Eric M.'s Blog

So much busy…

eric — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:15:22 +0000

Things have been very hectic lately.

The baby is gestating along nicely. We had our anatomy scan last week, and it is confirmed to be a girl.

We have a boat load of house work we’ve been (slowly) doing – drywalling, new appliances, etc. Have a lot to get done before September.

At work we are doing a major upgrade of our learning management system (Moodle). We have been preparing for over a year at this point. We take the system down for the upgrade this Friday night.

I also have been working on my Photo-A-Day. See the link below to see them all.
Project 365 – 2012, a set on Flickr.

Photo-A-Day Take 3

eric — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:06:12 +0000

I’ve decided to try another Photo-A-Day project. It will run from 2/18/2012 to 2/18/2013.

I failed the last photos a day, so I’ve made a revision:

Photos have to be taken within 7 days (before or after) of the day in question. This allows me to miss days, or post multiple photos from the same day. I’m hoping this will make it more likely I’ll complete it. I’m not sure yet were I’ll post the photos primarily, but I’ll post more information here.

Blog Resurrection!

eric — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:06:51 +0000

Well hello there!

I’ve decided it’s time to finally resurrect this blog.

There are lots of things going on – I had a spinal tumor removed in October, a new Photo-A-Day project starting Saturday, two articles in a upcoming Make Magazine, and a bun in the oven:

Ultrasound from Feb 10th 2012

So stay tuned, hopefully I’ll actually get some of it done!

Goodbye Photo-A-Day, Hello Project365

eric — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:51:58 +0000

So today is my birthday, which means one year has passed since I started my Photo-A-Day project. You can read my original post about it here.

Photo-A-Day

The intent of my Photo-A-Day project was to publish one photo a day, not take a photo a day, because I had a large backlog of images I liked, but never got around to posting anywhere. Overall I think it was a huge success, with no missed days, and I think that the image quality was overall very good, not to say that there weren’t some images in there that I wasn’t totally thrilled with. If you want to look over my Photo-A-Day images, head on over to the flickr set and take a gander.

Project365

So with the completion of my Photo-A-Day project, I was trying to decide what to do for the next year. While PAD did get me to publish more images, it didn’t get me to shoot much more often. Because of that, I’ve decided that my next project will be Project365.

The general concept is that you take one photo a day for a year. So from today to my 28th birthday I will take at least one photo between 12:00am and 11:59pm. For logistical reasons, it is quite likely that most images will not be published on the day they are taken, but they will be published in order, and I will try to not build up more then a few days of a backlog unless I’m unable to get them uploaded for some reason (like traveling with no internet).

I’m also going to be changing the way I publish the photos. They will be published to this flickr set, and I will also post to my twitter account (@ericmblog). They will not regularly be posted to this blog – I want to start using this blog again for actual content, which means not drowning the site with photo posts that you can see elsewhere.

Hopefully this project will work out as well as the last one, but part of me is worried that I will have a hard time keeping quality up. We shall see – it should be a good challenge regardless.

Photo-A-Day #358 – 365

eric — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:05:27 +0000

Photo-A-Day #358: Hey Look!

Jenna shows Sara her newly minted, souvenir flattened penny at the Magic Kingdom.

Eric M.'s Blog

So much busy…

Photo-A-Day Take 3

Blog Resurrection!

Goodbye Photo-A-Day, Hello Project365

Photo-A-Day #358 – 365

Photo-A-Day #358: Hey Look!

Photo-A-Day #359: Sphere

Photo-A-Day #360: Indoor Palm

Photo-A-Day #361: Vocals

Photo-A-Day #362: Grounded Speed

Photo-A-Day #363: Tulip

Photo-A-Day #364: Detroit Industrial

Photo-A-Day #365: Strip Light

Photo-A-Day #351 – 357

Photo-A-Day #351: Valley

Photo-A-Day #352: Flare

Photo-A-Day #353: Music Men

Photo-A-Day #354: Overhead

Photo-A-Day #355: 1.21GW

Photo-A-Day #356: Drifting

Photo-A-Day #357: Keeping the Beat

Photo-A-Day #344 – 350

Photo-A-Day #344: Rolling

Photo-A-Day #345: Symmetry

Photo-A-Day #346: South and Duval

Photo-A-Day #347: Holding It Down

Photo-A-Day #348: Unused

Photo-A-Day #349: Waiting Chairs

Photo-A-Day #350: Cake Cutting

Photo-A-Day #337 – 343

Photo-A-Day #337: Cake Time

Photo-A-Day #338: Silo

Photo-A-Day #339: A Little Flat?

Photo-A-Day #340: My Path

Photo-A-Day #341: Eric and Sara

Photo-A-Day #342: Double Yellow

Photo-A-Day #343: Blue and Orange

Photo-A-Day #330 – 336

Photo-A-Day #330: The Governor Waits

Photo-A-Day #331: Shattered Detroit

Photo-A-Day #332: Electric Power

Photo-A-Day #333: Dawn’s Gifts

Photo-A-Day #334: Rustic and Tech

Photo-A-Day #335: Pitchman

Photo-A-Day #336: Bird Island

Photo-A-Day #323 – 329

Photo-A-Day #323: Tiny Town

Photo-A-Day #324: Projection

Photo-A-Day #325: The Cold Wait

Photo-A-Day #326: Brick Valley

Photo-A-Day #327: Sleepy Street

Photo-A-Day #328: Flower Shop

Photo-A-Day #329: Frozen Fountain