http://www.mdmorse.com 1 part photography, 2 parts geekdom Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:37:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm all about teaching alternative theories to evolution, so I bought a T-shirt to prove it.  (Hey, if you buy the T-shirt, it makes it so).  Wearscience.com has some great designs promoting "Teach the Controversy", including the aliens-built-the-pyramids, the-devil-planted-fossils-to-trick-us, and the earth-as-center-of-the-universe.  They even have a design of the Great ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/06/25/teach-the-controversy I've started collecting a few books on "futurism" from the 50's, 60's, and 70's.  I love the illustrations and ideas about the future from a time when mankind was just going to the moon.  It seems there was no limit to where they thought we'd be 100 years from now ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/06/22/the-history-of-spaceflight Our friends over at Lifehacker have shared a great new way to browse Amazon.com just like browsing shelves at a bookstore.  Zoomii displays books on "shelves" grouped by Bestsellers, New Arrivals, Science Fiction, etc.  You can drag around the bookstore or even create your own shelves by using the ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/06/22/a-better-way-to-browse-amazon One of my favorite flickr-ites, "The Norwegian" has posted a great story (along with photo, left) about his experience of a recent visit to the Church of Scientology. I agree with his opinion of "The Church", but read it for yourself. He also makes a great suggestion for those seeking ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/04/23/the-norwegian-meets-the-reverend In case you haven't heard, flickr has added video capabilites. Of course there are plenty of nay-sayers, and being a fan of great photography, I can understand how adding video could dilute what makes flickr great. Of course, there are lots of talented artists ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/04/17/flickr-video-a-good-thing I remember a series of cards at Jungle Red in OKC that all had small illustrations of bugs on the front, and contained such witty messages as "I want my stuff" and "You're old, Happy Birthday". I can't say I ever actually gave one to any of my friends, ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/03/23/ecards-that-are-a-bit-more-heartfelt Arthur C Clarke, the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, died yesterday at the age of 90. Though he wasn't my favorite author, anyone who loves science fiction should at least have read some of his work. I've read the entire 2001 series (2010, 2061, 3001), as well ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/03/19/a-science-fiction-legend-dies I loved the Muppets when I was a kid, so how better to say Happy St. Patrick's Day...   Thanks, Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/03/17/happy-st-patricks-day I've started following "Right Some Good", the art blog of Kirsten Anderson . She writes about artists she likes, and I've found I agree on many of them. One recent recommendation is Nathan Ota, who illustrates curious creatures like robots, eyeless birds and monster tree trunks. ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/03/04/nathan-ota-another-fine-artist I've recently stumbled across a wonderful photographer and storyteller on flickr.  Michael (aka "frogmuseum2") has kindly given me permission to share one of his photos.  As you can see here, his characters come to life with their own little oddworld personas.   Since quirky is my favorite kind of art, ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/02/23/curious-world-of-toys I want to be a part of something like this. I've followed their exploits after I first heard about them on "This American Life". Ira Glass interviewed the organizer of a "stunt" where they picked a guy out at random at a bar and threw him a birthday ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/02/01/frozen-in-grand-central I've been playing around with a very cool 3D rendering software called Chaoscope. It has some pretty mathematically intensive settings, but also a "search" function that randomly creates "viable" combinations. You can then tweak away at the criteria until you get the perfect imaginary universe. Here's a few of ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/01/26/mathematical-chaos Kirsten Anderson over at Right Some Good has posted some great art by fellow artist Brian Despain.  His work has the sort of tone I love (a la steampunk/Myst) and features another geek fav - robots!  What more could you ask for.  