
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Got to try CarPlay!
Today I brought my car into the shop to get some work done. It was costly enough that I decided to spend the extra $25 to get a rental car for the day. I love getting rental cars from dealers because they are usually the latest model vehicles with all the bells and whistles. Today […]
Read moreRemembering Paul Wellstone
October 25th is the anniversary of the death of Paul Wellstone. Paul was a tremendous treasure to the state of Minnesota. He captured what was great about Minnesota liberalism and carried it all the way to Washington D.C. He was often energetic and brash, but he did it with a Minnesota charm that always endeared […]
Read moreA quick Lightroom check-in
So after my positive thoughts on the new Lightroom CC paradigm last week, I came across one little snag that has be stuck in no-man’s land. When you migrate your catalog over to Lightroom CC from Classic, it needs to send all your photos to the cloud. If you’re like me, this take a long […]
Read moreQuick review: Spider-man Homecoming
Got a chance to watch a movie this past weekend, and my wife suggested Spider-man Homecoming. I have never been a huge Spidey fan, so I skipped this Marvel flick in the theaters. However, I can saw without a doubt that Homecoming was a lot more fun and inventive than I thought it would be. […]
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Frontenac State Park hiking
Sunday, the wife and I headed down to a beautiful State Park on the bluffs of the Mississippi. Frontenac State Park is just south of Red Wing Minnesota and is filled with beautiful hiking paths that wind through prairies and down steep river bluffs. We did about two hours of hiking along the bluff trails […]
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Race Report: Surf the Murph 25K – 2017
This was my third year at Surf the Murph. Two years ago it was the site of my first 50K and my induction into the ultramarathon distance. Last year I tried for a repeat, but after a big year with my first 50 mile race I just wasn’t up for two loops of the course, […]
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There goes the neighborhood
I’ve been listening to a lot of urban planning and community development podcasts lately, and another new one I’ve found that I really like is a series out of WNYC called There Goes the Neighborhood. It’s another public radio show that is well produced, with good talent and insight into the issues facing changing neighborhoods. […]
Read moreRAW on a phone
Something that I’ve been meaning to try is shooting RAW on my phone. The Lightroom app allows you to shoot raw and then edit the photos in Lightroom CC. it was a beautiful evening outside with a wonderful setting sun hitting some dead seeds of a tree in our front yard. I decided to use […]
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Lightroom CC
Today Adobe announced their new Lightroom CC line, which is the next generation of Lightroom products. I’ve been a Lightroom user for many years, and it’s my go-to product for photography needs. I’ve managed to do amazing edits with it, and salvage some photos that haven’t come out great. It’s a workhorse of a tool […]
Read moreAm I an Apple guy anymore?
Recently, I’ve been starting to question how much of an Apple guy I am. Those who know me, know that I’ve been an Apple fan boy since the late 1990s when I was running OS 7.x on a clone Power Computing machine. The evolution of Macs to OS X was a tremendously welcome change for […]
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Second Runnings 