Ocean Jones

I am jonsin’ me some ocean right now. It’s hot and muggy in the office and I want to go get knocked over by a big honkin’ wave. I don’t even care if it’s Atlantic or Pacific. (I’d probably pass on the Arctic ocean though)

Traffic Turkey

I was out of the house before 7:30 this morning. (I don’t remember exactly when I left. It was probably closer to 7:20)

I got to my desk at work at 9:32.

Two hours. It took me two hours to drive 43 miles.

Why?

There were no accidents, no break downs, no construction. It was raining a little That must be why I averaged about 20 miles per hour for the whole drive. Of course. Drizzle.

At least I got to see some turkeys in the back yard this morning.

Beach Day

As soon as you walk into the office today it hits you.

HEAT.

Something’s up with our environmental systems and the heat has been blasting like crazy all morning. It feels like it’s 90 degrees in here.

It feels like a beach day.

CameraBag for Mac #3

One more CameraBag post for now. This is the wrecked dock just up river from the dam on the Spicket River in Methuen. I wanted the colors on this one to pop more than they did. Let’s see if I can get the app to bring them out.

Here’s the original:

How’s this? This is why I used to love the Lolo filter on the iPhone app. It just makes the colors come flying out at you.

This one is called Candy.

This is a camera filter called 1958 Camera.

Finally we have a filter called Film NC-1D. I don’t know what that means, but I like the results here.

CameraBag for Mac #2

Here are a few more filters out of CameraBag 2.5 for Mac. Today’s guinea pig is a pic from the 9/11 Memorial in New York.

Here’s the original:

This is a camera simulator called Cinema. It was another of my go-to choices on the iPhone app:

This one is new to me. It’s called Skater Camera. I kinda like this one:

This camera is called Autochrome:

This one is called Dusklight. Again, I likes it:

CameraBag for Mac

Did I mention I got promoted last month? Well I got a little bit of a raise today. I am celebrating by buying two things. Later I am going to buy The Walking Dead Compendium One which is 48 graphic novels in one 1000 page or so book.

First though, I bought CameraBag 2.5 for Mac. CameraBag for iPhone was the first camera app I put onto my first iPhone. It was a cool filter app before Instagram came along. It turned out to not be quite as cool as Hipstamatic, but there were no in-app purchases. I found out today that there is a Mac version. I read some reviews this morning before work and tonight I installed it (it was on sale).

So I am monkeying around with some of the presets. Allow me to bombard you with stuff. Because… ya know… I can.

I started with a pic of the Nubble Lighthouse. Here is the original, as shared on Flickr:

The first filter I tried is called 1967:

The next filter was one of my favorites from the iPhone version. Lolo. This picture probably isn’t a good choice for the filter, but I had to do it.

Next is another fav from the iPhone app, Helga:

Finally we have a black and white filter called 1962:

This is the first post you’re going to get showing off this application. It won’t be the last. It might be the first of 20-30 billion posts, all tonight. Enjoy.

Sands Bridge Thoughts

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I mentioned the other day that part of the Sands Bridge had collapsed. I didn’t realize I had a picture of it. I think it is worse now, but looking at this pic I am not so sure anymore. I will get back there one day soon. The snow we’re supposed to be getting this week will of course mess up everything, as it always does when it snows after the first day of Spring.