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Cog & Chain Clothing – My Newest Venture!

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:18:48 +0000

So I’ve been hard at work developing many new projects for myself. My latest creation is Cog & Chain Clothing. New designs, photos and stories to follow will be posted on the new site: http://www.cognchain.com

Custom Bianchi Incline from Seattle’s Belltown Pull-Apart

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:53:38 +0000

Check out my sweet new ride I picked up from the Belltown Pull-Apart a few weeks ago. Bianchi Incline Frame, 5 speed derailer, 700 wheels and the bike rides smooth! Located in d

owntown Seattle, the shop is off of 4th and Bell St next to the old firestation. Great people and knowledgeable staff helped me build this bike from the frame and various used parts they have collected around the shop. Good prices and rare finds at this shop, their goal is to get people on the road with their new bikes.

Location: 2308 4th Ave (Belltown)

Phone: (206) 299.2674

The owner Erik also runs the Rainier Rickshaw, a local bicycle taxi service. Rainier Rickshaw on Facebook.

Lookin’ Fresh

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:49:51 +0000

It’s 2010 and I brought a new style and layout to the website and gallery. I’ve also put up some new pictures of Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Hood to celebrate my new home mountains! Check out the homepage @ http://www.fstop13.com

Recovering From A Disaster

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:09:38 +0000

On Wednesday I had a terrible experience involving my Aperture library. My external harddrive which contained all my photos from the last 3 years was ejected improperly when my laptop battery died, which caused the whole drive to become dysfunctional. With no backups of my library on any of my drives I thought I had lost all the hard work I’ve created over the years.

I began researching recovery services and soon found Boomerang Data Recovery. I installed it and began the scan, but was halted about 78% along the way after a day. I gave up with this program and was recommended to use Data Recovery 3 from ProSoft. The test trial came up with results only after a couple of hours, but limited me to 10MB of recovery. My library consists of over 99GB of RAW files so that wasn’t going to work.

So after $99 to purchase the full version, I now have all my original files restored. I’ve come across a few files that weren’t completely recoverable, lost all my metadata, projects and edits; However, the fact that this software restored most of the originals was truely a life saver. I’m looking forward to re-editing most of my keepers and building a new solid library from the ground up. Backing up will definitely be more implemented into my workflow now with copying Vaults onto multiple external drives and burning each project onto DVD after an import.

Business Cards Are In! plus more…

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:40:24 +0000

I finally received my new Macbook Pro! It’s a beautiful machine and now that I have it up and running I can share a few things with you. I posted some new pics from my trip to Portland in my gallery, and will be uploading more as soon as I get the free time. Work is really tying me up right now.

Second: Over the short hiatus, my good friend Kory Williams over at www.KdubCreative.com hooked it up with some sweet new business cards. Check out the preview below, hope everyone is having a good week!