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When looking at and thinking about either doing, or having done, some type of creative work, and for that matter any type of work really, one should always be thinking of the rule of GFC. What is GFC you might be asking. GFC is basically what everyone uses when going about the process of doing work for compensation. Those letters stand for: Good, Fast, and Cheap.

Below is how most people use those to provide a consistent and reasonable way to manage how much a project, product, or service costs.

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This is a tale of why I now own, and love my first Manfrotto tripod, yet will never again buy one. I have used Manfrotto tripods for the last 5 years or so. I believe that they are a wonderful tripod and have yet to fail me. This will however, be the last Manfrotto I buy in the foreseeable future. Please continue reading for the complete story behind my seemingly knee-jerk reaction.
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This is a test of the VideoJS wordpress plugin. I am using a modified CSS theme based on the way Vimeo players look.

Download Video: MP4 WebM Ogg
HTML5 Video Player by VideoJS

 

As you can most likely see, I have changed my template for the site. It is actually a step in the eventual progression into being a completely HTML5 compliant site, including markup, CSS3, and using the newest multimedia options available. To that notion, I have created a badge that I hope to soon be able to place at the bottom of the site recognizing that I follow and support the move to HTML5. The badge, as shown below, uses the elements provided by the W3C.
Personal Site Badge for HTML5
I realize that it isn’t anything overly fancy, but I tend to like it. Hopefully in the near future you will be able to visit this site with the firm safe knowledge that you are viewing it in the best possible way.

It’s been quite a while since I’ve put anything on here, which seems to be par for the course with me lately. But things have been very busy lately and I’ve not had much time to stop and think or write anything out. This is a post from the new WordPress 2 iPhone app and I’m just putting it through it’s paces and making sure it all works right. So far I am very pleased with it. It is very responsive and doesn’t cause any noticable lag while my thumbs fly around typing out my random thoughts. It also has the landscape keyboard orientation, which I don’t remember if the old app did or not, but I’m glad that this one does for sure.

Oh, and there’s a little pic of Audra staring up at me from her changing table.