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Saturday night we had some peeps over for a belated birthday party for yours truly. Lots of alcohol, lots of food, lots of fun, and the Saints won. w00t! Bowl bound, baby!
Yesterday, Kristin took me over to Gamestop and in the complete absence of any Wii, she bought me a PS3 for my birthday. I [...]

Hey, Mom and Dad, how old am I in this picture? Any idea?
Update: Dad writes: “you were about 2 years and 10 months old in that picture the late fall before 1975. It was taken just before we moved from Gulport, Ms to Longview, Tx or right after we got to Longview in October 1975.”

There’s 4 new camera-phone pics of the pup up over at Flickr.

New York Botanical Gardens Chihuly Exhibit
Originally uploaded by C.K. Sample, III.
What do you do when it is 100 degrees outside, you’ve finished your editorial shift on Netscape, and you have to take a break as people come to look at your apartment?
Why go to the Botanical Gardens of course!
See the full set here.

More shots…
Originally uploaded by C.K. Sample, III.

If there’s one thing that getting the Spore Creature yesterday has made me certain of, it is this: I need a 3-D printer.
But I’d also need a 3-D scanner, so that I could duplicate objects.
Why?
Well, a long long time ago in a galaxy far away, I used to be [...]

I had a rather busy weekend. I have a very odd work schedule now with the new Netscape launched. My editorial shift is basically 8-2 Monday through Thursday and then again on Saturdays. Since in addition to being one of the lead anchors for the site, I’m also the Managing Editor, I inevitably have some [...]

Last week, I was in Santa Monica on business, and here’s all the pictures.

Frank Gehry: Art + Architecture - a photoset on Flickr—Note to self: look at all these more carefully when you have the time.

blizzard aught six

Originally uploaded by C.K. Sample, III.

I woke up to the sight of a large snow marshmallow sitting atop the AC unit in our bedroom window. Looked outside to see it pouring snow. I took some pictures, but against the backdrop of white, I [...]

…but I was worried it would eat through my .Mac bandwidth. Today, I discovered the dangers of Photo Booth and iWeb.

…or at least, it’s what I like about being read on the Internet: I pose a question and people give useful answers in the comments and then someone else reblogs it in a more relevant forum.
Result: ignorance is curtailed.

Hello readers, friends, and any pro photographers out there. I need some advice. I have an inexpensive Velbon plastic tripod that I grabbed a while back for video that I’ve been using with my Nikon D70. While I was home for the holiday, I picked up a small desk tripod that was metal and more [...]

angel

Originally uploaded by C.K. Sample, III.

Christmas was nice. Everyone seemed to enjoy the gifts I got them and I’m definitely enjoying all that I received. My favorite gift is the new Nikkor macro lens that Kristin got me for my D70. I’m supposed to be [...]

shot of the snow coming down

Originally uploaded by C.K. Sample, III.

Kristin received a phone call early this morning that her school was shut down and I called the snow number at work, and, sure enough, we’re closed due to “inclement weather.”
SNOW DAY!!! Wheeeeeeeeee! Now, I [...]

This Macro on the Cheap article is pretty cool and something I need to seriously consider doing.
[via MAKE]

First Snowfall Fall 2005

Originally uploaded by C.K. Sample, III.

It snowed last night. We had just switched my car into the parking lot, because the inspection ran out on the first, and I promptly received a ticket.
Need to take it this afternoon and spot a place [...]

EIMI poster

Originally uploaded by C.K. Sample, III.

So, after scanning in EIMI the other day, I uploaded all the pics to Flickr and made them private (so that I’m not breaking copyright), and then I logged into my QOOP account and made a poster out of [...]

Blogs are very good at ratting out scum-bags.

under wing

Originally uploaded by C.K. Sample, III.

I like this shot too.