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May 2011

Another Day on Cove Avenue

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Screaming is heard.  The police roll up.  Who knows what's going on.  It's just another day here on Cove Avenue in Lakewood, Ohio.

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Mackenzie is the Woman of the Year

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The Man and Woman of the Year campaign for the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society saw the involvement of friend Mackenzie Glass this year in the competition to raise the most money for the campaign--and she won the Woman of the Year honor for Cleveland!  It was a very emotional moment when she was recognized for her efforts at the downtown Marriott.

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Office Building Under Construction by Jessica

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This photo taken in the World Trade Center area downtown rounds out the series of amazing New York photos by Jessica which she graciously allowed me to post on here my blog.  [Previous photos: Central Parkwater towers]

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cardinal

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April 2011, Lakewood, Ohio

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Jessica's photo of New York rooftop water towers

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This photo is the latest in my exclusive collection of exquisite New York City photos by Jessica.

(See the previous one, of Central Park, here.)

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Jessica's photo of Central Park and New York

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Jessica took this expansive photo when she was in New York City recently.

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podcast 10

djmblog.com Podcast 10 | recorded May 2, 2011 

[UPDATE June 2011Now the podcast is moving over from the djm cloud blog here to djmblog.danieljmckeown.com.  The feed will still work but make sure to check the new podcasts tag page for new episodes.]

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show notes

iOS apps (iPhone/iPod Touch 4)

TweetDeck (Twitter app)

TweetBot (Twitter app)

Monophix (black and white photo effects app)

Adobe Ideas (sketching app)

PictureShow (photo filter app)

Algoriddim djay (music playing DJ app)

miniSynth (old school style synthesizer app)

Podcast clips

Kernel Panic Oggcast #28 discussion about carrot cake

video

pacificpelican.us podcast episode 51 now available: birds, the neighborhood, and me and Jessica talking in a restaurant (and me using the djay app)

Bill Hicks interview on Austin Public Access

 

Audiobooks (aka books on tape) as an alternative to podcasts

Podiobooks (the free alternative)

Audible (the Amazon-owned publisher) [listen to the podcast to hear my rant about their ads in podcasts]

 

Note Taking

Evernote for iOS + Evernote for Mac + Evernote for web [pretty good experience across platforms and offline]

Simplenote for iOS + JustNotes for Mac + Simplenote for web [lacking compared to Evernote without offical Mac client]

Google Docs for mobile web + Google Docs for web [easy to use cross-platform [if online]; fairly easy to use]

Mac/Linux desktop apps

gedit (an excellent free cross-platform text editor)

Sketchbook Express (free Mac skectching app)


Text file creation capability added to pacificpelican.us/cms

Simplistic text file creator/reader ability now a feature in the pacificpelican.us cms free and open source downloadable (self-hosted) PHP web app (version 0.0.9.9.2 now available).

[alternative mp3 link]

(download)

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