The proportions are way off but what do you expect?  After two weeks of dicking around at work I finally completed this half-assed self portrait.  I had to come to terms with the fact that my artistic skills were waning after a period of non-use so I am making a conscious effort to do art on a regular basis and I realize that for a while most of my work will be shit.  But I am an artist, even if my day job is technical support.

1.  I rarely take advantage of the gear selections available on multi-speed bicycles.

2.  I like the fact that maintenance and upkeep is much easier on a singlespeed bicycle.

It was several years ago that I came to the realization that although my bicycles had several different gear selections I rarely changed gears.  I found that I had a favored gear ratio and I never changed it, even while climbing.

So I’m not cool but at least my Lemond is.

Sunday.  A day of rest.  Perhaps.  But not for this kid, at least not yet.  I was up early and piddled around the house for a bit and then I headed over to Performance Bicycle and was hit with a couple of surprises.  The first surprise was the fact that on Sunday they don’t open until noon and I got there at 11:11am.  Anyhoo, I ran some other errands and then circled back and boy was I glad that I did.  The second surprise was the kick ass sale they were having that just happened to end today.  Everything in the store was on sale, and on top of that, there was another 10% off the lowest price.  Fuck me.  When faced with an opportunity like that you couldn’t very well expect Mister Viddy to simply buy a patch kit or something cheap.  No sir, I got a killer headlight (see below), two new puncture resistant tubes and some new Adidas rain covers for my shoes.  Believe me, I was ready to spend every dime in my bank account but I took the best deals on some things I really needed and then bounced.

Now I can’t wait for the sun to go down so I can go and test my new headlight.  Sheehah!  Ride to live, live to ride.

It’s a slow day.  Well, not exactly slow as much as it is a less non-technical day.  Sketched out a rough drawing of my new myTouch 3G phone.  I really like the phone and have no issues with it to date.  Anyhow, time to get back to eating my cup of noodles.

Thursday.  Another day in Paragon City.  Life in The City of Heroes is never easy, especially for a super hero like me.  All I’m trying to do is make an honest living so I can retire to Costa Rica one day but sometimes it’s hard.  Take today for instance.  I was heading down to the corner market to buy some smokes when out of nowhere I’m jumped by a gang of thugs.  They didn’t want my wallet or my iPad, they just wanted to hassle me over my costume and that just isn’t cool.  Sure I was able to put them down without much effort but should I even have to?  I think not.

Anyhow, once that little bit of drama ended I figured my day would go a little smoother.  Wrong.  Just as I was about to enter the marker I find myself ambushed by a gal collecting signatures for some kind of cause.  Cause?  What about my cause?  I just need some smokes.

In literary criticism, stream of consciousness is a narrative mode that seeks to portray an individual’s point of view by giving the written equivalent of the character’s thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue, or in connection to his or her actions.

Fabio Cavassini created a slick little tool that will generate a very nice looking, embedded Flickr slideshow on your website.   As you can see from the example above (using my own Flickr feed, of course) it is a nicely packaged slideshow within an iframe.  I know from professional experience that many of you budding website designers struggle when it comes to working with images and slideshows so hopefully this little tool will help you in the future.  As a professional photographer I can tell you from firsthand experience that this little tool can make life a lot easier. It won’t take your crappy photos and make them nice but it will give you an easy way to share your crappy photos with the world.  Enjoy!