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Karl Blessing  

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New Job. New Mac. Clark.

Journal Entry: Thu Mar 20, 2008, 9:02 PM
  • Mood: Relief
  • Listening to: Nepenthe (Boogiepop Phantom)



So I recently picked up a new job as a developer. I'll of course still try to do some stuff for the camera store as it'll bring in additional income when I am not coding. The new job is pretty much with Marcus Jenkins again, we've had an off and on business relationship over the last several years usually contracted to do some coding for him every now and then. Well he got a new office setup near the airport and as such decided to hire me on. So while he'll be primarily concentrating on the design and flash side of things (as well as the tasks endowed to a CEO of a company), I'll be focusing my energy on the technical side of things such as coding, problem-solving/research, consultation.


As a result of the above hiring I had to look into a new machine for work purposes. I wasn't about to use my self-built desktop which I keep at home with the very large (and heavy) dual monitor setup. I also was not going to use my wife's laptop, and of course the accommodation at the office didn't seem to my taste for the task (he uses only Apple products, but has not yet upgraded to the intel macs, which I need for development purposes and for testing other platforms.) So I basically did some research and decided the best course of action while still being practical was one of the lower end apple macbooks, upgraded the rams some and everything else worked peachy. Already got it setup for a test bench with apache/php/mysql locally and got bootcamp and vmware fusion running just fine. After using it for a week now I'm actually rather impressed considering this is apple's cheapest available laptop. And there was very little trouble finding plenty of useful but free (opensource) software and utilities. Not to mention Windows XP runs like a charm on this thing (though I haven't really used it except for testing IE, and for loading up one of my older games such as Doom 3, Sims 2, Warcraft III, or one of the many other older games).


Clarkie is doing well. He is now over 14lb which is quite a growth from the 1lb 13oz he was born at. In just a couple months (june) he'll be one year old (if he was delivered at term he would be about 6 months old). He's sitting up on his own, will pulverize those toddler puff snacks, and can gum a celery stick to death. The above picture was taken yesterday next to our fatty Bwca.


Also we're expecting #2 later this year.

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 26
  • Current Residence: Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Favourite movie: Casshern (www.casshern.com) and Appleseed
  • Favourite band or musician: Current Fav song : Zemfira - Spid
  • Favourite genre of music: Japanese Pop/Rock, 80s, etc
  • Favourite cartoon character: Piro/Largo (megatokyo.com)
  • Personal Quote: The camera always points both ways. In expressing your subject, you also express yourself.
  • Tools of the Trade: 35mm, 6x6, 4x5

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=MakeShiftWing:iconMakeShiftWing: Apr 24, 2008, 11:21:29 AM
Your photo has been featured here: [link]

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=lilponygirl1:iconlilponygirl1: Apr 7, 2008, 6:55:50 AM Mood: Cheerful
Hello thanx for the visit^^. You're photography is beautiful when you gonna post more??...

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~egenckan:iconegenckan: Feb 22, 2008, 12:55:11 AM
thanks for the fav. :thumbsup::matteo:
~kalasanty:iconkalasanty: Nov 30, 2007, 4:47:10 AM
You've got very nice gallery. I really like it.

And you've got great look.

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~321rHytHm:icon321rHytHm: Oct 9, 2007, 9:48:45 AM
i like your olympus pen f shots :)
=sarjan:iconsarjan: Sep 14, 2007, 5:43:41 AM
:salute:

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~JennAndDes:iconJennAndDes: Aug 20, 2007, 10:22:28 PM
You have an amazing gallery.

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~Nrvana423:iconNrvana423: Aug 20, 2007, 8:14:32 PM
You have an incredible gallery

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~number1loser:iconnumber1loser: Aug 20, 2007, 6:08:28 PM
hey, i was looking through your gallery, and i saw the photos of ethan and i recognized him, he goes to church with one of my good friends, and i saw the pictures of east grand rapids. i'm from grand rapids too! although i'm moving to lansing, wednesday actually, but grand rapids will always be my home.

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~RainKira:iconRainKira: Aug 20, 2007, 2:58:53 PM
You got some great stuff here. =]

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~Li1986:iconLi1986: Aug 20, 2007, 2:36:58 PM
Nice gallery <3! I like it :D! Keep uploading pics please:D!
~springy-doo:iconspringy-doo: Aug 20, 2007, 1:40:40 PM
Amazing Photos!!

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~point-of-view06:iconpoint-of-view06: Aug 20, 2007, 9:32:01 AM
you have great perspective and composition. . . i am slowly working on my composition, its tough to master without formal training. i love your work!
~n3vi:iconn3vi: Aug 20, 2007, 6:20:30 AM
Interesting gallery ;) ^^

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~Etoman:iconEtoman: Aug 20, 2007, 12:29:57 AM
kind of interesting
~Charlie-C-M:iconCharlie-C-M: Aug 12, 2007, 4:00:02 AM
Wow! A fellow Michiganian. Or is it Michigander? Your work is superb. Did this project ever get off the ground?
~abica:iconabica: Aug 8, 2007, 8:25:38 AM
Very cool stuff!

It's great to see someone working with such a wide variety of materials.
~MissDawn:iconMissDawn: Jul 25, 2007, 7:32:13 AM
Thanks for the favorite.
P.S. I'm a Michiganian, too!

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