Here is a good blog post on color space issues on Macs.

Also, note to others: Shane Claiborne is coming to speak at Vox tomorrow. He wrote Irresistible Revolution which I’ve found to be a pretty challenging and interesting book. He was mentored by Tony Campolo, who came to speak when Liquid was at Red River a while ago.

We’ll also be showing another video from the Invisible Children people. I’m not sure what the title is (might be the same: “Invisible Children?”) but this one is about when they went back a second time.

Anyways, the more the merrier, come come!

Went to Jason’s poker night even though I didn’t play (did play some Wii though). Took some shots. Here are some:

The rest are in this set.

Got my new 17-40L, but haven’t had the chance to play with it too much.

Went to JM’s concert at Stubb’s last night with a bunch of Vox people. It was pretty cool. I wish I had brought my camera, but I forgot my CF cards at the apartment, so my body and lenses were pretty useless, haha. It would have been a good opportunity to use my 17-40L. Oh well… next time. =)

I think Sam and Kat should have pics.

So last week I decided to trade in my 10-22 for the 17-40L. While not quite as wide, it’s pretty darn close and can fit on both my 5D and Rebel XT. David Zhu asked me to sell him my 10-22, which I instinctively said “no” to. However, after doing some research, I discovered the 17-40L was pretty much the same price as the 10-22 and would give me roughly the same thing on my full-frame 5D, so I went for it.

Also, today, I made my final payment on my Mazda 6. Wheeee! I am looking forward to getting rid of all my debts. There’s about $5k left on the Civic, and then I’ll be done! I am not counting my edu loans, because the interest rate on that is so low, I’m going to string it out for as long as possible, haha.

Okay, time to play with the 17-40L…

I went to a coworker’s wedding with Kathy on Friday and it was one of the best weddings I have attended. Very light-hearted and fun with little/no stress in the air, haha. Here are some shots from it:

Yesterday, we went to see TMNT and it was pretty enjoyable. =) I won’t say much more than that because there are people like Viraj out there that will be pissed if I say that Michelangelo is a party dude. I was debating whether to get chicken strips or pizza and I had changed my mind to chicken strips, but Kathy said “how could you see TMNT and not get pizza?” I then realized she was so right and it was true, I must get pizza. The usual Raging Bull it was. =)

Bazaarvoice will be having an info session with one of our VPs and cofounder. It is tomorrow, March 22nd at 6-7PM in UTC 3.110.

Tonight, my elements group enjoyed wondrous hot pot at Olivia and Stephanie’s. Thank you very much for getting all the food, Stephanie. =) Then we played some fun board games…

That is all. =)

Well, apparently, there is an oil tanker that overturned around my new office location, so I’m stuck here for a while. I might as well make a post on my blog now. =)

Let’s see… a quick update… my MacBook Pro got stolen, but I am decently confident I will get money for it from Continental. Claims form is in the mail, I just need to wait and poke at them. Before my trip to New Orleans, I went to the new Apple store at The Domain and picked up a new black MacBook. I’m actually liking it, except I do miss the Pro’s keyboard and large screen. I’ve always been a bit partial to smaller laptops though, so it’s not so bad.

Kathy cut up my very large Apple shirt I got for free from the new store and made it a smaller size. It’s pretty sweet, actually, and fits rather nicely. Thank you. =) I wish I had known about this before when I got a lot of huge t-shirts from E3 way back when… =)

Yesterday, we had a mini-New-Orleans-crew “reunion” at Kerby Lane because Kevin C. was going back up north. It was pretty fun, I think we were there for a few hours from 9-12. It seems like the Vox Veniae site is in store for another overhaul, hopefully more successfully this time. We’ve got plans/ideas, so we’ll see how they turn out. =)

I got to play with my work’s new foosball table today. Ahhhh, it’s been a while, but I’m still not too shabby. My Freescale days are paying off! =)

“In the economy of mercy
I am a poor and begging man
In the currency of Grace
Is where my song begins
In the colors of Your goodness
In the scars that mark your skin
In the currency of Grace
Is where my song begins” - Switchfoot

I’ve been watching the show Heroes since it started due to somewhat mild curiousity. I wouldn’t say I would be terribly upset if it started being horrible or all of the sudden got canceled, but it was pretty entertaining. I also wouldn’t say I was a huge fan of the series… until last episode. So to me, that last episode made being caught up on the series entirely worth it and if things are going to be like that from now on, man, I’m pumped. The last episode was by far the best of the series in my opinion and just made the show for me. I am now very much anticipating the rest of this season now instead of just watching it whenever. =)

spoiler warning

What’s particularly clever about the way things worked out is that the ‘bad guy’ had a redemption of sorts and you actually feel for him, but at the end, he’s still the bad guy because he won’t remember a thing! I really like how that worked.

So… another thing… can the Haitian block other’s powers? Maybe just other’s powers if their powers are mental-based? Or he can’t, he just does the memory stuff and someone else is blocking powers? It seemed to be the case that he blocked the mind-reading guy’s powers, the verbal-control girl’s powers, and Sylar’s powers. But he didn’t seem to do anything against invisible guy and Peter’s powers… and maybe not the nuclear guy.

Anyways, speaking of heroes… 300 was pretty hot. =)

Hm, it’s been a while since I’ve made a blog post. I took some weddings pics a little while ago and just finished processing some of them in Lightroom, which I still need to fully get the hang of. The internet/wireless at my house is a bit choppy though, so I haven’t been able to upload them, otherwise I’d post a few.

Let’s see… there was a midnight pillow fight thing at UT a while back I went to take pics of, but it turned out to not be as awesome as I had hoped. I didn’t really get any good shots, so I’m not even going to bother posting any.

I got sick on TH/F and developed a fever on Saturday. It was not cool. I’ve been at home just kinda bumming, sleeping, and eating, but I think I’m recovering now. This means I’m missing Vox Veniae’s first Portals (gotta love the fancy names =), which I was looking forward to, but what can ya do. =(

Hmmmm… oh yeah, I have decided to go on a missions trip to New Orleans during spring break. I hadn’t really thought about it until recently, but I have never actually gone on a missions trip before. There were a few times where I almost went, but something always came up that stopped me from going. I’m hoping this will be a good experience for everyone involved. =) When I was going to ask off that week from work, I thought the chances of me actually getting it were pretty slim, but it turned out to work itself out rather nicely, so I’m taking that as divine “thumbs up” sign. ;)

I’ve been reading The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical for Vox and it’s been pretty good I think. I’ve had some thoughts on topics it talks about, but I’m going to let them fester for a while before blogging about them (if I ever do =).

In the mean time, I leave you with my past few days in pictures:

Another picture of Wes:

Post-grad Elements (+ Brook and Melinda’s Elements) dinner:

Darn PatSun:

Gid announced Portals last Sunday:

“Try to climb a broken ladder
Grip the missing rungs
And fall down down down down
Seems some time ago you said
This wouldn’t last
And now you sit here crying, yeah

Beside your bed
You feel left for dead
You kneel in the dark” - Jars of Clay