Smugmug Reminder
Just a reminder from my new friend Parker that new photos are being posted at the Smugmug offsite instead of the old vista.howlingpoint.net gallery. I shoot much more than I write.
Smugmug and Sedona
Today is brought to you by the letter ‘S’. Recovering from a wonderful week in Sedona, and using Smugmug to handle the photos going forward (for now). It actually does give me everything I want, and then some, but I’m not entirely happy with the cost. Am I finally to the point where hosting/coding is too much work that I’ll pay others to do it for me?
Photos from the trip are here, and for the first time in forever I didn’t have to reduce the pictures’sizes to protect the server: https://howlingpoint.smugmug.com/Sedona-Roadtrip-June-2018/
Changes?
Not much here – the recent neglect of the written word will continue for the foreseeable future.
The photo gallery, however, where I’ve been much more active, is overdue for some changes. The software I’ve been using just received it’s first update in over a year, and that update seems to have created more problems than it solved.
And while I would prefer to self-host because I’m kind of a control freak, modern digital photography involves files that are much larger than when I started, and while I appreciate the occasional linkee-love, big crowds tend to drag down all my sites to the point of requiring reboots, and I really don’t need the aggravation.
So, expect some changes, and maybe even a couple of trial and error fits over the next few weeks. Currently giving SmugMug and Photoshelter the once over, but open to suggestions. Our upcoming trip to Sedona should be the perfect change to road test some finalists and then see where things go from there.
Ten Years!
Today we celebrate ten years of warm puppy licks, unconditional love, and dismembered plushies. Thanks for coming into our home, Diego, and thanks again to the San Diego Humane Society for letting him take care of us.
A Surprise ComicCon
We’d pretty much written off attending this year’s Geekfest given our poor lottery karma, but a good friend came through with Saturday and Sunday day passes on Friday, so off we went. Had a blast. Photos are up over at the gallery. Wanted to point out this one special through: hands down the most imaginative cosplay I’ve seen in years.
Have to give a shout-out when a one-off line in a movie can become something special all on it’s own, and dedicated people like these two have the initiative to go out and create two costumes from scratch based on one simple joke.
June travels
It’s no secret we normally hit the road in June. It coincides with the time that Randy’s free from his responsibilities as a teacher and has a birthday, and we have a wedding anniversary. Recent past years have included Sedona, and Sea Ranch; this year San Francisco proper got the nod.
We jammed as much as we could into four days: Beach Blanket Babylon, a Tony Party with the Ray of Light Theatre, the Disney Museum and the deYoung’s Summer of Love exhibit, a tourist swing through Fisherman’s Wharf and Coit Tower, and amazing food all over the place. The stay was anchored by the fabulous Tilden Hotel, which gave us the needed moments of rest and calm in addition to a place to leave our stuff. Embarrassed to say I never would have heard about it but for a blind bid on Priceline – now I can’t imagine returning to the city without looking for availability there first.
Of course, it didn’t hurt anything that midway through the trip we stopped at the Cathay House for sustenance and spiritual guidance and we blessed by our representative of the Ancient Order of Chinese Busboys and Cooks with these bits of wisdom:
Be alert for new opportunities [in bed] – pleasure or business [in bed].
You will soon be singled out for a promotion [in bed]. Congrats!
No words…
D-Day!!!
Yep, it’s Adoption Day for Diego. Celebrating nine years of white, fluffy goodness in our lives today. Photos and words documenting the experience for those of you not lucky enough to experience it in real life.
Happy New Year!
2017 Penguin Plunge from Chuck Hartley on Vimeo.
New Living Room
We’re finally knocking out some of the long pending renovations to the downstairs at Casa. There’s still a bit more to do before Thanksgiving, including a new light fixture from Mission Studios for the dining room, but we knocked out the bulk of the flooring yesterday. Engineered hardwood Bamboo Toast (horizontal).
There are plenty of ‘before’ pictures floating around here and elsewhere, but here is the ‘during’:
And here is the ‘after’:
