Trigger Happy

Four Years!

Eric "smurph" Murphy — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 04:03:56 +0000

Today is our fourth anniversary. We celebrated this past weekend with a trip to The Domes in Milwaukee, and then dinner at Benvenuto's. Both were incredible, mostly because of my lovely wife. Tonight, Erika surprised me with a candle lit dinner while the kids were playing in their room. It was incredibly sweet. These have been the best years of my life, and I'm looking forward to many more with my wife.

Happy 2nd Birthday Emma!

Eric "smurph" Murphy — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:52:44 +0000

Our little Emma Lee turned 2 today. The terrible twos started a while ago but she's still such a happy little sweetheart (when she's not being terrible). She has started talking quite a bit this year and she just started potty training. She's been a joy to watch as she grows.

Happy Birthday Emma!

Photo of the Week - 11/7/10

Eric "smurph" Murphy — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:10:08 +0000

Late again! I'm really bad at this. Better late than never though right?

Last week Erika dug up a bunch of older photos and re-edited them so there were a lot of photos to choose from. There are some good older photos but I picked a new one instead. This photo of Emma is so cute. She's always making silly faces but capturing those moments is always difficult. I think this photo turned out great.

See Silly Girl at Flickr.

Photo of the Week - 10/31/10

Eric "smurph" Murphy — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:11:54 +0000

The second I saw this photo, I instantly loved it. The colors are amazing and I really like the light texture Erika added. Great photo Erika!

See Untitled at Flickr.

Photo of the Week - 10/24/10

Eric "smurph" Murphy — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:20:59 +0000

Erika captured another fantastic Fall scene this week. These are windows of the old Miles Kimball building on South Main St. in Oshkosh. This is such a creative shot with beautiful colors. Well done!

See Untitled at Flickr.

Update Your Bookmarks!

Eric "smurph" Murphy — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:07:39 +0000

I've been holding on to BleedingChaos.net for years but I'm finally letting it go. If you still have a BleedingChaos.net page bookmarked, it's not going to work after November 13th. If it's a page on my blog, just change the "blog.bleedingchaos.net" to "triggerhappy.me" and it will work. If it's some other page hidden somewhere, ask me about it (chances are I forgot about it). The old RSS will still work because it's actually hosted by FeedBurner, and I've redirected it already.

If you're wondering what the hell BleedingChaos.net is, it's an OLD clan/guild site I set up for video games a long long time ago that morphed into several other entities over the years. I've had no real use for it for a while but it gave me a place to play with web design and applications. It will soon be gone, leaving TriggerHappy.me all alone.

Photo of the Week - 10/17/10

Eric "smurph" Murphy — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:55:56 +0000

Erika snapped a great photo of a bee on a flower this week. The colors are fabulous and the detail is stunning. Pictures like these always make me feel like I'm missing out on so much beauty in nature because it's hard to see the little details like this. Great shot, Erika!

See Untitled at Flickr.

Photo of the Week - 9/26/10, 10/3/10, and 10/10/10

Eric "smurph" Murphy — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:10:08 +0000

It's been a while since I've updated my site. There's a good reason for it, but we'll get to that later. For now, let's catch up with Erika's photography.

Week of 9/26/10

We went to the park down the road from our house where they have a really neat mostly all-wood playground. It's almost like a little castle with slides, monkey bars, and all sorts of things to climb. It's a great place to take the kids and also a great place for pictures. Erika got some adorable pictures of the girls and this is my favorite.

See Joy at Flickr.

Week of 10/3/10

It's fall, which means beautiful colors and trees shedding their leaves. I fell in love with this great picture of the lighthouse at Asylum Point. It's just gorgeous.

See Untitled at Flickr.

Week of 10/10/10

It's a binary date! What better way to celebrate a binary date than with robots? Well I can probably think of some geekier things but robots are still really cool. Erika shows off her creative composition skills with this shot.

See Untitled at Flickr.

Photo of the Week - 9/19/10

Eric "smurph" Murphy — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 22:03:46 +0000

I missed last week but that's because we were in Tennessee attending Erika's sister's wedding. It made for a great photo opportunity and Erika took some great shots. Here's an adorable shot of Emma crawling around in her dress.

See Untitled at Flickr.

Fate of Carmine Raised $150,000!

Eric "smurph" Murphy — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:34:20 +0000

Epic announced some great news this morning. The Fate of Carmine campaign raised an astonishing $150,000 for Child's Play Charity. As for actual the fate of Carmine, we'll have to wait to play the game! Either way, I'm just happy that the campaign was so successful. Very well done Epic!