http://andrewferguson.net Rejecting Your Reality and Substituting My Own Since 1986 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:16:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been running a bit low on disk space the last few weeks. I thought part of might be because I was taking more photos and at 5MB a photo, those add up pretty quick. So I started moving some of my old pictures from my internal hard drive to ... http://andrewferguson.net/2008/10/09/my-hatred-for-unbounded-volume-shadow-copies/ Fall break is in a few days I'm taking off to visit Chicago. Well, actually Evanston, "an affluent suburban Chicago municipality on Lake Michigan on the North Shore in Cook County, Illinois directly north of the City of Chicago." My good friend, and fellow Miner, Ben and his girlfriend, Kim, have ... http://andrewferguson.net/2008/10/07/the-windy-city/ I'm not sure how I forgot to edit these photos. But I did, until Jeff asked about them. So enjoy! Nikkor @ 24mm || 1/160 || f/3.8 || ISO400 Nikkor @ 18mm || 1/5000 || f/3.5 || ISO400 Nikkor @ 27mm || 1/6400 || f/3.8 || ISO400 Nikkor @ 18mm || 1/2500 || f/3.5 ... http://andrewferguson.net/2008/10/03/kellys-bachelor-part-ay/ I hate politics. I honestly don't care that much for either of the candidates and really wish that we didn't have a two party system. However, that's what we have and so I'll make the best of it. Making the best of it, though, doesn't mean "not voting." Just because I ... http://andrewferguson.net/2008/10/01/please-vote/ Call it the ultimate NCAA March Madness Bracket. Although it isn't March, it's not run by the NCAA, and there's more at stake than the $20 you threw in your friends pool. Last week, I suddenly found myself a member of JPMorgan Chase...Washington Mutual having been sold to them for $1.9 ... http://andrewferguson.net/2008/09/30/in-which-i-suddenly-find-myself-a-jpmorgan-chase-member/ Note: Technical content to follow. In the WordPress 2.5 upgrade, Automattic completely revamped the administration interface - including the way that boxes were created for plugins (well, really the entire administration back end; however I will be focusing on plugins). Previously, you had to create the boxes manually, hard coding something ... http://andrewferguson.net/2008/09/26/using-add_meta_box/ I've been wanting to work out for a couple of months now, but A) I've been to lazy to actually go to the gym and B) even if I did go to the gym, I wouldn't know what to do. I was talking with Bob over the weekend and he mentioned ... http://andrewferguson.net/2008/09/25/the-workout-plan/ My portfolio contains some of my best (and favorite) photos I've taken over the years and around the world. I've revamped my portfolio (read as: removed some photos) to focus less on my favorites and more on my best. It's my hope and desire that the two intersect, but this is ... http://andrewferguson.net/2008/09/23/fall-2008-portfolio-inductions/ First, a little bit of background: Some time ago, I was shown a video of World of Warcraft players "lipsyncing" to a song called "The Internet is For Porn." Pretty much ever since, I've wanted to see the show. I was hoping to see it a few years ago when ... http://andrewferguson.net/2008/09/22/a-really-short-review-of-avenue-q/ I'm about a week late in blogging this, but such is the case when more important things arise. In any event, Obama was at the Colorado School of Mines last Tuesday. I managed to get four hours of sleep before I arose at the crack of 6am. I was on ... http://andrewferguson.net/2008/09/22/barack-obama/