The Porch
Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 5:06 pm • 10 Comments »
After four years, some of our plans for the house are starting to come together.
Here's what the front of the house looked like when we bought it (April 2005):
In the intervening time, we had taken down all of the screens and repainted everything on the porch. Here's what it looked like this morning before starting the final phase of work:
And finally, here's what it looks like now, after we spent the day putting up balusters:
In This, the 14th Minute of My Fame…
Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 4:54 pm • 1 Comment »
Science Planet has an exclusive exposé about the mysterious artist behind these recent Darwin campaign poster parodies.
Photo competition 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 12:18 am • 1 Comment »
The 2009 Champaign County Camera Club print competition is this week. I entered three of my favorites from last year. After scrounging for an occasional honorable mention here and there through the years, I finally solved the riddle of the CCCC judges and pulled off the sweep. The Iceland picture took 2nd in the nature category, the tree picture took 3rd in the same category, and Noah was an honorable mention in the people category.
This year I was really impressed by the overall quality of the entries on display, so I'm really happy that mine stacked up so well. Of course, now that I've sussed these local judges, I have to move away and find some other competitions.
If anyone from Champaign is reading this blog, they can check out the display all this week at Lincoln Square mall.
More Darwin
Friday, February 20, 2009, 9:52 am • 95 Comments »
Update: 2pm CST: I've rewritten most of the post to reflect the current status.
So, I made some Darwin artwork that parodies the famous Shepard Fairey Obama poster. People started to find out, perhaps mostly due to a post on Pharyngula. I had planned on selling the artwork on t-shirts and posters, and after a hasty setup, I now do indeed have a Zazzle storefront where you can purchase these fine Darwin wares. Things to know about the merchandise:
- All profits will be donated to NCSE. As I'm writing this, already over
$130$250$550$700$1300$4000 has been raised. - You can change the style and color of the shirts before ordering.
- I haven't sampled the products from Zazzle before. I hope the quality is good -- I have only heard good things about Zazzle unlike CafePress. If you order something, let me know how it turns out.
- No, I did not use one of those online Obama-poster-generators. This was drawn by hand as a vector graphic so it will look good at any resolution.
Anyway, here are the designs:
PS: Yes, that long quote is not a Darwin quote but a Darrow quote. Oh well, I think it is a great quote.
Note: The commenters below are asking about the storefront, not because they are illiterate, but because the comments were left before the storefront was open, and I have updated the post since then.
Change We Can Believe In
Thursday, February 12, 2009, 12:27 am • 2 Comments »
Because the Obama hope-poster parody is still a productive genre, and because today is Darwin's 200th birthday (and because the slogan practically writes itself):
Update: Here's a cool video that puts the evolutionary timescale in perspective.
Job Search
Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 2:27 pm • 3 Comments »
Many of you may have already heard the big news... we're moving to Missoula, Montana! I have a job in the CS department at the University of Montana, and Laura has a job in the linguistics program. We're excited to be working in the same building, and to be a short 10 minutes away from my brother, sister-in-law, and nephew.
We start in August. Now that "find a job" has been crossed off the list, all that's left now is: finish dissertations, defend, graduate, sell a house, find new housing, move, and prepare classes!
The university has some nice postcards so you can see what western Montana looks like.