By doug | Published:
August 17, 2010
My 19 month old daughter loves to watch videos on my iPhone. She knows right where to go in the Photos app — either in the Camera Roll folder to watch videos we might have recently captured, or in the “Videos” folder containing videos from the computer. Content in the Videos folder is safe from deletion, but not content in the Camera Roll. Occasionally she gets to tapping on the screen and starts the process of sending a video to someone via email (inevitably to someone in my contact list that I haven’t contacted in years), or accidentally deleting a video. More than once she has deleted a video I wished to keep.
I’ve seen “undelete” iPhone apps on the web, but no free ones. In my case, I frequently charge/sync my iPhone with my computer, but only occasionally download the Camera Roll photos and videos to an image or video editor. Figuring the video must be on my computer as part of a recent iPhone backup. I went looking for them. Read More »
By doug | Published:
July 17, 2010
I think of the book “Owls in the Family” often these days, which is pretty amazing considering my only exposure to it is a teacher reading it to the class when I was in elementary school. The reason is the family of barn owls residing in the owl box in our back yard. The box is visible in this photo.
There are two adult owls living in the box, and what sounds like at least a couple owlets. We have been hearing the owlets begging for a some weeks now, and can even occasionally see one in the box through binoculars. We haven’t been able to tell how many hatched, but it sure sounds like more than one. It’s quite a racket. (For a sample, look for the “chicks begging” link on the Barn Owl page from OwlPages.com.)
At some point during this last night the owlets were pushed out of box. It’s hard to say why, because they are definitely not old enough to venture out on their own yet. I was quite heartbroken when I found one on the ground this morning, dying before my eyes. I couldn’t see any activity in the box. Hoping any siblings were still up there resting comfortably, I figured I would find out when night fell.
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By doug | Published:
June 17, 2010
Following up on the Attached at the Heart Through the Years photo contest, my winning photo is featured as the cover photo for the Spring 2010 edition of The Attached Family Magazine.
I didn’t mention this before, but this photo was not posed in any way. Our daughter assumed this position on her own as my wife moved to cradle her little body. Luckily the camera was close at hand, as seconds later she either woke up or rolled over — I can’t remember any more. I’m sure my wife can still describe every detail of those fleeting but precious moments, though.
By doug | Published:
January 19, 2010
Updating the site theme has been on my “to do” list for quite some time. When creating any new site, I usually start with the Thematic WordPress Theme Framework and start modifying to suit the needs of the site. I have always had a dark theme for my site, and not many customizations beyond that have been made so far. More changes on the way as time permits.
Hey, check out my photography Project 365 gallery. This page would not display properly in the old theme. Having more flexibility to add photos from other sites was the main impetus to finally updating the theme.
By doug | Published:
December 31, 2009
This is somewhat stale news, but since updates here are few and far between these days: My wife entered one of my photos in Attachment Parenting International’s “Attached at the Heart Through the Years” photo contest in October, 2009. This image was one of the favorites — photo 2.
I’m going to be featuring photography more prominently on this site in 2010.
