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100 Posts – A State of the Union Of Sorts

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After a quick glance to my very first post on July 7th, 2005, I can now proudly claim that I have published 100 posts (this being #100). All I can say is “Wow.” 100 isn’t a huge number, but it does mark a certain amount of commitment, a commitment renewed a few months back, [...]

Send Me On My Way – Graduation 2007

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I’m happy to tell everyone that I am now an official high school graduate. Last night, all 300 Alamo Heights seniors were recoginzed at our graduation downtown at the Municpal Auditorium. Take a look at some of the pre and post graduation pictures. Next step: college.

More pictures in the flickr stream.

DiggUpdate 2.6 Released

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I’m happy to release the new version of DiggUpdate. Version 2.6 includes a bunch of new useful features. Here take a look:

Real-time digg this button implemented on Classic Digg Window
40 Story limit imposed to prevent errors
Choose which section of digg to read
Added Clear All Small Windows button to the menu
Added Sparkle updater support
Fixed drawing behavior [...]

SWF & FLV Player Pro – Save Games to Your HD

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I got a free upgrade to the pro version of an app called SWF & FLV Player. This application is made by a company called Eltima. You might know them for their pro-level Flash apps like Flash Optimizer. SWF & FLV Player is offered as a freeware. You can upgrade to pro for $19.95. [...]

10 Tips for the Low-Budget Indie Film Maker

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As you might have seen in my earlier post, I just finished my first short film. After doing this and reading across the web to find good pointers, I’ve put together a list of 10 tips to help you shoot better, more professional video. I’ve always been really fond of movie making, and there are [...]

Random Bits and Such And Hair

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This post isn’t going to be about anything real technical. No tutorials, nothing really tech related at all. Just some stuff that’s going on in my life. It won’t be too long. First big change for today:

Shocking, ain’t it? Anyway, tomorrow will be our last official day of school. We have a senior awards ceremony [...]

Who Wants a DSLR? I do!

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After seeing Paul’s post today and talking to my friend Craig, I’ve decided I really need a DSLR. It’s price point is a bit of a turn-off, but I think it’s really an important step in making great shots. I probably won’t be getting one for awhile, but I still want to get one. After [...]

E: A Novel by Matt Beaumont – #1 for Office Humor

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I read the book E by Matt Beaumont a few years ago. Over the last couple weeks, I reread it. It reminded me just how great this book was. You can pick this book up here at Amazon. This book is very similar to those books that are a series of letters except this book [...]

The Family Name – A Short Film

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All of us working on the film are proud and excited to release our film, The Family Name. This film was an assignment for our Film Analysis class at our school. The film stars Drew Jackson as Martin, a son coping with his father’s (played by Ben Welder) problems with the mob and his indifferent [...]

28 Weeks Later – 2007’s Best Zombie Film

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Earlier this night, we went out to see the new film 28 Weeks Later directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Today was opening weekend, and we got there late, but we actually managed to get seats with a whole row of people from Heights. I’m going to first dish out my rating and then talk a [...]

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