Resonant Images

moved

Jonathan Assink — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:47:31 +0000

This will be the last post, at least for now, on my jonassink.wordpress.com blog. I’m moving over to a hosted blog at resonantimages.net. I purchased the domain a few months back but didn’t set up the rest of the site at that point. I’ve been working most of the afternoon on setting it up through DreamHost. Anyway, head on over to the new site and leave a comment saying hi!

Resonant Images

coming soon to a blog near you

Jonathan Assink — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:22:18 +0000

I had the chance to go again today to the DigiBarn out in Boulder Creek and take a tour. I went last October and they’ve added quite a bit in the last year. Pics are up now on Flickr.

I also have spent some time in the last couple days playing around with a local installation of WordPress on my computer in preparation of launching a new site that will host my blog for sure, maybe photos too. I was hoping the design side of setting up a site would be easier because the tech side is actually not that hard. Obviously if I was trying to host it on my own server or had to deal with really high traffic levels it would become more difficult. But for the low ammount of traffic I get (about 150 hits per week) it’s really easy. Especially looking at a service like GoDaddy, who obviously hosts a ton of WordPress blogs.

What is difficult is the CSS coding to control the colors, text, and images. Even that, the code itself is easy enough to play around with and eventually get the desired effect. What is difficult and annoying is trying to figure out what each element on the page is called. What is the difference between “header 2″ and “header 3?” Which content entry to I need to change to control the alignment and possitioning of the page. Once I get that up and running on my local machine though, it won’t be long before I set up a site.

Anyway, with summer winding down here at the Herm, I have the time and energy to start looking at some photography, tech, and design projects I’ve wanted to work on. As you may have seen, I’ve already purchased a Wacom graphics tablet to help with my photoediting and also give me the ability to draw custom graphics for the web. I have a big purchase looming in a couple weeks when my trial of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom runs out. It’s a $300 (!) software package for photo-editing which is pricy considering I can do most of what it does with the free software I already have (Digital Photo Pro and the GIMP) but Lightroom is what the “real” pros use and what I need to master if I ever want to have a shot at a photography job someday. I thought about the same logic for replacing my laptop when I was looking at the possibility of going with a MacBook. The only problem with that is I would have to buy a program like Lightroom in both PC and Mac formats, doubling my cost. So I’m sticking with all PC for now at least. Well, Coffee Cat is winding down and I’m kind of tired so I’m going to sign off for now. Ciao!

awesome commercial

Jonathan Assink — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:36:33 +0000

flickr find

Jonathan Assink — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:31:55 +0000

Sunset Time-lapse from my Loft

Originally uploaded by Whateverland

Great time laps sunset capture on flickr.

yay fonts!

Jonathan Assink — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:37:57 +0000

Really funny video about typefaces. . .

mr tanner makes good

Jonathan Assink — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:55:52 +0000

Since my friend Brandon already did a great write up I’ll just link over to him for the actual story. I’ll just say that this guy could sing his laundry list and it would sound amazing. . .

3am

Jonathan Assink — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:34:51 +0000

Despite my best efforts, I seem to always end up awake late at night with some existential rhetorical question stuck in my head. We had the School of Theology at Vintage earlier tonight and we were talking about what the costs of being a Christian are. Obviously, here in America at least, modern day Christians don’t have to fear Roman soldiers breaking down their doors and feeding them to the lions, but that doesn’t mean our lives are all honey and lattes. One of the main things we talked about is how crazy it seems when you start looking at what Jesus said it takes to get into heaven. Time and again you read of Him giving people tasks that are impossible. For a person to enter Heaven based on their own merits requires them to be absolutely perfect and blameless. Since this is impossible in a post-fall world, it is by the grace of Jesus we are able to cross that hurdle and gain entry. Now, think about this for a second, what if Jesus ministry had been based around the idea that if you just tried hard enough or had good enough intentions you could gain entry to Heaven? Suddenly there is no need for the cross, no need for grace, no need to be compassionate and love your neighbor. The fact perfect adhearance to the law (ie the Old Covenant) is the only way a person can gain entrance to Heaven is one of the things that makes what Jesus says make any sense at all. Jesus doesn’t so much tell us to ignore Rabbinic law as He provides an end around for post-fall creation to be reconciled on the cross. By becoming the final ultimate sacrifice under the old covenant, He broke down the barriers and made it possible for us to attain the impossible.

wooosh!

Jonathan Assink — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:48:23 +0000

That’s the unmistakeable sound of summer flying by. It’s hard to believe there are only three full weeks of family camp left at Mount Hermon. Summer always goes by really fast though. I’m finding time itself is moving faster and faster the older I get and that bothers me to no end. Having a sense of urgancy to finding your calling and the sense of time increasingly speeding by makes for some wicked late night conversations with God.

I am looking forward to the fall though. Vintage is great fun right now and it will be nice to get back into my usual routine of documenting church life. It’s hard feeling so disconnected when I can’t hang out much after the service on Sunday. It would be great to get some more documenters too to give some real variety to our coverage. As much as I love sleeping in the way I get to during the summer it is nice to get back on a somewhat regular schedule that makes it possible to hang out with friends on a regular basis. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to go back up to Seattle for a bit too for a real live vacation. We’ll see about that though. I wanted to do it last year and it didn’t work out. Anyway, that’s about it for now. No shocking revolations or deep philosophical thoughts tonight, just a little howdy! Later.

soundtrack of my life

Jonathan Assink — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:35:45 +0000

I saw a friend do this the other day and it looked like fun. Basically you just shuffle all your music and write down what songs come out next to the different scenes from the movie of your life. . .

Opening Credits: The Decemberists – The Crane Wife, Parts 1 & 2

Waking Up: Death Cab for Cutie – Talking Bird

First Day of School: The Eames Era – I Don’t Mind

Falling in Love: Weepies – Take It from Me

Fight Song: The Smashing Pumpkins – This Time

Breaking Up: Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer – Popsicle

Prom: Queen – You’re My Best Friend

Life: Rilo Kiley – Science vs Romance

Driving: Moby – Porcelain

Flashback: Nirvana – All Apologies (from Unplugged in New York)

Getting Back Together: Ray LaMontagne – Trouble

Wedding: Jonathan Coulton – The Future Soon

Party: She & Him – Sweet Darlin’

Birth of A Child: Gogol Borrdello – When the Trickster Starts A-pokin’

Final Battle: The New Pornographers – Chump Change

Funeral Song: Guns ‘n’ Roses – November Rain

Ending Credits: Foo Fighters – My Hero

Now, I do have to admit I cheated some because I have so much random music and podcasts and spoken word stuff on my Zune that half the list would have made no sense. So I skipped some songs and tracks if I didn’t recognize it or it was a stand up comic or something like that, all the songs did still appear randomly from my playlist though.

So what does this list say about my taste in music? I think it says I’m a geek with a penchant for 90′s rock and Indie pop bands no one’s ever heard of. Seems about right.

dr. horrible

Jonathan Assink — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:12:59 +0000

Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, Joss Whedon’s latest project, is up for viewing in full online through Hulu for a limited time. Follow the link below for comic-superhero-musical awesomeness. There is a few crude jokes but nothing too bad.

www.drhorrible.com

Seriously Fox, bring back Firefly. . . right now.