From the yearly archives:

2008

2008, It’s a Wrap

by Earl on December 31, 2008

in Observations

I’m not doing New Year Resolutions any longer. Oh, I have things I’d like to accomplish this coming year, but my priorities and goals will no doubt change as 2009 progresses. I believe 2009 will be a very interesting period (perhaps in the Chinese curse way.)
This makes three years of posting to Meandering Passage and [...]

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Low Water and Google Maps

by Earl on December 30, 2008

in Photography

Low Water at the Bull Hole:

I travelled to the near-by dam/river area (Bull Hole) this morning only to find that the water level had dropped significantly.
I was there about a week ago and water was overflowing along the entire dam. This morning, water was only coming from a couple of bypass gates at the bottom [...]

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A walk in the woods

by Earl on December 29, 2008

in Photography

The woodsy scent of moist leaves and plants tinted with a hint of wood smoke filled the air as I slowly hiked down the path deeper into the woods. In the distance, I see wisps of fog hopefully rising from the as yet unseen river which from the map I knew to be there.

Seeming to [...]

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Santa says Christmas still a go

by Earl on December 24, 2008

in Observations, Photography

After checking with the big Christmas Elf himself, Christmas is still a “go” this year.
It has been confirmed that Santa Claus will operate this year without accepting a single penny of bailout money from the U.S. Government.
May everyone have a wonderful Christmas and may each of you enjoy the real gifts of Christmas–family [...]

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Flowing Waters

by Earl on December 23, 2008

in Photography

Not much of anything to say today so I’ll simply post this photo taken earlier this week.

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Against the night sky

by Earl on December 22, 2008

in Photography

With only a few days till Christmas I thought I’d post a photo taken the other night of a very common sight here in the Southern Bible Belt, a church steeple.
For a handheld shot, I was pleased with how the black steeple roof and cross stands out clearly from the night sky. I was afraid [...]

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Sharing Photography

by Earl on December 21, 2008

in Photography

For the holidays my daughter drove in from Asheville, NC, this morning and shortly after her arrival we paid a visited to one of my favorite local photo spots. This was her first visit to the Bull Hole area and she seemed to enjoy it.
According to the high water marks, the water here was recently [...]

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We make it a holiday evening

by Earl on December 20, 2008

in Photography

Last night my wife and I took a casual walk through downtown Salisbury (NC, USA) and along a couple of the historical area streets before setting down to a relaxing meal at one of the local restaurants.
The walk was welcomed after what seemed to both of us a long week and it gave me an [...]

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Interesting stuff from this week

by Earl on December 19, 2008

in Linux, Observations

The more I use my Nikon D700 camera the more I like it. However, according to Mike Johnson, Sony has made impressive inroads into the D-SLR world.
I’ve already been partially paid back from my first loan at Kiva. It feels good. I got turned on to Kiva by friends. It’s a site/organization which allows individuals [...]

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Doing the Day

by Earl on December 17, 2008

in Photography

As I took this photo I was thinking, here’s someone enjoying the moment. Many of us don’t take advantage of those moments when we have them.
My mind goes back to a recently read book where one of the characters used the line, “Do the day and let the day do you.”
With the added current stress [...]

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.2 Available

by Earl on December 16, 2008

in Software, Upgrades

It must be update week, yesterday was Apple OS X 10.5.6 and today it’s Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.2 (Mac, Win).
Lightroom 2.2 includes support for additional cameras as well as a number of bug fixes. Also Camera profiles are now available in the Calibration panel in the Develop module.

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