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Ice on the tree next to the Strata office in Meeker. iPhone filtering.

by up10ad | Sun Nov 27, 2011 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

Love this burger

by Rick | Tue Oct 16, 2012 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

Range Call ’04

by up10ad | Wed Jul 7, 2004 | All (Home), Horses | 0 Comments

I posted a bunch of photos taken at our Range Call celebration. It is held every 4th of July (4 day event) and includes rodeo, parade, concert, dance and fireworks. This year we hosted Steve Azar. One of the best parts is the re-enactment of the Meeker...

Night shot iPhone 6 Plus, grainy but nailed the shot.

by Rick | Fri May 15, 2015 | All (Home), Lifestyle, Photography | 0 Comments

I really like ProCamera. It is easy to use but has depth, allowing lots of control including separate exposure and focus points, shutter or ISO priority and bracketing. I'll be trying some even darker night shpts soon. Adjustments in Lightroom 5 include crop,...

Cigar & Espresso

by Rick | Thu Sep 6, 2012 | All (Home), Me! | 0 Comments

Sitting outside Doghouse Espresso having a Romeo y Julieta and a 4-shot Grind.

Found another old pic…

by up10ad | Wed May 27, 2009 | All (Home), Me! | 1 Comment

Probably taken in 1996 after we moved to the house on the Kern River outside of Bakersfield. We had the black H1, the SL500 and Sandi's Miata.

First Spring Ride

by Rick | Fri Apr 22, 2022 | Food and Drink, Lifestyle, Runkeeper | 0 Comments

A quick ride on the first warm day

Recent Pics

by Rick | Sun Apr 25, 2021 | All (Home), Dogs, Me!, Web/Tech | 0 Comments

Here's a few recent pics to keep things updated. Replaced my old DeBot brand robot vacuum with a new Wyze Robot Vacuum. It's faster and uses Lidar to map each room for very efficient cleaning. Next up is Drago sitting so handsome in the back yard. Lastly is a DNA...

Blast from the past

by up10ad | Fri Apr 10, 2009 | All (Home), Strange, Work | 0 Comments

Had a long phone conversation with an old friend from Mustang Software yesterday. We hadn't talked for years and years. It was fun catching up on things and seeing the changes in our respective lives. I'll have to devote some time and energy into renewing those...

Surgery for Carpal Tunnel

by Rick | Tue Apr 10, 2018 | All (Home), Health, Me! | 0 Comments

Over the past year I have noticed a steadily increasing numbness in my right hand, primarily affecting my thumb and middle finger. A trip to an orthopedist confirmed a carpal tunnel constriction diagnosis. In addition to the numbness the doctor pointed out a...

Double rainbow all the way #rainbow #nofilter

by up10ad | Wed Jul 18, 2012 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

St. John’s River Arts Festival (Sanford)

by Rick | Sat May 2, 2015 | All (Home), Fun Stuff, Lifestyle | 0 Comments

Lots of regional artists showing everything from photography to interactive art. Here is a example: There was also a human statue water fountain: http://youtu.be/eIgPoW6wcjI

Sand Crane Streetwalkers

by Rick | Sat May 23, 2015 | All (Home), Wildlife | 0 Comments

These guys roam the neighborhood regularly. Took this just before sunset from about a foot away. No Fear.

An Early Birthday Present

by up10ad | Thu Apr 1, 2010 | All (Home), Dogs | 0 Comments

Just a quick post to put up a picture of our newest family additions. Please meet Sherman and Panzer, our new 9 week old puppies! They are just adorable! Soft and cuddly and they get along with Bette just fine. Oh, and they're standard Poodles. [snicker]

Christmas and New Years

by up10ad | Sat Jan 8, 2011 | All (Home), Food and Drink, Seasonal | 0 Comments

Despite the inactivity here on the site, we did indeed celebrate both Christmas and New Years. Matt, Brandy and the boys arrived on Christmas afternoon, followed shortly thereafter by Jeff and Leta. We enjoyed a fantastic Prime Rib dinner and were joined by Jim and...

IT Management Sometimes Sux

by up10ad | Thu Feb 12, 2009 | All (Home), Web/Tech, Work | 0 Comments

At work we have been working on a replacement DS3 45MB feed since December and it just seems that something goes wrong at every turn. Now that we finally have the feed and have the new /22 net IP addresses routing properly, suddenly we find issues within our own...

Yard work break #cigar

by up10ad | Sun Apr 15, 2012 | All (Home), Me! | 0 Comments

2nd New Foal This Year

by up10ad | Thu May 14, 2009 | All (Home), Photography | 0 Comments

I just realized that I didn't post a pic of the new colt born Sunday May 3. The photo below was taken when he was 7 days old. His momma was a maiden mare and both baby and momma were challenged by the whole nursing thing. Baby didn't know where the teat was or what...

More iPhone stuff and NCT update

by up10ad | Wed Apr 8, 2009 | All (Home), Web/Tech, Work | 0 Comments

As if you were interested. I've been running the v3.0 beta for weeks now and it is nice. But the really exciting news is the new hardware that is probably going to be released, probably in June. I plan on pushing my current 16GB 3G phone to...

2nd hay cutting today

by up10ad | Fri Aug 19, 2011 | All (Home), Homestead | 0 Comments

Update

by up10ad | Sat Jan 22, 2005 | All (Home), Health | 0 Comments

Not much news recently. As if you wanted to know, I had hernia surgery, all went well. We have had a very mild winter so far, we're in the middle of the second warm spell which is melting all previous snow causing a 2nd mid-winter 'mud season'. The...

Cedaredge Apple Festival

by up10ad | Tue Oct 6, 2009 | All (Home), Lifestyle | 0 Comments

One of the carnies showing off the Euro Bungee. It rained.

Fall ’06

by up10ad | Fri Sep 15, 2006 | All (Home), Dogs, Food and Drink, Work | 0 Comments

Well, a lot has happened since my last post. The Fudgey Duck closed rather quickly, primarily due to landlord/tennant problems. Its just as well, I'm happy to not have a business to keep Sandi away from home every day. We may re-visit it later, but...