Birthday Present to Me: Canon 600 EX RT Flash

For my birthday this year I bought myself some more camera equipment. Specifically a Canon 600 EX-RT Speedlite, the Canon ST-E3-RT radio transmitter that goes with it, and some various accoutrements. ((Rechargeable batteries, rechargeable battery recharger, light stand, light stand flash/umbrella/gimbal hanger-on-thingy.)) This begins my descent into the special hell that is known as flash …

Thoughts on Writing with Voice Recognition

A long time ago I bought one of the first versions of Dragon Naturally Speaking. Or whatever it was called at the time. This was 1997. I remember trying it out and being frustrated by the fact I had to train it to understand my speech. Fast forward to 2010 when I got my first …

Moving On to New Pastures

Today is my last day at Moreland Altobelli. I started back in April of 2009 and it’s been an adventure and then some. I was the project manager of the first-in-Georgia, award-winning Ashford Dunwoody Diverging Diamond Interchange; I conducted a number of traffic studies that led to other important projects being constructed; I built signals and recommended …

Griffin Ruhsam: The Birthing Team

If you’ve been following my Twitter stream, or looking at Flickr, or receiving texted images over the last few days, you will have met the birthing team. Of most importance, of course, is Jenn and Griffin, and I had some small role in helping out, but let me introduce you to Jessica Stansel and Jacob …