Chris Denbow
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Ticklish
Aug 23rd
I just discovered this video which was probably shot back in December 2008. Daphne would have been about 1 1/2 here. Cuteness!
Why I Reinstalled Windows 7
Aug 11th
I really enjoy open source computing. For the past 2.5 months I used nothing but Linux Ubuntu 10.04 as my operating system. It is fast, reliable and bug-free. I love discovering customizable software and figuring out how things work. However, as a photographer, i really needed my tools of the trade: Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.
Sure, I installed both of these inside of Ubuntu using WINE but I couldn’t quite get the images the way they needed to be or the text never rendered properly. I wish that Adobe would consider supporting Linux just as they do the Apple and Windows community More >
Fantastico Flamenco
Aug 5th
Visual artist Claudia, of Phat Puppy Art surprised me with a beautiful piece of work today. She upgraded an image I shot of a flamenco dancer. I love the textures and color saturation that really make the original image pop. Check out her other works of art here Thanks for sharing, Claudia!
Sleep Deprivation
Jul 26th
I mentioned earlier on Facebook on how all three members of the Denbow clan of Texas need help with our sleeping patterns. We’re experiencing a lot of odd behavior when it comes to sleep (or lack of)
- Weird hours
- no set schedules
- waking up in the middle of the night
- long naps or no naps (toddler)
We need therapy. Seriously. Any resource suggestions or home remedies?
Ubuntu Promo Video
Jul 23rd
I love the fact that Dell has partnered with Ubuntu to offer PCs that are not just Windows based. Also love their statement that Ubuntu is more reliable than WIndows as well. Here is a promo video from last year showing the previous Ubuntu version. Can you imagine how much more improvement went into this current version (10.04)?
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Who Are You People Anyway?
Jul 21st
I’m not one of those people hung up on numbers and it does nothing for my ego. I noticed the Twitter section of my website tonight for some reason and was kind of surprised by the number of followers. I purged almost another thousand followers previously just because I had no idea why they were following or they were spammers and fembots.
You Love Me. You Reeeeally Love Me...
I have a lot of friends on Twitter from Birmingham. I signed up way back in 2006 when it first came out and we all kind of geeked out on it. A have More >
Success?
Jul 21st
One of the great pleasures of running on Linux is how the open source community sees a need and then builds a solution. Thank goodness for Virtualbox for allowing me to create virtual environments that allows me to run Windows and eventually Mac OS X operating systems on my Linux machine.
Not sure how the Mac software will run because after a successful(?) install and reboot I cannot run Mac yet. Looking over my shoulder and suggestions are appreciated.
Apple OS X On Linux Ubuntu 10.04? Yes please!
Bye Bye Soda
Jul 19th
I’ve been adamant about drinking a lot of water and iced tea lately. I was bombarded twice in the same day with anti-soda messages from different sources. Both indicating that I was drinking calories that i should have been eating instead. Not to mention there are 16 grams of sugar in every 20 oz bottle. Today our little girl enjoyed 2 cups of milk and nothing but water instead of her usual sugary juices and a quick sip of soda pop from Dad.
We’ll see how the rest of the week plays out but for now, bye bye soda!
More >The Wanderer
Jul 12th
Every now and then I feel like I am wandering around in circles as I travel across the desert.
Texas Two Step
Jul 5th
Today marks my 2nd anniversary as a Texan and I have mixed feelings about this. We moved here two years ago from Birmingham, Alabama to be closer to our family members here and in Oklahoma. We moved to the promise land where I could relaunch my career and to take advantage of the numerous opportunities here.
I secured a contract job to get us started and looked for a salaried position elsewhere but kept coming up short. The short answer for all of this is simply the economy. Companies in Alabama were feeling this early on and by the time we More >
