Posted on November 30, 2004

• Added my first Holiday image of the year, “Poinsettia“, to the gallery this evening (widescreen also available). I hope you like it. I’ll try to do another holiday image before Christmas, but I have a couple of non-seasonal ideas I want to work on too. At the very least, it should be a lot easier for me to get into the “Holiday Spirit” this year with all the snow that has been flying over the past week. Joy!

Posted on November 27, 2004

• My CDROM (Version 6) is now available from Cafepress. The price is unchanged ($10 off the regular price: $14.95 with a Jewel Case and full color insert, $10.95 in a paper sleeve). It contains the entire members gallery up to my most current image (Vigil).

  Unfortunately I didn’t have room to include the multi-monitor split screen files on the CD. I had to stay under 700 MB and the CD came in at around 698 with the Split Files left off. Hopefully next year I can offer a DVD-ROM and fit more stuff.

  Anyway, drop me a line if you have any questions.

Posted on November 24, 2004

• Just a quick note to wish you all (who are celebrating) a Happy Thanksgiving. I also wanted to mention that my 2005 Wall Calendars are now available. There are two versions this year: a version containing all new images (since last year) and a version with all “classic” images. The updated CDROM is on the way to Cafepress right now and should be available early next week.

  With all of the ancillary stuff out of the way (the new server seems to be running smoothly now) I can now get back to making new wallpapers. Look for a new holiday image first.

Posted on November 15, 2004

• I’ve played around a little more with “Vigil” and have posted an updated version on the new images page. Hope you like it.

• My main project this week is going to be migrating my Free Site (http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/) to a new dedicated server. It has been running far too slowly for the past couple of months and the time has come for a change.

  Part of the migration involves a DNS change for the Members Gallery and secure server. It should be seamless, but there might be a moment or two sometime this week when you may be unable to connect to the members site. Just FYI.

  Once the migration is complete and everything is running smoothly, I will work on putting together my CDROM and Calendar for 2005. Once those items are complete I will most likely start work on a new seasonal wallpaper.

  So that is what I have coming up. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a line.

Posted on November 11, 2004

• Our first few weeks here in Illinois have been rather gloomy weatherwise and for a while Jessie was really down in the dumps. I can’t change the weather, but in an effort to cheer her up I thought it would be nice if I did a tropical theme for my first “post-move” wallpaper. The image, called “Vigil“, is now up for your review. A widescren is also available. Hope you like it!
• I’ve taken down the links to purchase my CDROM (V.5). I will be putting together V.6 shortly and I hope to have it up before the end of the month. I also plan on doing at least one Calendar.
• I got to see a rather awesome display of the Northern Lights earlier in the week. I was able to sit out in front of my house (in freezing temps) and take a few pictures. Here’s one of them which I think turned out rather nice. The photo is a 30 second exposure which helps bring out the colors (it didn’t look this bright and colorful to the naked eye). It was only my second time seeing the Aurora and it gets cooler every time!