I'd hang this on my wall. Perhaps I ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/01/18/robot-art Wired.com has posted a series of photos of small modular houses sure to please the eco-friendly minded. But more than just environmentally conscious, these houses have a certain Zen that I want when I think about building a vacation house. I mean, how much more escapist can you ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/01/13/tiny-houses-i-want Being a dork, I love all things sci fi - be it movies, books or technology. Browsing my newly-subscribed RSS feed, I read about the upcoming Indiana Jones movie, an interview with the horned-rim glasses guy from Heroes, a article lamenting the USA's lack of futuristic vision when ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2008/01/02/strung-out-on-science-fiction BibliOdyssey has posted some great examples of Dutch Advertising from around 1900. My first exposure to Dutch design was at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. I'm attracted to the simplicity and clean lines. This particular example is especially interesting, since I worked for Holland-America in Alaska during ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/12/25/dutch-graphic-design-from-around-1900 If you're a fan of old time radio, or just wanna get in the mood for Christmas, then check out this selection of free public domain MP3s of radio shows over at OldRadioFun.com. From the classic 1947 "It's a Wonderful Life" to the more curious "Batman Christmas",  it'll get ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/12/20/old-time-christmas-radio I'm getting a little bored with my old K2 based theme.  I just upgraded to Wordpress 2.blah blah blah and decided to take the opportunity to try out a canned theme.  It's kinda fun, so I think I'll keep it until after the Holidays. And then no more excuses... i have ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/12/06/its-christmas-why-not Thanks to Jeff Pepper over at 2719Hyperion for sharing this clip from the 1958 Disneyland "Magic Highway USA". You can read more background from his earlier posts here and here. Apparently, we aren't as advanced as predicted. It would be cool to have my car wash and ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/11/29/the-road-ahead Not sure why, but I just like Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I can't pinpoint a particular performance as an actor that impresses me (although Mysterious Skin was pretty good - and a little disturbing). I just think he'd be very cool to hang out with; like a regular guy.   And just ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/11/29/i-just-like-joseph-gordon-levitt In my office I have a PC & a Mac G5. Even though I do most of my work on the Mac, I just can't give up my PC for gaming and Quicken. But with the new Intel-based Macs, and Parallels , I can run Windows XP as ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/11/22/thinking-of-switching-again If you love shows and concerts, this is the best tool for finding tickets. It's a visual map of the venue with available seats indicated as blue dots. Just find your seat and click buy. This is the biggest pain I find with "other" ticket sites; I have to ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/11/21/seatquest-visual-ticket-finder Pruned has posted a series of photos (with commentary) about the curious and fascinating "Broken Column House", built just before the French Revolution by François Nicolas Henri Racine de Monville, an aristocrat with lots of time and money on his hands. Built to appear as a ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/10/04/pseudo-decay-becomes-decay-then-pseudo-again Wanderer of Space, Vargo Statten, 1950 Scion / Planet Stories, Summer 1941, Love Romances I just finished reading Worlds of Tomorrow - The Amazing Universe of Science Fiction Art by Forrest J Ackerman. I picked it up at Half Price Books a couple of weeks ago. I've been trying ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/09/23/the-dragon-queen-and-the-wanderer What better for a Friday afternoon than to imagine myself a Simpson? (Not of the OJ flavor, of course). You, too, can re-imagine yourself at Simpsonizeme.com http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/09/21/simpson-michael-simpson Just a few of my photos taken at this year's Drum Corps Championships in Pasadena, CA. You can see them all, including scores, here. I made this with animoto, the best slideshow generator out there. You can upload your own photos or import them from photo sharing sites like ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/09/19/dci-2007-highlights Well, we made it back from our LA trip, and I must say that aside from the smog and traffic, I loved LA. There's some great architecture and the weather can't be beat. We really explored the area and got a flavor for the city as well as ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/09/12/our-house-is-45-days-away I find I'm more and more interested in vintage design, having recently purchased a few vintage books containing some beautiful illustrations (more on that later). Thanks to Lifehacker and Wendy Boswell for sharing a great archive of vintage children's books at childrensbooksonline.org. It's a huge collection of downloadable books, some ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/08/28/rosetta-project-download-vintage-childrens-books I've been looking more and more lately for vintage ads and illustrations to satisfy my new-found love of design from the turn of the century (the last one) through the 60's/70's. My most recent find is Plan59.com, thanks another of my favs, Paleo-Future. It's full of vintage images ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/07/13/plan59com-100-of-recommended-daily-retro This would most likely start a boycott of Guinness in the US. So of course, I love