Today is Earth Day, a day where many do something, this one day, to show that they care about the Earth and are green. But, most don’t try to do something that will have a lasting impact. They turn off the lights for a bit and thats it. Personally, I like to try to find [...]
Yesterday evening me and a friend stopped by the local Apple Store to get our grubby hands on the iPad. As I was making my way around the web in Safari I decided to visit my own website to see if it was fully compatible with the iPad. It is, but then I got another [...]
Monday will mark a new chapter in my life. I hope that which ever direction it goes in it is a long chapter that isn’t interrupted by another layoff. I don’t know which path I will be going down yet, but after thinking on it the last few days I do think that both will [...]
So, I spent the last couple hours both installing WordPress 2.8, which presented problems that I had to use Google to fix, and cleaning up some code and getting rid of widgets that were bogging down my blog. I have had complaints in the past from people saying that it loaded up pretty slow and [...]
Now that I have moved everything of mine under mathewballard.com I’m left to figure out what to do as a blogger. I’ve decided that I’m going to really make sure to concentrate on Design (with tutorials and my thoughts, etc.) and photography with a sprinkle of other things. But, before I really blog on even [...]
This is a logo that I recently created for a local youth soccer team. The soccer team is part of one of those leagues where all the kids just run around around kicking the ball in groups with no goalie and no score kept. The client wanted something cute, and I think I hit what [...]
A couple weeks ago I rented a telephoto lens. One day when I was at home waiting for my car to come out of the shop I decided to try it out with some bird photography. These were my two favorite photos out of that day. Please do leave some feedback as that is how [...]
The other day while at home I came across the Lady Bug that seemed to be covered with dust or something. So, naturally I grabbed my camera with a 60 mm Macro lens and took some photos.
This is the color version of the photo I posted earlier in the week, here. I’ve finally uploaded a new photo. Its been over a month since I’ve done so, I’ve been a bit too busy to get out and take photos lately. But, Sunday night it snowed and it was a decent snow. So [...]
I’ve finally uploaded a new photo. Its been over a month since I’ve done so, I’ve been a bit too busy to get out and take photos lately. But, Sunday night it snowed and it was a decent snow. So Monday morning, before going to work, I made sure to get out and take a [...]
