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The ignite event at the Georgia Aquarium was a great success. We learned about super babies, how to build a hackintosh, rapid brainstorming, and how to keep a happy septic tank among other things. Eighteen were given 5 minutes to present there ideas using 15 slides that automatically forward every 15 seconds. It makes for quick presentations that can leave the presenter breathless. I have been watching ignite presentations on the interwebs and really enjoy them. The opportunity to see an event in person was a real treat. ...

We had a great time at Lynnette Howard’s fundraiser this weekend. Javier Lopez spent a lot of time conversing with fans, answering questions, signing baseballs, and hanging out. It was such a beautiful day with a cool breeze and blue skies. Check out the photos.

This weekend in Norcross, come meet baseball great Javier Lopez and candidate for Gwinnett County Commissioner District 2 Lynette Howard for a fundraiser cookout. Everyone is welcome to come out and have a great time, there will be food, a silent auction, and a lot of family fun. When: Saturday April 17th, 11:00am – 2:00pm Where: The horse farm at 4685 S Berkeley Lake Rd, Norcross, GA 30071 How Much: $10 per person ...

Here is a picture of our baby boy who is growing bigger every day. The launch date is August 22nd.

We had a doctors apppointment this morning and have been told that we are having a baby boy. Pictures and such coming soon!

The Gallery is at https://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2009/. Here are some quick highlights Shatner & Nimoy on Friday Costume Contest on Friday Night Parade on Saturday Morning Adam Savage of Mythbusters Dawn Costume Contest on Saturday Nimoy & Shatner on Sunday Masquerade on Sunday Arc Attack on Sunday Here are some cool searches Battlestar Galactica Draco Malfoy, AKA Tom Felton of Harry Potter Felicia Day (includes other Buffy guests) Terry Gilliam

Over the next couple of weeks I am going to write about the software I have found for the Mac OS to make my transition from the world of Windows complete. I am finally comfortable spending all of my computer time inside of the Mac OS. I still have WindowsXP in Bootcamp for playing games on Steam, and a couple virtual machines using VMWare and Parallels for the occasional Microsoft Outlook need or using Garmin Mapsource to upload maps and waypoints to my GPS, but I rarely miss Windows or proprietary applications that only run on Windows. ...

On Thursday April 9th I participated in a “Painting with Light Workshop” at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, GA. Judith Pishnery of Pisconeri Studio & Workshops brought us together for a night of photography and learning. We began the night around 7pm filling out releases and donning nametags on the porch of the visitor’s center. After an introduction by Judith and some words from the cemetery staff we were left to wander the cemetery to get acquainted and take some pre-nightfall photos. ...

Awhile back I got a flat rear tire caused by a damaged wheel, I must have hit a pot hole a lot harder than I remember, and it took me a couple months to get the wheel repaired and a new tire. Last weekend I took the bike out for a couple shake down runs checking the torque of the bolts keeping the tire on and brake caliper in place. After a two hour ride in the bitter cold I got home and gave the bike a good once over. ...

Adobe Lightroom I first wrote about using Lightroom on September 7th, 2008 after using it to process photos for DragonCon. Since then I have read Scott Kelby’s book “The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers” and used Lightroom to process all of my images. I am still amazed at how fast I am able to process photos that of a more consistent and higher quality than ever before. I recently shot a youth basketball game where I took around 300 pictures and using Lightroom culled that down to 97 good shots with meta-data, color correction, noise reduction, rotating and cropping all in under 2 hours. ...