It’s been a while… My last post was a long time ago. I my defense, I’ve been working on a project, and that took up a lot of time. Now that that’s done, I may just post to my blog every now and then…

Let’s start with something simple… Cats and laptops. Here are a few pictures of my cat that I’ve taken over the last few months.

The last picture is the prelude to the next picture – a while after I took the previous picture I needed my laptop again. Here is what I found on the screen:

What happens when you hang a photo upside down? Does it still work? Does it still look good? Does it turn into something different? Find out for yourself at the “Upside Down” show at the Rochester High Falls Art Gallery. One of the current shows has all frames mounted upside down.

The free public reception for the shows is on Sunday, December 6th from 3 to 6pm.

The exhibits continue through January 8th, 2009.

For more information, download the official PDF flyer.

Now that the Small show is over, it’s time for a new exhibit at the High Falls Gallery: The Abstraction show is about to open.

Join the artists for the opening this Sunday, 07/26/2009 from 3 to 6pm.

Here is a link to the flyer in PDF format: ag abs109 invite 1up.pdf

I know, it’s a few days too late… Last Saturday was the 2nd Annual Worldwide Photowalk.

(Thanks to Michele for taking this picture).

I led the walk in Rochester, NY, and the fruits of our 3 hours of walking around downtown Rochester can be seen here:

All Flickr images tagged with WorldwidePhotoWalkRochesterNY2009

The Flickr group for participants of the Rochester walk.

As far as I know, everybody had fun – at least until the rain started. It was not too bad: It rained for a about 10 minutes, but we lost a few people during and after that little break.
Let’s do this again next year.

If you haven’t been to the High Falls Gallery to see the Small Show, there is still a chance: It is open until July 11th.

The next time you are in or around downtown Rochester you may want to consider stopping by to look at a few pictures. The art work is small (hence the name), so it should not take too long

The next show – titled “Abstract” – will open on July 26th and is running through September 11th. I submitted three of my images, so I’ll be at the opening. Do you want to join me?

Have you heard? The Small Show is coming to the High Falls Art Gallery (in Rochester, NY). Here is a link to the flyer (PDF).

If you don’t want to download the flyer, here is the information about the shows:

Art Supply Invitational and a rather large exhibit called Small

High Falls Art Gallery Rochester
60 Browns Race, Rochester NY 14614

Reception Sunday May 24, 3-6pm
Continuing through July 11, 2009

I submitted three pictures, and I’ve been told that because of the large number of submissions, only one image per artist is guaranteed to be in the show. If not all of my pictures will make it into the exhibit, I’ll post the rejected ones here. So stay tuned. And, I hope to see you at the reception.

I needed business cards. The usual recommendation is to go with one of the free offers (e.g. VistaPrint or HP), but that’s not me…

I wanted cards that would not only show off some of my more creative side, but also cards that would stick out – figuratively and literally.

In the past, I’ve had the Moo mini cards, but they don’t make for good business cards because of the restricted space on them. I needed to fit more information on a card. Moo also makes business cards so I started to collect a few images that I wanted on the backs of my cards, and worked on the design.

When I received the cards in the mail, I was impressed with the print, but also the paper quality. The cards stick out for two reasons: They look great, and they are of a different size than the regular US business cards: They are a little wider, but not as tall (I use them in portrait orientation).

Take a look:

Because I don’t want late night calls from people I don’t know, I’ve removed part of my phone numbers, and my street address. The actual cards of course do contain that information.

All the images that I’ve used are in my Moo set on Flickr.

I still have a few stacks of punch cards at my mother’s house, while cleaning out my office last week, I found a 5 1/4″ floppy disk, and then of course, I have a ton of negatives and slides…

CBS has posted David Pogue’s report about how our data dies because we either can no longer access it or because the original media used to store data is falling apart.

Watch CBS Videos Online

Let’s see how long it takes until we no longer have a Flash player that can play that video.

It is November and somehow my magnolia tree is not aware of that fact… I took this picture last night. I hope the tree is not wasting too much energy with all these buds.

More summer activities in Rochester, NY: