Last week we took our first family vacation (to the White Mountains area in New Hampshire) and had a good time, despite some rainy weather. Some photos will eventually end up in my Flickr photostream, but if you're into looking at people's vacation slides (and who isn't?!) you can view them here.

I wanted to officially announce that I have left my job to do consulting work full-time. So if you have a need for user experience, user interface, and/or web design, please feel free to contact me. In the coming months I'll be updating this site to better reflect my services, but in the meantime I'll be taking some much needed vacation time.

If LinkedIn is your thing, here's my page.

You old BMX `zine makers out there (both of you...) might get a kick out of seeing the old issues of FAT Magazine -- the original printed versions from the 80s and 90s -- making their way online. Issue 16 has a few photos I took of Jim Cavanaugh and Rich Upjohn (page 15) and a mini-review of my old `zine (page 74).

Are photographers really a threat?

Given that real terrorists, and even wannabe terrorists, don't seem to photograph anything, why is it such pervasive conventional wisdom that terrorists photograph their targets? Why are our fears so great that we have no choice but to be suspicious of any photographer?

I've sometimes felt watched when taking photos in a public place before (because I tend to take a lot from many angles, as many photographers do). It makes no sense for me to feel suspicious when I'm doing nothing wrong, but sometimes I do.

Even if I were a terrorist scoping out a place, would I do it right out in the open for everyone to see? Wouldn't a small point & shoot be smarter and less conspicuous than an SLR and a backpack's worth of equipment?

Jill is officially starting her business today, and her "real" website is now live at jillchapmanshiatsu.com. Have a look, and if you're in the area, sign up for a treatment!

For some reason I really enjoyed these Photos of TV.

Jeff sent me a link to ManBabies.com, thinking it would be a site I would enjoy. Now why would he think that?

A friend was able to get us some great seats to the Sox-Rays game this past Sunday. Even though they weren't the "good" company seats, they were the best seats I've ever had at Fenway (two rows behind the photographer's well).

Because there was a good chance of rain (which didn't happen) I didn't bring my SLR and just used my point & shoot to get some shots from the game.

It seems like my Ramblings has turned into just a bunch of video clips lately. Oh well, it's what's hitting me lately I guess. Anyway, here's a bit of Tina Fey's monologue from SNL; her old-fashioned movie style cracks me up.

Related to Wakefield's start tonight, here's a bit of Final Jeopardy from this week: