Dave's Den

Favorite Photos Video

Dave — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:47:51 GMT

Here's a short video of my favorite photos. I created it using the new SmugMug/Animoto integration, which is sweet, and saves a lot of time.

Moving My Photos To SmugMug

Dave — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:44:18 GMT

I finally grew aggravated enough with Flickr's user interface and lack of innovation that I've changed my photo hosting to SmugMug. SmugMug allows me to heavily customize the look of the site and the display of my photos. For a technical geek such as myself, it's a lot of fun to play around with the various customization options. They've also got a great, helpful community that is always coming up with new and interesting hacks. The bottom line is that my photos look much better when presented in SmugMug. If you're interested in joining, use my referral code (aR1AKLtL4jWOA) to save $5.

I've got a number of old posts on the site that link to or use photos on Flickr. I don't have any immediate plans to delete my Flickr photos, but eventually some of those links and images may stop working. I suppose I'll gradually try to update those links to point to SmugMug, but for now they all still point to Flickr.

My New Gallery on SmugMug

August Vacation

Dave — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:36:40 GMT

I spent a week of vacation last week with the kids. First up was our last camping trip of the year, to Spearhead Point Campground and the Mondeaux Dam area. The forecast for our trip didn't look very good, but it turned out to be absolutely perfect, aside from the last day. Things didn't get off to a very good start on Sunday, since my propane lantern fell off the tree while I was hanging it, shattering the glass globe and making it unusable for the remainder of the trip. Then there were the bees. The kids (in particular, Gina) have developed a paralyzing fear of bees, and there were a few buzzing around the campsite, which didn't make for a very positive experience. Thankfully, the bees cleared out later in the evening, and we were able to have an enjoyable night by the fire.

Summer Camping Trips

Dave — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:32:04 GMT

The kids and I have taken two of our three scheduled camping trips this summer. We've been to Crescent Lake Campground near the North Shore, and Willow River State Park, near Hudson, WI.

World's Shortest Fairy Tale

Dave — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:47:12 GMT

Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?' The girl said, 'NO!', and the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and went fishing and hunting and played golf a lot and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.

The End.