Building in Den Haag, originally uploaded by ghostmonk.

Standing at a busy intersection of a major city, allowing the light from the bright-red flashing advertisements to assail my retinas. What goes through the minds of each tunnel-visioned pedestrian as he or she scurries through the crowd?

The cacophony blur of roaring motorists trickles through the mind. Brief snippets of cell phone conversations, emergency sirens and the general din of the city shivers through my physics. It’s a rogues gallery of pungent meat vendors and inconvenient beggars. (more…)

I recently found out my second child is another boy. The sonogram shows he’s healthy, has a strong heart and is growing well. It’s powerfully overwhelming to be a father, and having our second child brings a torrent of emotions and worries that punctuate my sense of being human and mortal. Most importantly, I am re-affirmed in the position that there is no more important issue than the ones our future generations will have to face. My biggest worry is the type of planet we are leaving for my two sons, the most recent addition below.

It's a Boy

I’ve just updated to WordPress 2.5, (which is beta and still under development), and it is sweet. Probably the most surprising thing for me the ease of switching.

I was running version 2.2 just 2 days ago, and all I had to do was swap out a bunch of files, run the update page, and presto, version 2.5 is sputtering along. Anyway, most of the changes are behind the scenes, and more for the owners/writers to enjoy.

The interface is simpler, more minimal, there’s a full-port writing mode, more plugins for the dashboard and quite a few other options. What a rush!… (Have I shown myself to be a geek yet?) I have noticed quite a few bugs, but nothing to shy away from. (more…)

Raccoons will venture into housing developments to eat waste. Never laid eyes on one before, but somehow it broke my heart.

Lovely creature, eating the garbage from an inconsiderate neighbor’s disheveled backyard. Taking this picture caused inner torment. It felt exploitive, almost as dirty as the backyard that lured the beast to this incompatible setting.

She was frightened, she scurried up a tree. She was unexpectedly agile for her portly frame. Regardless, she was impressive. Even while dining on human discard, she is more noble than I with my camera.