All it needs is a plastic lion on the front and some red, white and blue streamers.

Riding the hybrid is like riding through six inches of water compared to this thing. Not that expensive, either. I’m not, and will not become, a hardcore gear-head, but this is a relatively easy entry into the world of [...]

Bummed because the World Cup is over? Don’t worry, here at the Frob we can help bring you right back into the excitement of things. Please enjoy the sweet melodies of the vuvuzela, which should transport you right back there again like it’s still going on.

(For best results, read the paragraph below over and over [...]

Just think… if I had kept the cable, I could have watched the Lebron James “It’s All About Me” Infomercial Spectacular last night. What was I thinking? Who wouldn’t want to watch an ego-bloated narcissist have his hand-picked “interviewer” lob him softballs before announcing he would take his talents to Miami, dumping his loyal hometown [...]

“Yeah. DON’T GO TO ENGLAND.”

(Seriously, don’t. There’s no room.)

(Seriously seriously, do. Far, far overdue for a return to London, which is awesome even when crowded with summer throngs and about 10x more expensive than I remember.)

Once I’m over the jet lag, I’ll relate some more stories. Overwhelmingly positive on the whole.

Got a lot going on here… but jeez, a week between posts is too much. Got a few saved up.

I’m still fighting with the D5000, gradually learning it, but even though I sometimes curse it, I do love it. Here is a bumblebee that got stuck inside and kind of fell asleep on the screen. [...]

…is stuff like this. This is the kind of crap that just accumulates over a lifetime.

On the left, something I made in sixth grade. An art project from school. Even if it was good for a sixth grader, it was, at best, a good sixth grade project. I’m sure I worked hard on it, [...]

Still working on this. Probably about 12 hours in at this point. Spent about two tonight shading two fingers. Very, very slowly.

…remains elusive, but I got a little closer tonight.

This was at twilight; auto-focus didn’t work, again, and so I switched to manual focus and shutter priority mode. I found it surprisingly hard to get good focus, especially without a tripod, and I manually set the shutter to 1/60 of a second to get this shot. [...]

CLUTTER.

Dutiful consumers like we of Western Civilization are constantly bringing things into the house. We do not often remove things from said houses. And yet we are surprised and annoyed when clutter builds up and builds up and builds up. Where did it come from?

Today I spent almost the whole day just trying to get [...]