Acerbic Resonance

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Author: kimball

  • Fall 2011

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    Well, there is no denying it:  When I wake up, the sun has not yet risen.  When I get home from work, it has nearly set.  The air has turned crisp, the trees have gone all chameleon with color, and we’ve started to have a lot of rain. Fall is here. Rather than try to…

  • How To Make Your Own Manger

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    The weather is turning colder, and Christmas will be here before you know it. This year, you can add your own homemade manger to your decorations!  Here’s how: Here’s what my finished manger looks like: Step one:  Get some wood.  The look and feel is totally up to you, but I went with some rougher…

  • Boise Balloon Fest 2011 – Evening Glow

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    This year Christine and I went down to the Boise Balloon Fest to check out the evening glow.  Last year I took Erica, and she and I had a great time – this year was every bit as awesome!  Here are some pictures:   You can check out the rest of the shots in my…

  • Larsen Family Reunion 2011

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    We done went and had a reunion at a cabin on Bear Lake in northern UT.  Good times. Go check out the rest of the pictures I shot there….

  • Private Pilot Lessons

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    I’ve always been fascinated by stuff that flies.  When I was a kid, one of the walls in my bedroom was covered with a mural of the space shuttle  in flight.  When I got a little older I would spend summer afternoons in my yard listening for the telltale sound of a small remote control…

  • Daddy Daughter Campout 2011

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    This summer sure seems like it has been full of travel – first we hit the Oregon coast, then several trips to UT, one to San Francisco, camping with my son, and this past weekend, camping with my daughters.  Just a few more trips planned (one to the cabin, one family reunion) and I’ll be…

  • San Francisco

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    Last week we took a little mini-vacation to San Francisco.  This was my first time there, and we had a blast!  Visited Alcatraz, Pier 39, toured a submarine and a merchant vessel from WWII, swung past Mythbusters headquarters, drove down Lombard street, and crossed the Golden Gate Bridge. Thanks to Christine’s sister Jenni and her…

  • Grand Old Flags

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    My wife pointed me in the direction of a field full of US flags she noticed the other day, so I headed there with my camera.  Here are a few of the shots: To see all the shots I took, check out my gallery!

  • Trick Photography

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    Have you ever looked at a photograph and wondered “how did they do that?”.  In today’s world, the answer is usually that the photographer used Photoshop or some other image manipulation program to bend the pixels to their will.  However, there are some effects that even the best graphic artists cannot exactly replicate, and attempts…

  • Apple Seems To Hate iPhone Developers

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    For some time now (more than a year) I’ve been working on a side project creating guides for all the state parks of various states in the US.  These guides are written for iOS, and have been released on the Apple App Store.  To date, 12 states have been completed and released, and have been…