My employer Schneider Electric has picked a new location for our Dallas, Texas area office. Actually we are now in Carrollton, TX but are slated to move to a new facility in Coppell, TX which is the next town west of our present location. The lease is up where we are and Schneider wants to “walk the talk” in a much “greener” building than we presently live. So they are starting from the ground up....
Continue reading...Postal Change
Most US citizens probably haven’t noticed but there was a fairly insignificant change in the US Postage system. No change in normal rate, but the Feds revamped some of the classes of mail. Here is a paragraph I plagiarized from the Stamps.com website (where I do all my postal business). On July 28th, 2013, the USPS will implement minor structural changes to their existing services. Postage rates will not be increasing for any existing service. ...
Continue reading...My Photography Gallery
I am enjoying exploring the art of amateur photography again, not that I ever stopped either exploring or enjoying. I am one of the oldies that has spanned the age of film and into digital photography. Not that my senior age allows that, as my daughter who is 25 years my junior, has made the same transition in her professional photography career. No career path for me. I just enjoy the technical aspects of the...
Continue reading...What You See Is What I Show You
I love taking good photographs. I don’t so much like poor photography. To me there is a world of difference between taking pictures and true photography. Today we have a lot of ordinary folks “taking pictures” using simple cameras such as the ubiquitous cell phone camera. There is some good photography done with cell phone cameras, so I hold no disrespect of the tool. Current cell phone cameras have very few controls and are extremely...
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