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My friend and colleague Martin Berger, professor of History of...

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:17:28 -0800

My friend and colleague Martin Berger, professor of History of Art and Visual Culture, is speaking on March 15th, in the theater I manage at UCSC. Hear this amazing speaker on an important and thought provoking talk about white and black media. If you come early I would be happy to show you around the Digital Arts Research Center.

Selling digital assets just got simple!

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:23:40 -0800

Gumroad

is a one-off selling system. It’s the twitter of shopping carts…. so not a shopping cart. You provide a digital asset (upload or link) and then set up a cost. Then you get a short URL which will allow someone to pay by Credit Card and get your content. Very simple, very cool.

Share and sell source code for an app with just a link.

Selling stuff has always been a pain. No longer! Get back to creating. We make selling stuff as easy as sharing a link,

secretcinnamonsquad: Stargazing Sarah Screams. Acrylic on...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:40:27 -0800

secretcinnamonsquad:

Stargazing Sarah Screams.

Acrylic on canvas. 10”x8”

Burn Day on Alba Road!

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:57:32 -0800

Burn Day on Alba Road!

Ben Lomond Rocks!

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:31:11 -0800

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Ben Lomond Rocks!

Finally a good Contacts App for OSX Lion!

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:28:12 -0800

Finally a good Contacts App for OSX Lion!:

This application is really good. And it bases it’s data on the OS X Address Book datastore. I am in geek-love with this thing!.

Excited about seeing Mark Crilley’s new book, Mastering...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:46:10 -0800

Excited about seeing Mark Crilley’s new book, Mastering Manga!

9 birds processed!

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:44:45 -0800

9 birds processed!

First Friday Santa Cruz

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:46:05 -0800

I have some photos up at Caffe Pergolesi in #SantaCruz - opens tonight.

From mom

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:55:00 -0800

From mom

I want to see this book by DreamWorks artists!

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:47:25 -0800

I want to see this book by DreamWorks artists!

If attacked by a mountain lion, try to stay on your feet!

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:34:29 -0800

Mountain lion sightings have increased in Santa Cruz. Here are some suggestions from California Fish and Game… DO NOT HIKE ALONE. Make plenty of noise to reduce your chances of surprising a lion. Go in groups, with adults supervising children. A sturdy walking stick is a good idea: you can use it to ward off a lion.

KEEP CHILDREN CLOSE TO YOU. Observations of captured lions reveal that the animals seem especially drawn to children. Keep children within your sight at all times.

IF YOU SEE A MOUNTAIN LION, STOP! Do not run from a lion. Back away from it slowly, but only if you can do so safely. Running may stimulate a lion’s instinct to chase and attack. Face the lion and stand upright. Make eye contact. If you have small children with you, pick them up so they won’t panic and run. Although it may seem awkward, pick them up without bending over or turning away from the lion.

DO NOT BEND OR CROUCH OVER; DO ALL YOU CAN TO APPEAR LARGER. A person squatting or bending over looks a lot like a four-legged prey animal. Raise your arms. Open your jacket, if you’re wearing one. Throw stones, branches, or whatever you can grab without crouching down or turning your back. Wave your arms slowly and speak firmly in a large voice.

DO NOT APPROACH A LION, especially one that is feeding or with kittens. Most mountain lions will try to avoid confrontation. Give them a way to escape.

FIGHT BACK IF ATTACKED. Try to stay on your feet if a lion attacks you. Lions have been driven off by prey that fights back. Some hikers have fought back successfully with sticks, caps, jackets, garden tools, and their bare hands. Since lions usually try to bite the head or neck, try to remain standing and face the attacking animal.

Jesse Brown's podcast is fantastic!

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:43:13 -0800

Jesse Brown's podcast is fantastic!

Bitcasa - endless file storage

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:47:09 -0800

Al Luckow just gave me a beta pass for Bitcasa and it really is quite elegant. You add folders from your computer and those folder’s get sent to Bitcasa servers, and then the folder and all the data is erased from your hard drive, and the folder is then a network mounted file server point is put where your folder was. Congrats - you have just moved your data to the cloud.

Pros: Amazing! Really simple, very fast, no bugs (in OS X.Lion).

Cons: No network - no data! Well, that is not exactly true. If you have accessed the files recently they are still accessible when you have no network. Also, if you use the Bitcasa app to “disconnect” the folder, or use the Finder’s eject next to that mounted folder, your orignal folder shows back up. However, this is not a copy of the Bitcasa files, simply the folder as it was before “moving” it to Bitcasa.

So, you are moving your files off of your computer and into the cloud. Make sure to keep a backup someplace!

Kirsten Brant and Ted Warburton’s next telematic...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:00:33 -0800

Kirsten Brant and Ted Warburton’s next telematic production planning meeting.

4 room conference at UCSC.

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:01:57 -0800

4 room conference at UCSC.

Coming into Ashland was one of the saddest parts of the trip. I...

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:12:50 -0800

Coming into Ashland was one of the saddest parts of the trip. I finally made it to visit Ashland, but now Joe is gone. New commitment: make time to visit people you care about!

Joseph Hudgins was Family

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:09:28 -0800

Joseph Hudgins was Family:

He passed away on January 1st. The trip to Ashland was a good and sad time for my mom and me.

We traveled past Mount Shasta. To go to a memorial for Joe...

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:06:53 -0800

We traveled past Mount Shasta. To go to a memorial for Joe Hudgins.

I visited my mom this weekend.

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:05:14 -0800

I visited my mom this weekend.