After six months, April and my honeymoon pictures from Seattle, San Juan Island, and Vancouver are now finally viewable at Photobucket (if you didn't get my email with the password, let me know and I'll send it.) Well, honestly, they've been online for several months, but I just haven't publicized them. I hope you think they're worth the wait :) I was planning on publishing them to my Flickr account, but I'd already named and sorted all of them on Photobucket and it'd be a time-consuming task to do the same on Flickr (unless there's an automated process that I'm not aware of.) Photobucket, in my experience, is great for uploading photos that you plan to post on websites and share with others, but Flickr's great because users can share comments about other people's photos, and it's much more user-friendly than Photobucket, in my humble opinion.After six months, April and my honeymoon pictures from Seattle, San Juan Island, and Vancouver are now finally viewable at Photobucket (if you didn't get my email with the password, let me know and I'll send it.) Well, honestly, they've been online for several months, but I just haven't publicized them. I hope you think they're worth the wait :) I was planning on publishing them to my Flickr account, but I'd already named and sorted all of them on Photobucket and it'd be a time-consuming task to do the same on Flickr (unless there's an automated process that I'm not aware of.) Photobucket, in my experience, is great for uploading photos that you plan to post on websites and share with others, but Flickr's great because users can share comments about other people's photos, and it's much more user-friendly than Photobucket, in my humble opinion.
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings in Indianapolis, originally uploaded by Securis777.
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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings took a funky funky trip to the Vogue in Indianapolis this past Sunday. Before the show, I'd wished it was Friday and my thoughts drifted towards work the next morning. But the appearance of the band onstage brought me back to enjoying the present moment. I'm a big fan of Ms. Jones & the Dap-Kings' analog recordings (throwbacks to labels and artists such as Stax, Motown, Otis Redding, Fela Kuti, etc. - the greatest funk, soul, R&B, and a hint of afro-beat), but I'm now an even bigger fan of their live show. At age 51 (she admitted this proudly to the crowd), Ms. Jones was strutting her stuff like the funkiest soul sister ever to walk a stage. She was non-stop movement with pitch-perfect voice. The band wasn't too shabby, either (my understatement of the week.) They performed for half an hour or so before Ms. Jones took the stage, and every note and beat was spot-on. Terrific stuff. James Brown is dead, but his soul lives on.
By the way, I've also posted two more photos from my Monterey trip, taken by cell phone from the plane. One is of the amazingly beautiful hills around Monterey (not sure what they're called), and the other is of the mass of humanity known as Los Angeles. It was my first time there, and I couldn't believe the size and density of the city. 
Hi everyone! I finally have a presence on the web again, after my old site tigersharkproduction.com was taken offline after I left Webize. It'll be up again soon, I promise (not that anyone cares)! But until then, this blog is my official home on the web.
Anyway, to make a long story short, I just got back from Stanford's Publishing on the Web conference in beautiful, sunny, warm Monterey, California. Though the sessions lasted all day, we did manage to take some time on the last half-day to kayak the bay and bike to scenic Pacific Grove. If I had $1.5 million to buy a house, I'd be living there right now :) Visit my Flickr photo set to check out a few more pics (especially you, Mom: there are a few with otters!) I think I need a better digital camera, though. It's hard to see the cute little otter faces :( One more note: Since I just started this blog, it's going to undergo a variety of facelifts, so don't be surprised if you revisit and things have changed.