Yeah, this is the photo I submitted to an Engadget contest:

Nikon 995, bit of Photoshop work.

I like it, but I doubt it is comparable to what others submitted.

I opened a cafepress store (along with the rest of the webiverse):

My Store

However, the important thing is that one shirt features a photo of mine. Check it out.

So I go to this conference being put on by Apple last Thursday, it’s a “Pro Application” seminar. Before the conference started, they announced a boxed lunch would be provided. As I’m sitting there waiting for the first demonstration to begin I get to thinking. Who’s providing the lunch? Apple, or the hosting University? I pondered this thoughtfully, and came to the simple conclusion that if Apple were providing the lunch, it wouldn’t be a boring lunch. No sir-ee! It would be a Pro lunch! Think about it for a moment. We’ve got all these Pro applications from Apple:

Final Cut Studio. Tools for real-time video and audio production.
Final Cut Pro 5. Native HDV. Now editing in real time.
Soundtrack Pro. Sound is half the picture.
Motion 2. Advanced animation. Instant gratification.
DVD Studio Pro 4. Encode. Author. Burn. Deliver.
Aperture. Designed for professional photographers.
Logic Pro. Comprehensive music toolkit.
Shake. Advanced digital compositing. Already in a theater near you.

Plus the new MacBook Pro (makes you feel special, doesn’t it?), what better than to serve Pros a Pro lunch? I figure, heck, it’s no ordinary lunch! It’s a:

BoxedLunch Pro 24 essential vitamins and minerals.

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Of course, reality crashes down upon me when I realize: a) Apple does cool things, but nothing THAT cool. And b) I find out the lunch was provided by the University.

Maybe, *just maybe* this is it, the vehicle of my dreams…

Scion xB with simulated electric bolt graphic.

Still working on the vinyl graphic, trying to make it look a bit more “electric company’ish”. Also, I’m going for more of a dolphin gray.

Don’t know. I found this graphic on Engadget, but it appears they replaced it with a newer, slightly LESS appropriate image. Odd.

Basically, Microsoft thought it wise to name the new Xbox as Xbox 360… however, I thought it was a stupid name, and if they had only named it Xbox 180 it would have fit better. Sorta like, “Microsoft is doing a 180 on the Xbox design” or some such nonsense.

Not that I hate Microsoft, but somehow this just fits.

Update: Just to clarify, Engadget NEVER used the 180 graphic. Perhaps had I worded it differently, it may have appeared as satire.

Update: Just changed the link to a static Flickr version.