daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
A big pot of Cioppino filled the house with an amazing aroma this afternoon. Mariko had a few friends over for dinner, and the cioppino was the main dish, with salads and focaccia accompanying it. In addition, she made a beautiful cheese board. So cool! I’m always so grateful to be able to enjoy food like this at home. ☺️
Here’s a photo of my current desk setup that I use for work and home use. This is the home setup, with my MacBook Air plugged into my monitor using an HDMI adapter. When it’s time for me to work in the day, I will plug my work laptop onto the left side of the monitor. It is connected via a DisplayPort cable, and I will just select that input in the monitor’s settings. I also have my old Dell desktop PC hooked up to the monitor via a DVI cable.
So far, it’s working out nicely and my cable situation is under control, but I am pretty sure I can tidy it up even more with some cable ties.
The next step is to declutter the little shelf I have behind my MacBook, and possible remove the shelf altogether. That’s the dream! 😀
It was a beautiful afternoon so I grabbed my GoPro and our new DJI OM 5 gimbal, and went for a ride! I wanted to test out the gimbal and see if it will fit into my bicycling videos at all.
I used it to do some selfies and also a “ride-by” shot. I also tried some various shots of the bicycle, but it didn’t work out. I think hand-held GoPro is better for those shots. But I think the ride-by was nice! And I got a decent photo of myself too. 😀
Please take a look if you have time:
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Koa perform at an indoor concert. In fact, I think right before the pandemic hit the States in 2020, we saw him perform at UT. But it was like nothing had changed, except all the kids seem taller! 😆
Tonight’s performance was by the TMEA Region 32 Wind Ensemble. They sound amazing, but what is really incredible is that they learned this song (and three others!) in one day. What talented kids!
Koa is in the back-left part of the stage and plays xylophone in this piece. He has a small solo at the 6:25 mark. Enjoy!
My wife used our Neewer 660 lighting kit for the first time last night during a pizza lesson. It worked out nicely! The shoot-through umbrella is a little obtrusive, but the diffused light and soft shadows that it creates is worth it.
