A twitter friend posted: “I find myself sending prayers to [snip] as he and his family go through that which is hardest.” I had no idea what she referred to. Her feed had no more information than that, and I’m pretty much out of everybody’s loop. I followed her link back to the other fellow’s …
Author Archives: davidstong
stereoscopic
A few days ago there was an old stereoscopic image posted in the Smithsonian’s Bigger Picture blog. I love old images for lots of reasons, and I have real fondness for early stereoscope images. I had a stereoscope and shoebox of cardboard photos when I was a kid, and when I had a daughter I …
helpful librarians
I’ve been spending too much time reading books and watching movies. I try to pick the best stuff so my brain doesn’t completely atrophy, but still. I waste too much time. Movies bring on the guilts far worse than books, and lately I’ve been watching far too many. Recently I had a friendly prod, though. …
morning in the park
I met a friend in the park several days ago. We sat on a bench and filled each other in on what had been going on in the months since we’d last talked. It was nearly lunch time and the lawn was filled with the usual assortment of ducks and smiling young families feeding them. …
kickin’ back
And playing with a different style. It’s relaxing. Makes me think about wood cuts.
library support
This year’s Centre Gives campaign doubled the amount the Centre County Library received during last year’s campaign. That’s a bit over $3100 for 2014. When viewed as an increase over last years donations, it seems pretty awesome. More awesome still because Centre County Library no longer has to support the Millheim Library. What a bonus, …
sketch monkey
I used the sock monkey taking photos a number of places. He helped me by shooting the photo of my feet in this blog’s header, and he serves as my avatar on a few social sites. When I needed something for the back of my cards, the automatic, and quick, choice was the sock monkey …
card printing decision
This is one of my cards at zazzle.com. They look good, they’re printed well, but really- at 5″ by 7″ they seem a bit large. When I see my stuff that big I get a bit queasy. Lucky for me, the subtler cards that I had printed at moo.com are a bit smaller. And a …
note cards
All of these images have been posted here before. I’ve decided to try having cards made of this assortment. I’ve tried zazzle.com, and actually have a link to their store in the widget column of this blog (scroll down…) They do decent work. I’ve tried moo.com through work and they do great work. Zazzle provides …
moving to a child theme…
The last time I tried to use a child theme, I hosed my widgets and header. It looked great in the preview, but when it went live, it died. I had to get a hold of the help desk to regress my site to an older, but living, version. Now, maybe I should attempt the …