Hopslam!

Yes, it’s that time of year again when Bell’s Hopslam hits the shelves. Actually, it didn’t even hit the shelves, but more like the receiving area and straight into my hands. The entire shipment of this rare, seasonal beer has sold out in one day. Maybe not all, but certainly all of the stock around [...]

What’s In A Name?

After attending so many sessions at the Imaging USA convention, it has be come clear to us, especially since Laura is so key a part of our photographic endeavor, that the name “Jeff Phillips Photography” is an insufficient and incomplete name and that we should find something more appropriate. Our dilemma, though, is that we [...]

Imaging USA: Days 2 & 3

Okay, so I’m not going to blog about them separately since the days are a week past and they all run together, but I did want to mention some of the great things that I learned. First of all, we met some great people and learned a lot from them. One of our favorites was [...]

Brr!

It’s rather cold today. Temperature outside is currently 17 degrees. Wow! I’ve been recuperating from our trip to Phoenix where I picked up some kind of bug. I’m convalescing today and hope that I will be good tomorrow, since I have to go to work anyway – even if I feel bad. I did learn [...]

Imaging USA: Day 1

Wow. Brain melt-down. There was a LOT of good information we gathered today and I’ll be glad if we even retain and use a tenth of that information. I’m having brain overload! In fact, I think I’m going to collapse real soon. We have to do this again tomorrow – back at the show at [...]

Imaging USA: Day 0

It hasn’t started yet, but we’re here in Phoenix and have done some early reconnaissance to find out where we should go, where to park, and how to get there. It looks like we will have to really push getting up early – the convention starts at 7AM. Luckily for us, that’s 7AM Arizona time [...]

Fun With Windows Media Center – An Epic Journey

It may not be quite "epic", but it has been quite a journey. First, let me explain what Windows Media Center [let's just say WMC from now on] is. WMC is an application that runs on Windows [for the sake of discussion, let's keep it Vista specific] and allows you to host music, pictures, videos, [...]