it! http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/06/06/you-wont-see-this-in-the-us I want one of these... remember Tom Cruise manipulating graphics in The Minority Report? http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/05/30/where-do-i-sign-up There's a certain class of design I've always been attracted to; I find it fascinating to see how the past saw the future, either the one that has come and gone, or is still yet to be (or not to be). My favorite sci fi reads are those ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/05/17/the-paleo-future-is-here-or-not PK at BibliOdyssey has shared a series of great illustrations by Louis Crucious, a St. Louis printer's apprentice, pharmacist and finally physician. While studying and working in a pharmacy, he began creating the illustrations and displaying them in the store window. He sold several of the drawings to ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/05/04/funny-bones Well, we finally took the leap! (again) We put a contract on the empty lot above. While this will be our second house, it will be our first "build from scratch", so wish us luck! We've heard good things about the builder, and they've been great so ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/04/26/the-next-step Santiago Calatrava has designed an impressive 2,000 ft tower for the Chicago water front called the "Chicago Spire". It's 150 floors will house 1200 condos; and would be the world's tallest residential building (and most likely the world's 2nd tallest building overall - eclipsed only by the Burj Dubai, ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/04/25/american-ambition Thanks to some good digging by pk at Bibliodyssey, here are some great old illustrations of the Century 21 Exposition in Seattle. I love the color and aging of the paper, and the time and effort that went into creating these images by hand. When these concepts were ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/04/02/vintage-illustrations-space-needle One Man's Blog has written an enlightening post about how easy it easy to crack passwords. I never realized how much a difference a single letter (and using upper and lower case) can make. Here's a table from his post reflecting how much (or little) time it takes to ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/03/28/its-easier-than-you-think I'm not really into following the Oscars thing, but one overlooked category I always love to check out is the animated and short films. Atomfilms has a "Hall of Fame" featuring Oscar-nominated shorts. If you're into design and especially animation, check these out. Here's the most recent ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/03/16/and-the-oscar-goes-to If you've ever seen "The Office", and you're not a fan of the Bush administration, you'll love this. However, if you ARE a fan of the Bush administration, then what the heck are you doing here? http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/03/16/the-oval-office A recent study by the Annenberg Center for Communication at USC has revealed some interesting habits of the human male. Eye tracking technology tracks where the participant's eyes spend more time on a particular image. It's interesting to see how adding a little white space and organizing information ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/03/15/men-are-crotch-watchers Here's another great drawing from Eric Poulton, the re-imagined Death Star from Star Wars. I guess I just like this style so much I had to share. As I've said, it's so reminiscent of the Myst style of Robyn Miller.And I love this footnote from Eric's post:"[1]As it has ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/03/15/thats-good-poulton Stumbled across a very cool series of drawings by Eric Poulton of Star Wars in the "Steam Punk" style. Now, being neophyte that I am to the Steam Punk style, I had never even heard the term before. But seeing the drawings, I realize I've seen it many ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/03/05/eric-poultons-re-imagined-star-wars If, like me, you're a Mac and PC user, then you'll probably love RocketDock. It's a freeware (!) Mac OSX dock for Windows (including Vista). Here's are just a few of the features (from their website): Minimize windows to the dock Real-time window previews in Vista Running application indicators Simple drag-n-drop interface Multi-monitor support Supports ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2007/02/07/rocketdock-youll-always-be If your looking for a good reason to escape that invitation to a holiday party, check out this Holiday Excuse Generator at Enlighten.com. It's alot of fun even if you don't get invited to parties. Just answer a few questions about your relationship with the host and how ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/12/08/holiday-excuses-have-never-been-so-good-or-funny If you're a fan of The Simpsons (as I am), you have to check this out. It's a map of Springfield complete with Evergreen Terrace. It's best viewed on flickr, so you can see all the notes. You can view a much larger version on flickr as ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/11/29/guide-to-springfield-the-simpsons "In Your Arms" according to altavista's translation, is a great animated short worth checking out. Even though the site is in French, it appears that the short has won some awards. Alot of work has gone into the film and I love the tone and style. Check ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/11/29/en-tus-brazos I love Stewie of Family Guy fame and think Seth MacFarlane is incredibly talented. So I wanted to share this video. If you've seen the show, then you'll understand the idea of "sexy party"; and if you remember the skit from the show, pay attention the attire of ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/11/27/stewie-gone-wild In me never ending search for a solution that will keep my contacts up to date on my laptop pc, my home pc and my Mac, I stumbled across a very cool Web 2.0 site.  