I broke down and ordered the Mavic Air 2 Fly More Combo. It satisfies the deficiencies of the Mavic Mini and costs half what the Mavic 2 Pro would cost. My two key needs, 4k video and Occusync, cannot be satisfied by the Mini.…
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Texas is reopening for business and I’m not sure how I feel about that. Last month I started seeing more masks appearing in public. Maybe one in three people wearing masks at Total Wine. Yesterday I made a quick dash into a local convenience store and there was no one but me wearing.…
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This is the third drone that I have owned. I have had it long enough to be familiar with its strengths and weaknesses. With the imminent release of the Mavic Air 2, I have had a chance to review my purchase.…
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While cleaning out my digital desk I found this image from 2014 listing places in the world that I would like to visit. Six years later I have checked off six places that I have visited since then. The Chichtzen Itza on irks me because I was in Progreso this past summer but did not have time to get into the jungle.…
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Movie Poster for Highlander
Probably my favorite movie is
Highlander from 1986. When planning a trip to Scotland, I had to make sure the Eilean Donan Castle was on the agenda. To me this castle is the epitome of what a castle should be.…
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Back in 1988 I had the idea to take pictures of models that I’d built. I was new to photography and used this as an experiment. These shots were all done with a 35mm camera.
Top ViewFront ViewRear ViewBMW
Snow Speeder from Empire Strikes Back
Eagle from Space: 1999
With the new King Kong vs Godzilla movie coming out in a few months, I thought I would put together a list of King Kong movies to re-watch in preparation. I’ve left off the cartoon and other TV appearances. Let me know if I’ve missed any theatrical outings.
On a recent trip to Florida I took a picture of a neon sign. I made a few edits to the image and posted it on my Instagram page. A few days later I received a notification that I’d been tagged in a new post.…
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So Apple has released macOS Catalina with all sorts of new shiny features. However there is one feature/change that is going to catch users by surprise. That is the drop of support for “legacy” 32-bit applications. Any program that needs to run on macOS going forward will have to be a 64-bit application.…
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At the Arlington Museum of Art today are three current exhibitions. If you have not been downtown lately, now would be a good time.
mumentous: the upsizing of a texas tradition
home & heritage: recognizing diversity
from steer to street art: a photographic journey through the lone star state
While on my “winter vacation” I on occasion thought to point my phone out the window and capture a few seconds of video. Once home, I stitched those clips together, deleting about 90%. What was left is a waterfall laden collection of video clips.…
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When I first saw the trailer for Ad Astra, starring Brad Pitt, I was pretty sure I was in for yet another Hollywood art film set in space. I’m fine with that as long as we don’t call it science fiction.…
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Despite a lousy movie-going experience, I found the theatrical presentation of the first two episodes of the Amazon Prime series, Undone, to be quite compelling. The presentation format is primarily a rotoscoped cartoon. We’ve seen this before in A Scanner Darkly or Heavy Metal.…
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