Aaron Antrim’s blog

It’s been three weeks since I returned from Burning Man in Nevada. It was an eye-popping experience with great highs and lows. I’d definitely want to go again.

I went crazy with the camera while I was there, to do what I could to capture the Salvador Dali-like surreal landscape and art out in the desert.

I posted 213 images in a Picasa gallery.

Here are a few select images, inline in the blog.

Above: a panorma of the Black Rock City playa. Click for the magnified view, and you’ll be able to drag this panorama around. It’s made up of about 7 images. Didn’t get it exactly right in places, can you see where. Also, notice how some of the subjects moved while I was snapping pictures. See the doubles of the guy in salmon jacket on a bike, also the woman with pink hair, far right?

Cool treehouse, huh?

I want to put all my pictures up here, but really it’s just a teaser to try to get you to browse through the whole album.

aaron :: Sep.24.2007 :: Uncategorized :: No Comments »

A few weekends ago I went backpacking to Caribou Lakes in the Trinities with my friend Brandon Hemenway.  I’m finally getting around to stitching together a few panoramic shots.

Caribou Lake is at  41° 1′12.54″N, 122°58′31.48″W.

Here’s a panoramic image (this is at least 6 stitched-together images) of the view of Caribou Lake and Caribou Mountain from the pass to the south.  Click the image for a larger view.

In Google Earth, you can see Caribou Lake from behind the pass this photo was taken from.  Also, my panoram will show up as a spot you can click on in Google Earth pretty soon.

My attempt at a panoram looking the other way off of the pass, towards Emerald and Saphire Lakes, was less successful, because the light was different in all directions and I didn’t figure out how to lock in manual camera settings.  Also, I missed a few spots!

But, here’s the view from Google Earth.

More to come!  Also, look forward to Burning Man photos.

aaron :: Sep.05.2007 :: Uncategorized :: 2 Comments »

So, I had a suggestion for the makers of Transmit, my favorite FTP client today. I went to Panic’s website to send it in and I discovered they had a new software product, Coda, that I am flipping out over. I have no current project to use it on, though. I need to get another serious coding project going.

Presenting Coda! One-window development environment with drag-and-drop grep, Transmit FTP integration, change tracking… you can share code with other people on a team and it tracks who make changes, coding tips, validation, visual CSS, oh and terminal integration so you can run your php script and whatnot. And to think that I loved you, BBEdit?!?

Here’s a shot of code for my Transit Info Solutions project in Coda.

Pretty wow, huh?

Oh, and did I mention that Panic’s office and office sushi party’s probably have contributed to my fascination with the idea of moving to / living in Portland?

aaron :: Aug.23.2007 :: Information tech :: 1 Comment »

I have 4 different email addresses that collect into one inbox that sorts messages automatically. I also have about three different phone numbers that don’t do that are are a pain-in-the-a** for everyone.

No more! I’m starting to use GrandCentral. You can call me here: (707) 633-4464. It rings everything. I can send you an invite if you want to use GrandCentral, too.

You can even use this web-form to call me:

aaron :: Jul.19.2007 :: Uncategorized :: No Comments »

I’ve said it before: the United States is addicted to our cars.

Check out my friend Megan Miller’s collage she’s working on (which expresses this, among many other themes):

aaron :: Jul.18.2007 :: Uncategorized :: 1 Comment »