DesktopTwo is a web-based app package that looks and acts like your personal desktop; complete ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/11/20/online-desktop Magazine Mountain, Arkansas I've been trying for some time now to get around to making an HDR image. I first learned of HDR when I started following Arnold Pouteau's work on flickr. He's posted alot of amazing HDR images of NYC. If you've never heard of HDR (High Dynamic Range), ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/11/19/my-first-hdr One invaluable find for a music lover is Pandora. If you haven't seen it, you should check it out. It allows you to specify a favorite band/artist as a starting point, and plays music in the same genre. It learns your tastes and is a great way ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/11/19/for-music-lovers I went to the Pet Shop Boys concert here in Dallas on Sunday (Oct 22), and had a great time. I wasn't exactly sure what to expect, since I was hung over. While I've always been a fan, and I love that Neil is openly gay, I haven't ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/10/24/am-i-a-pethead I finally posted our photos from our trip to DCI World Championships in Madison Wisconsin, Aug 12th. First time I've ever been to Madison, and it's a nice city. Camp Randall Stadium at the University of Wisconsin had some amazing acoustics. I definitely enjoyed the sound, but ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/08/31/another-awesome-year-at-dci Originally uploaded by CantikFotos. Fascinating set of photos of an abandoned housing project in Taiwan. It's too bad the've fallen into such decay. It reminds my of some of the modern designs of today, especially many of the flatpak or modular modern designs available. These are haunting and beautiful at ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/08/18/desolation-row I love to read (mostly Sci Fi), and have been selling my books to Half Price Books after reading them. But I just found out about a new creation from ::wikipedia("John Buckman", "John Buckman"):: called Book Mooch. You can earn points by offering your own books for trade, ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/08/07/calling-all-readers And I don't mean "gay" like some straight people say to mean "lame", but "gay" as in "I can't believe they marketed this to straight women"-gay. But seriously, it's amazing to me that some people think America is out of control, that we need to increase censorship of the media; ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/06/27/cannontowels-army-day-crocodiles-keep-out Worth1000.com has some great Photoshop contests. A recent one was for UFOs, and I think this is one of the best. It as a bit of a Myst feel, which has some fantastic art. Check out the rest of the contest entries; and if you don't already, check back at ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/06/14/ufo-photoshop-contest I look forward to the day when we step off our little blue sphere and begin to live in space. Of course, this won't happen in my lifetime, but maybe in my grandchildren's lifetime.NASA has a series of artist's renderings of space colony concepts from studies conducted at  Ames ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/06/13/to-the-stars I've found a very cool interactive listening service at pandora.com, where you can build your own radio stations simply by suggesting an artist. I suggested BT, and they began playing similar music. As you listen, you guide them by indicating whether you like what you hear or not. ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/06/09/hear-me-now-and-listen-to-me-later We've come to a crossroads at which we've committed to moving to Dallas. To that end, we've put our house on the market. It was our first house and we've put so much into it (a new roof, new plumbing, had large trees planted, painted and painted some ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/05/24/love-for-sale I've always wanted to try out a pinhole camera, and now you can download, print, and make your own for free at Linatree.com. There's even a contest to get your work published! If any of you try this, I want to see the pics! (Jenn & Melissa, I'm looking in ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/05/24/71 Or apparently, for $30, you can. Flickr user tesla1000 has posted a series of home made Tesla coils. Woudn't you love to greet your friends with this for your next party? More than likely, they'd be afraid to come too close to your