Winter Puff Ball

I was once again out in the snow trying to capture a unique image when I saw this "puff ball." With the lack of signs of life at this time of year it somehow stood out to me. Admittedly it's also a little bizarre. I really liked the texture and thought it looked …

Automatic Database Backups

Recently I decided to write a script that automatically creates backups of my MySQL databases, and I thought I would share it with everyone else.

Grape Vines and Snow

When I was a kid I was fascinated with grape vines. I was drawn in by these curly miniature shoots that take on peculiar shapes and patterns without any rhyme or reason. Of course, the fact that they produce one of my favorite fruits helps their cause too.

This …

LuzCannon.com Version 5

Now that Version 5 of this site has launched I thought it would be fitting to write a little about it and some of the new features and concepts behind it.

Images as Content

It occurred to me the other day that maybe I have been thinking backwards about the use of images as content. So, I gave it a little thought and came up with the new way I'm going to format my images.

Fry Incorporated

When I mentioned before that I was moving to Michigan I was a little vague. At the time I didn't know how much I was supposed to disclose about my position and fearing the worst and erring on the side of caution I decided to just remain quiet about the details.

This …

The Perfect Exposure [4]

I have written before about the correlation between aperture and shutter speed but this time I wanted to go in a different direction. We know that aperture and shutter speed come together to make "the perfect exposure" but what if you don't want "the perfect exposure"?

Icicles [2]

When I started studying photography in college my first class overlapped with winter. Most of the class was devastated because it meant that they couldn't continue to take photos of things like flowers, trees and people outside in nature. I was the same way at …

Surviving the Snow

For all of the people who have asked either my wife or me how we are adapting to life in snowy Michigan, here are my thoughts.

Fuzzy Dogwood Tree

As I went to get in my car the other day I noticed that the Dogwood tree in front of our house was "fuzzy." Snow had fallen the night before and it covered the tree in millions of small ice crystals. For as long as I have lived around the snow I don't think I have …

A January Sunset

As I was leaving work the other day I saw this sunset over a frozen pond. Being an open fan of sunsets, and a secret fan of snow and ice I thought it would be a good way to start the year. Last year at this time I was in Kentucky where the snow falls occasionally. …

Pseudo-Resolutions [2]

I'm not making "New Years Resolutions", I'm making "Pseudo-Resolutions." I don't know if there's an actual difference or if I will even keep them anyway... But this is where I write them down.

Cows

My wife was taking photos for her photography course and I borrowed the camera to take this shot. I really liked the clouds, the sunset and the silhouetted cows.

Photo Details

Camera: Nikon D80

Exposure: 1/500 (0.002 sec)

Aperture: f/8

Focal Length: 50 mm

ISO: 400

PHP Functions

Awhile back I started using functions in my PHP work instead of pure scripting. It helped me immensely and I thought it might help others that may not have tried it yet also.

Asbury Theological Seminary Version 3

Today they launched the new site for Asbury Theological Seminary, and I thought I would take a minute to talk about it, like I usually do.

Beyond the Separation of HTML

Because I haven't seen an article about the subject before, I thought I would write a little bit about micro-HTML formatting and how it can slow you down in development. That's not to be confused with "Microformats" though, that's good stuff.

Winter Sun

I took this photo while I was in Michigan last week. Though it was taken in late afternoon and not at sunset it captures what I think a typical winter sun looks like. The colors are not as bright and warm as they are in the summer, which adds to the overall coolness …

Ginkgo Tree

Since today is my last day at Asbury Theological Seminary I went out yesterday to take some photos of the campus. For the photo of the week I wanted to get something iconic of the campus. I took shots of steeples, famous buildings... and I settled on this one. That …

The Only Constant is Change [2]

This is where I tell you of a change that's happening really soon. It almost doesn't have anything to do with technology... almost.

Color Theory From Mark Boulton

After posting my article "Meshing Colors (Bridge Colors)" the other day I found a series of articles by Mark Boulton that I wish I had read years ago. If you like color and want to know more about the basics, it's highly recommended.