Blog.JonECat.com http://blog.jonecat.com Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:42:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Carson Playing Rock Band http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/538 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/538#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:39:02 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=538
Carson Playing Rock Band

I used to think I was good playing on Hard mode, then Carson went right past me, this kid only plays on expert.

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/538/feed Great Holidays… http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/536 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/536#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:07:18 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=536 …but now it is back to the old grind. We had some great times while on holiday, so great in fact that I hardly spent anytime at the computer, thus no blog posts. Well I will get back in that saddle and start blogging more often again.

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/536/feed Target Practice http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/524 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/524#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:24:54 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=524 We have a long tradition of shooting firearms in my family. I have been shooting since I was big enough to hold up my first BB gun. Well me, my boys (Carson and Ruger), my Dad, and a few friends went out this afternoon to take in a little target practice.

Today was especially good because it was the first time Carson got to shoot a somewhat high powered rifle (other than a 12 gauge). My Dad brought out his Pre-64 Winchester 30-30 rifle for him to shoot. I apologize for not bringing a real camera of some sort for it, but all I had was my phone so that is what you will get.



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Carson on the 30-30

Another friend brought an HK G3 out. This was the first time I have ever had the opportunity to shoot one. I enjoyed it, it was much smoother than I was expecting. It felt about the same as an AR-15 to me.


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Me firing the G3

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My Dad on the G3

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/524/feed iPhone Destroyed http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/520 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/520#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:22:42 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=520

iPhone Destroyed

I have a friend here at work that has the worst work luck with iPhones, he is a huge fan of them, but he is now on his 4th one. His first 2g iPhone was in his pocket when a friend of his threw him in the ocean, he replaced it soon after. He then went and got the new 3g early on (pictured above), it fell out of his pocket while he was riding on his motorcycle. He has since replaced it, but I am sure its days are numbered.

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/520/feed Temple Lights 2008 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/514 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/514#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:25:15 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=514 We went down to the temple tonight to check out this years Christmas lights. We went with a big crew.

Mesa LDS Temple Lights

EXIF
Nikon D80
Tamron 17-50 f2.8 @ 2.8
42mm focal length
1/20 shutter speed
1600 ISO
SB-800 Flash


The Whole Crew

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Nikon D80
Tamron 17-50 f2.8 @ 2.8
17mm focal length
1/20 shutter speed
1600 ISO
SB-800 Flash

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/514/feed Carson In A Coat http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/510 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/510#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:31:12 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=510

Carson In A Coat

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Nikon D80
Nikkor 50mm 1.8 @ 2.2
1/100 Shutter
1600 ISO
Available Light

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/510/feed Bria - December 11, 2008 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/494 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/494#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:30:26 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=494 A shot of Bria I took tonight.

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Nikon D80
Nikkor 85mm f1.8 @ 2.5 (My favorite lens)
1/100 Shutter Speed
400 ISO
SB800 Flash W/ Diffuser

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/494/feed Lawrence Christmas Card 2008 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/489 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/489#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:56:00 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=489 Well as another year is about to come to a close, and I found myself trying to figure out this years Christmas card. It is a simple design but I like it, and if you are one of the lucky few, you will be receiving are hard copy of it shortly.

2008 Christmas Card

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/489/feed Google Labs http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/486 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/486#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:26:46 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=486 googlelabslogo
As many of you may know, I am a huge fan of Google and all of the wonderful services that they provide. As of late they have done a lot tweaks to GMail and GTalk that I am really happy with.

First and foremost, they have added themes to GMail, I know it is a small thing, but I love it! It really helps me feel at home.

They also recently added video chat to GTalk. I am sure you are going to tell me that other services have had that for years and that this is nothing new. While I will concede that other services have had video chat for years and with the exceptions of iChat and Skype, they are all shotty at best. What impresses me most about Google’s implementation is that it is all contained within the browser, an app that you most likely have open all the time. Not to mention this is the cleanest video chat implementation I have seen save iChat. For me it works well, I always have my GMail inbox open and when I need to chat with a colleague from work this has been the best solution for us.

Last but not least, SMS in GTalk. I have not had a chance to play with this as much, mostly because it just became available to me today. This service allows you to SMS a cellphone at no charge to you, what makes it even better is that they can reply back to you and you will receive the message. That has been the shortcoming of most SMS programs, you can’t get a response back without paying for a service.

Anyways, I just wanted to say to the Google team, keep up the good work, you are leading us into the future! Oh and just one more thing, please don’t turn evil on us, thanks.

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/486/feed Post Family http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/457 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/457#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:23:04 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=457 I just got done shooting some photos for my sister and her family for there 2008 Christmas cards, here are a couple of the images from the set.


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The Post Family 2

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/457/feed Editing the Site Theme http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/445 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/445#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:08:40 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/445 I am currently editing the theme to the blog so it maybe look a little crazy for a few hours or so.

UPDATE: OK, I think I am pretty much done with the theme for now. I have had a minimalist attitude as of late and wanted the blog to represent that.

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/445/feed Scooter Time http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/438 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/438#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:30:19 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=438 Carson and all of my kids for that matter love to ride scooters way more than their bikes. So I was out with Carson yesterday watching him and I took some pictures, these were the results.

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ManualBunny HopBunny Hop up the Curb

These images were captured with a D80 and Tamron 17-50 2.8 Lens @ 17mm

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/438/feed Youtube Has HD Video Now http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/432 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/432#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:24:24 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=432 I thought I would throw a little video to test out the capabilities. It appears to work just as well as Vimeo.



Update1: You need to go to Youtube to actually watch the HD version, click here. Click on the link under the video that says “Watch in HD”

Update2: Ok, after a little research I found out that you can tweak the embed code a bit to get the HD version to display in an embedded player. I found the code here.

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/432/feed Thanksgiving 2008 Portraits of the Kids http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/427 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/427#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:13:24 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=427 These were all taken with my Nikkor 85mm 1.8 except for Bria’s shot, she was being a stinker all day and only happened to pose for me when I had the 70-300 on, so her’s was shot at 135mm. These were shot in my in-laws backyard. I used my flash for fill lighting.

Carson - Thanksgiving 2008 Portrait

Kilynn - Thanksgiving 2008 Portrait

Ruger - Thanksgiving 2008 Portrait

Shealynn - Thanksgiving 2008 Portrait

Bria - Thanksgiving 2008 Portrait

]]> http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/427/feed I Found Out Where The Pot Of Gold Is… http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/425 http://blog.jonecat.com/posts/425#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:11:20 +0000 Jon http://blog.jonecat.com/?p=425
I found where the pot of gold is...

…it is at Old Navy.

I took this picture the other day when went out to eat.

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