house. They'd be smart. http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/05/17/dont-try-this-at-home-kids Returning from our recent trip to Dallas, someone pointed out a complete rainbow in the clouds during our descent into Kansas City. I scrambled for my camera and managed to catch it just before ducking below the clouds. I realized that the shadow of our plane appeared to ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/05/17/on-target It seems they've finally found something useful for all the BS in the world. No, really!Scientists in New Zealand how made biodiesel using algae floating on sewage ponds. The company claims to be producing 1 million litres of fuel by the end of the year!Now, if we can ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/05/12/finally-a-smart-fuel I recently read a post on Boing Boing of C.B. Shapiro's "Hark, the Angry Liberal Sings". Here's an excerpt; you can read the whole thing on Boing Boing. When listed all together like this, it kind of puts things into perspective and does make a little angry... ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/05/11/thats-one-angry-liberal I know this is floating around the internet, but he's pretty amazing so I just had to share I think he'd make a pretty good drag queen, as long as he could do all this in 6-inch heels! http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/05/11/dance-evolution If you haven't already heard, or if you've heard but haven't watched it, you should check out ThankYouStephenColbert.org. Stephen Colbert is one of the funniest and most brilliant comedians around. I loved his completely straight faced delivery of BS on The Daily Show and now on The Colbert Report. ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/05/02/thank-you-thank-you-stehen-colbert What if I could put Nancy Reagan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Hasselhoff, and LaToya Jackson in a White House sanctioned music video? Oh, wait, it's been done! http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/04/28/what-if Ok, you sci fi geeks will know what I mean by "frackin' awesome". It looks like Sci Fi is creating a mini-series prequel to Battlestar Galactica based on the creation of the Cylons on Caprica. I know, I know those of you who haven't seen it are thinking ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/04/27/frackin-awesome Found a fun site, housewivestarot.com, where you can get your very own Tarot reading. And you don't have to be a housewife! The graphics are great, and it's fun to see how they've created images for the traditional tarot deck using that great style of the 50's. ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/04/18/housewives-tarot Just thought I'd post one of my fav photos from my last trip to Dallas.  This is a temple in Thanksgiving Plaza in Downtown Dallas.Sometimes the simple lines and color are just as moving as complex shapes.  This building is really pretty amazing, and has a stain glass window in ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/03/31/recent-dallas-trip I found an amazing site at www.a-i.com today. It's a artificial intellegence site where you actually interact with "Alan", a programmed "intelligence". You can also help train "HAL" to learn to return approriate responses to your questions.Just a bit of my conversation with Alan went something like this:Me: ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/03/30/ever-wanted-to-talk-to-hal If you're not using Greasemonkey and Firefox, you should be! Well, maybe you shouldn't be; but for a geek like me, it's the coolest thing since CSS... Greasemonkey is a plugin for Firefox that allows you to add your own scripts. For example, while del.icio.us is also ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/03/28/extra-greasey-monkey If you're a big sim geek like me, then you've heard of Will Wright. He's the genius behind SimCity and The Sims. Here's a video of him demonstrating his latest invention, possibly the coolest Sim game yet... you can take it to the galactic level! ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/03/27/will-wrights-spores Found this funny and yet disturbing video from the early 70's. It's a Disney cartoon on the woes of VD and why you should use a condom. I know you don't exactly think of sex-ed when you think of Disney, but, well, just take a look.... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/03/24/disney-is-pro-condoms Here's a series of cartoon-ads from yesteryear that are fun. Even if you're not a graphic design enthusiast, the nastalgia is still worth taking a look at. Thanks, leifpeng for sharing these on flickr! http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/03/16/cartoon-ads Being a VW owner, I've been waiting for them to come out with a Nav system in their new models. Well, I guess they were saving the best for last.Together with Google, they're developing a nav system that combines Google's 3D satellite maps (Google Earth) with real-time traffic. ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/03/14/vw-google-develop-real-nav-system I've stumbled across more than a few new software gadgets and websites lately, so I though I'd share them. Kristopher Tate, a 17-year old programmer has created a competitor to flickr in 3 months. I visited the site and found that since word has gotten around, it's currently being ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/03/14/toys-for-boys-and-girls Being a sci fi geek like myself, I've always been fascinated by the ideas of the future from those who lived in the past. It's always interesting when I've read ::wikipedia("Asimov","Asimov"):: or ::wikipedia("Zelazny", "Zelazny"):: ; sometimes they were right on, and sometimes they weren't. Here's a great ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/03/10/view-of-tomorrow-from-yesterday This is a live-action version of the intro to the Simpsons, part of a marketing campaign by UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB. Being a hugh Simpsons fan, I know they've gone through alot of trouble to make this. Now, when will we get our live action movie? http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/03/09/simpsons-alive playing 2 Originally uploaded by J.L.B.. My pal Jenn (JLB on flickr) has has posted a cool pic using a photoshop trick that gives photos a kind of model-like depth. I read about this coincidentally and thought it was kinda cool, so when I saw that my psychic overflow had affected ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/03/07/tilt-shift This is great... especially for all you graphic designer-types! BTW, found this on YouTube.com, a very cool site. http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/03/03/microsoft-ized-ipod I've recently seen alot of subway maps of major cities converted to anagrams. In commemoration of my recent trip to Dallas, I found one! I don't know all the stop names, so it's fun to figure them out. I'm sure Lisa Simpson would love these... Thanks, Silon and ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/03/02/fun-with-anagrams I read about a new search for coders on Slashdot called Krugle. It is set to launch in March, but upon visiting the site, I was able to sign up for a preview. It sounds like a very cool idea, so I'm looking forward to trying it out! http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/02/23/search-engine-for-coders I've just upgraded to Wordpress 2.0 and haven't got all my plugins working again... so if you run into a brick wall while browsing my site (all two of you), please check back later. Or leave me a nasty message; whatever. I'm more familiar with ASP, and am new to ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/02/17/pardon-the-mess I read about this easy way to make LED's that can be thrown on to any surface, like a building, to create public art. Apparently they're called "throwies", and here's a pic of the art in action: I think we need to do this here in Kansas City! ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/02/15/homemade-led-art I took this quiz to determine what sci-fi crew I would be best as a member of. Apparently, I fit in best with Farscape. I never watched the show, but I do watch Stargat SG-1, and the captain in Farscape is now on SG-1 (Ben Browder). So for all ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/02/14/sci-fi-geek-crewman Ice rink Originally uploaded by mazhewitt. I just read about HDR images, where you take three different exposures of the same setting and combine them using HDR software (or apparently, Photoshop CS2). It will pull the best detail in dark areas from one exposure and that from light ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/02/14/hrd-high-dymanic-range-images The photo plugin for my site hasn't been behaving lately. I'm using Wordpress, which has just released a new version, so I'm expecting to upgrade soon. So to all of my faithful fans (all 2 of you), I'll hopefully have a new improved site up soon. I also ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/02/08/site-hickups-okay-more-like-convulsions Fun with South Park Originally uploaded by Scutter. Killing a little time with the South Park charachter generator. I have my coffee and my iPod... what else would I need? http://www.mdmorse.com/2006/01/12/fun-with-south-park We've had our first major snow here in KC. I took several shots on the way home (while driving a loaner car in terrible weather)... but I guess I'm a photo addict, huh? This is one of those and it actually turned out kinda nice through the ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2005/12/15/first-snow I was watching Family Guy and having a beer when I decided I kinda liked the view through the glass. Coincidentally, when I ran to grab my camera and returned, Stewie was using a camera in the scene. Turned out kinda cool.   http://www.mdmorse.com/2005/11/30/beer-filter I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to capture the allusive "perfect shot" of fall color. When I started two weeks ago, I thought the color was peaking, but found it to be even better this past weekend.We went to Loose Park here in KC and took some shots ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2005/11/09/fall-color Alright, I started with Drupal, but found it lacking with integration into Flickr. I could post my flickr photos on my site, but clicking them would take you out of my site to flickr.com. I found that Wordpress has some great plugins for Flickr, including the ability to ... http://www.mdmorse.com/2005/10/31/new-beginnings