Layer Tennis

Pop on over to Layer Tennis Live to watch Shaun Inman and Kevin Cornell volley a Photoshop file back and forth today. Refresh periodically to see the fun and commentary!

Weekly Update: Ambivalent

I’m feeling a bit ambivalent this morning about my week — probably because overall I’ve had a great week, but I feel rather tired and a little bit grumpy this morning so I think that’s coloring my recollections. Fitness and health: I’m keeping very detailed track of the food I eat and planning very detailed [...]

Web design: The EHR Group

I wrapped up a web design project a couple months ago for The EHR Group. Mike Uretz, the Executive Director, came to me with a several-year-old FrontPage web site. Mike thought the web site looked dated and wanted something more contemporary. As his business consults with medical professionals about what electronic health record system would [...]

Weight Training Workout Sheet v2

I’ve revised the weight training workout sheet: Categories have been changed to chest and shoulders, arms and back, legs and abs. Each column now has both weight (w) and reps (r) for three sets so that you can vary your weights and reps. Out of necessity, there are five columns instead of seven. Download Weight [...]

Exercise in Photo Editing

I thought some people might be interested in seeing some examples of photo editing. As I mainly work in web design, I have an easier time with photo editing because web images are relatively low resolution and don’t require as much painstaking attention to detail. Below are two photos of a condo development and some [...]

Reading: Pregnancy, Bourne

Finished reading: I’m listing some of the pregnancy-related books I’ve read or started over the past several weeks that I didn’t want to share about before breaking the news. The Miracle Within by Jack McCubbin, M.D. – This short book of gorgeous and incredible photography and inspirational quotes provides a succinct summary of fetal development [...]

Planning detailed menus for glucose intolerant folks, i.e., me

I have “impaired glucose tolerance,” which is a step below gestational diabetes. The pregnancy hormones in my body are causing my insulin to not process sugar as well as it usually would. Left unchecked, and by “left unchecked” I mean if I continued my ramen-eating habits as they were, I could very possibly develop gestational [...]

Weekly update: Life happens.

I lost six work hours this week from having to go to the hospital clinic, first for a three-hour glucose tolerance test (at least I got some reading done), then for the dietitian/nurse/midwife appointment. With an increased project load, this week has been more stressful than most. Fitness and health: Missed both gym days this [...]

Expectant

I didn’t post a blog yesterday because I was working on full speed to get as much as I could get done before going to my doctor’s appointment. Okay — technically, I had two appointments, and neither with a doctor. One 2-hour appointment with a dietitian and a nurse, and a second 20-minute appointment with [...]

Very venemous vitriolic invective

We have one kitten (Puddle) left! Saturday’s adoption fair was a huge success; three of our kittens got adopted out. I think it helped that I stayed there the whole time to answer questions and “sell” our kittens. People seemed to like knowing that I had hundreds of flickr photos to share with them. I [...]