The ceilings of Castle Sforzesco
Some of the ceilings in the rooms of Castillo Sforzesco were just amazing! Here were some of my favorites…
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Color correction
ByDerek
Our continuing quest to de-blue the house took another huge leap forward yesterday with the repainting of the deck. See, the previous owners of the house had a fetish for this particular shade of blue, which was used… well… on pretty much any paintable surface. We’ve been slowly working to change that and add a…
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Grape Irony
ByDerek
So, I got this email from Premier Wines/Prime Wines/Prestige Wines begging me to help it keep wine out of supermarkets with what has to be the weakest, most self-serving arguments ever: Don’t let “Big Box Greed” endanger your friends and family. • Wine in 16,000 more outlets means more traffic fatalities • Five times more…
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Upgrading to Lightroom
ByDerek
So… let’s quickly recap since it’s been a couple months since I posted anything. My PC finally died (which was really Amanda’s old PC because my last PC died first, and I just adopted hers). Got a new PC. Picked up a copy of Adobe Lightroom with my nonprofit discount because as it may be…
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Higgins vs. The Skyway, the return
ByDerek
Congressman Brian Higgins today repeated his call for the Skyway to be torn down and replaced, and every news outlet ran with it like it was major news. It’s been four years since I’ve written on the topic, but the claims that Higgins made today seemed to me to be more over the top than…
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Just rearrange the sentences a bit
ByDerek
Thesis: “In his new book, political analyst Ron Brownstein calls this a crisis of ‘hyperpartisanship,’ a crisis which has ‘unnecessarily inflamed our differences and impeded progress against our most pressing challenges.’ Nothing reflects the result of hyperpartisanship more than the current immigration debate…” Supporting arguments: “Here in our nation’s capital, I wanted to talk briefly…
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Why I’ll never be a pirate
ByDerek
A week ago I decided it would be a good idea to get my septic tank pumped. We’ve been in the house a year, and it had been about two years before that since the previous owner had it pumped. With winter and the baby on the way, it seemed like it might be a…