Christmas in Geekland

Quick posting from the phone to share a little holiday cheer. As a
childless couple, we have made our own little family with our
menagerie of stuffed kids, pictured here eagerly awaiting the arrival
of gifts. I've tried to tell them that the "big day" isn't for
another 15 days, but much like their impatient other daddy, they seem
to think that a constant barrage of pressure and cuteness will get me
to relent and declare an early Christmas.

When did I become the responsible one?

Night of a Thousand Lens Flares

If you've been wondering why I haven't been posting to the blog much, the picture above might give you an idea. Yes, it's that time of year. So, there are Christmas gifts to get, make, wrap, and deliver. And on top of that, we're still working on the next promosodes of Applesauce. We've finished the second one, and it's posted up on YouTube and in full high-definition h.264 glory at the internet archive.

Check out the YouTube clip here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSR_BzNudTc

Download the high-definition gigantic file here:
http://www.archive.org/details/golden_applesauce_2

I'll be writing more about all this as life gets less hectic. When will that be? Oh, hell, I don't know. Maybe when I'm dead?

Meantime, enjoy the thousand lens flares in the picture above. I shot it one night after work when shopping down in Union Square. About 2 minutes after I shot this, the police moved the vendor cart (and loudly protesting vendor) that had the lights which provided such a colorful frame to the scene.

More to come.