Posted on March 7, 2003

• Added a new wallpaper, “Simple Pleasures”, to the gallery today. The blooms are based on orchids that Jessie received as a birthday present. I’m still playing around with this one, so there may be an update or two over the weekend (perhaps even later this afternoon).

• It appears that Zazzle is back online with their new and updated web site. Among the changes they are offering a new print size, called Colossal (52″ x 78″). I’ve seen one of these prints and they are truly massive.

  None of the prints in my collection are currently available at this size. I would have to re-render them, but I would like to gauge interest before I do so. If you are interested in having a print this size, please drop me a line and let me know which images you are interested in. Thanks!

• UPDATE (11:20 PST): I’ve replaced the version of “Simple Pleasures” I posted this morning with a slightly reframed version.

Posted on March 6, 2003

• Thanks to everyone who wrote me with comments and suggestions regarding the “Captiol Records” issue (see post from 2/27). I’m currently working to resolve the issue and I’ll let you all know how it all turns out.
• I’ve added a couple of new renders to the widescreen gallery. “Rebirth” and “The Gardener” are now available. Coincidentally I learned yesterday that Dell is now offering a new notebook (the Inspiron 8500) with a widescreen monitor capable of 1920 x 1200.
• I’m currently working on a new wallpaper and I hope to have it ready by this weekend.

Posted on February 28, 2003

• My workstation is back up and running now, and I’ve done a new render of “Rebirth”. I removed the bluish haze which makes everything look a lot more green and lush. The original is still available in the Pickle Jar.

Posted on February 27, 2003

• I’d meant to do some more work on “Rebirth” today, but unfortunately my computer had other ideas. Just as I was finishing up on my computer last night, my hard drive made a sputtering noise and then died. I wasn’t able to restart the machine.

  Luckily I was able to hook the drive up to one of my other machines and save off all of my most important data. It won’t work as a boot drive in my main machine though. The nice folks at Dell have promised to send me another drive ASAP (it should be here by Monday at the latest) and as soon as it arrives I will restore everything and start fresh. BTW, I’m posting this from my laptop.

• My work has been on the web for six years now (seven if you count the images I posted on AOL back in 1996). As far as people using my work without my permission, I thought I had seen it all. I guess I was wrong. Case in point: someone tipped me off that my “Tropic of Capricorn” image was being used in a country music video. I couldn’t believe it until I saw it for myself.

  You can see it too: just check out the video for Jennifer Hanson’s “Beautiful Goodbye” at the Capitol Records-Nashville homepage. I’m flattered to see my work on TV (even though I’m not a big country music fan) but I do wish they had asked me first. I haven’t decided yet how I’m going to respond to this…

• Jessie and I went to the OB again this morning and I was able to hear our baby’s heartbeat for the very first time. It definitely put my computer hardware problems into proper perspective. Everything is progressing normally. Next month we go back to find out whether we are having a boy or a girl. I’ll keep you posted.

Posted on February 26, 2003

• Earlier this week, as I was just getting started on a new wallpaper, an email came in from a member complaining that the weather had been “so cold and dreary lately” and asking if I could please post something “sunny” to brighten her desktop. I imagine quite a few people are sick and tired of winter greys and are ready for spring.

  With that in mind I set to work on something bright and cheerful. The result, entitled “Rebirth”, is now up on the new images page. I hope you like it!