The Analog Kid

April and I shot some weddings this fall. One had a dress-up table.
staff:

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(Looks like 2011 is indeed the year of linen on the desktop.)

Steve Jobs: 1955–2011

Hero

I was lucky enough to see Steve present in person at WWDC this summer, where I met the rest of my geek idols for the first time. Struggling to jump from biochemistry into software development, I’m always inspired by this quote from his Stanford commencement address:

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Thanks for everything, Steve.

As usual, my favourite image from the 2011 Nikon Small World competition features Daphnia. See others from the Lives Within a Drop of Water collection.
April and I are shooting another outdoor wedding this weekend, which means I get to play amateur wildlife photographer again. Here’s my favourite image from the last one.
Vlambeer is bringing their fantastic freeware game Super Crate Box to iOS. I’m curious to see how they’ve solved the controller problem, although this alone might justify the existence of the iCade.

If they have a native iOS port (ex-Flash), why not sell it on the Mac App Store too? Let me swap the jump and shoot buttons (Z and X, but everyone knows X is jump) and I’m sold.