August, 2007

Vidcast #2: My Birthday

Posted by Evan at 7:59 pm

In this second vidcast I talk about birthday memories, iLife ‘08, iWork ‘08, some new house projects and things I’ve been doing at work.

A quick update

Posted by Evan at 9:50 am

I’ve got some updates coming soon, including the 2nd episode of my vidcast! I’m working on getting that exported now and will hopefully get it online today. Things have been busy with work so I haven’t had a lot of time to work on other things but I’ve got a few things in the pipeline, all good, all good.

For now, here are a few recommendations:

• Check out Season 1 of the Ricky Gervais show. You owe it to yourself. It’ll be the best $6.95 you’ve spent in a long time.
• Looking for an easy way to add a reflection to your online images? Check out Reflex.js it looks great and is VERY easy to implement, just add a class name to your image and you’re set!
• I’ve been getting into video very heavily over the last month or so. To help my editing skills a little I put together a trailer for Bring on the Night, a documentary about Sting when he left The Police. Let me know what you think!

More later!

Content Aware Image Resizing

Posted by Evan at 1:45 pm

A friend sent this video to me and I was quite amazed at this new technology. Anyone who has ever worked with images on the web can appreciate how amazing this is!!! More information available at Oh Giazmo!

Summers of Sun Tea

Posted by Evan at 4:42 pm

I spent a lot of time with my grandparents while growing up. My brother and I would walk long distances along the creek that ran behind our grandparent’s house, something we were told countless times not to do, fishing for crawdads and exploring what seemed like new and uncharted territory.

One of my favorite memories from the summers at Nanny and Papaw’s is the tea. They never had much money but there was always a tall jar of Nestea in the cupboard. The not-so-fine granules never really tasted very good, and the strange dark brown spots all over the otherwise white foam atop the drink never seemed very appetizing either. But once in a while, when Nanny had the time, we got a real treat. A large pitcher of homemade sun tea.

I loved to stand next to her in the kitchen as she prepared the tea. She always used the same clear pitcher with yellow wheat plants imprinted into the glass. She’d fill the pitcher with water and then gently float the tea bags atop the water, sealing the top with a towel and a rubber band. I knew that later that day we’d be able to drink tea sun tea; and not just any sun tea, Nanny’s sun tea with lots of sweet sugar and large blocks of ice.

Throughout the day, between our trips to the creek and out to the wood shop, my brother and I would walk past the jar, looking closely to see whether or not the tea was “ready” for drinking. “No, it’s not ready yet” she’d say, but it was never more than a half our or so before we were back to check again. Later in the evening after the sun had gone down and there wasn’t enough light to venture back down the creek, we’d sit outside on the back porch drinking the sun tea we’d waited for all day with lots of sweet sugar and large blocks of ice.

Evan today, though they’ve been gone for several years, every time I order iced tea I can’t help but remember Nanny and Papaw, our summers and the sun tea.

Celebrating 5 years of marriage!

Posted by Evan at 12:51 pm

Today is August 10th, and five years ago today on a hot Saturday, Kristen and I were married at the First United Methodist Church in Richmond Indiana. It was a whirlwind of a day and we were not too sad to get the day over with and get on with our normal lives. We’ve been through so much together in the five years since we got married and the 10 years since we first started dating. I wouldn’t trade those years for anything and I look forward with much excitement to the future we’ll spend together. Our trip to Niagara Falls this summer was in celebration of our five year anniversary so we’re not planning to do much, but I do feel like it’s quite a milestone.