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On June 20th, 2006, I received an email from a journalist in Massachusetts. The email stated that both him and his dad all shared the same name and found me through a Google search. As interesting as this was, my first thought was to immediately register the domain. At that point, it was something …

adium chat transcript  •  “Stephen MSN 4:43:45  •  ok  •  Stephen MSN 4:44:01  •  paper rock scissors?  •  Crystal MSN 4:44:05  •  sure  •  Stephen MSN 4:44:12  •  1... 2...3  •  Stephen MSN 4:44:13  •  paper  •  Crystal MSN 4:44:13  •  paper”

While shopping around for my first digital SLR camera, it became incredibly frustrating the Canadian resellers were so much more expensive then US online stores. Even after the exchange rate, the price was hundreds of dollars cheaper but unfortunately shipping (especially border crossing charges …

Out with the CRT and in with the LCD.  •  2005/02/03 08:14 On vehicle for delivery  •  2005/02/01 04:06 Shipment In Transit  •  2005/01/30 08:30 In Transit in U.S.  •  Ordered Friday afternoon: 2005/01/28

It has been months since I used a mouse (when not playing Half Life 2) as I have become very dependant on a tablet for every day work. When I bought my new computer a few weeks ago, I couldn't very well share one tablet between two systems, so I bought a second. I now have a 4x5 Graphire and 6x8 …

In the summer of 2002 I bought a Graphire tablet from Wacom not knowing if they were going to be as good as they claimed to be.  •  Frustration was an understatement as I attempted to use what seemed to be a very difficult. When the pen came in contact with the tablets sensor, it acted as a left …

The past few weeks have been very busy including an 11 day trip to Orlando, Florida for PhotoshopWorld East '04. The actual Photoshop Conference was only scheduled for 3 days so that left 2 travel days and an additional 6 days to explore Orlando's Theme Parks.  •  It was also suppose to be my …