Juri and I went camping with my family this past weekend. We drove to St. Louis, and from there, down to Poplar Bluff (Van Buren) Missouri. I have quite a few memories of that place growing up. It was a spot we’d go to for vacation when I was little. Saying […]

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Optics is a field I read on occasionally, mostly through more mainstream articles. I find it fascinating and the technology gains from new discoveries have a large payoff in terms societal and world benefits. I follow particularly the advancements in cameras, but any one invention can lead to many other uses in areas […]

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Juri’s first concert in the United States turns out to be the best show I’ve ever been to in my life. We were at The Granada in Lawrence last night and saw Jurassic 5. Opening for them was a group called X Clan.
I don’t know if anyone reading this knows this group, but they […]

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When I was a junior back in Missouri State University, I spent a lot of time in the basketball courts between classes. On warm days you’d find me out there a couple times of week on my bike riding flatland.  It was a great surface to ride on. A couple tricks I have only landed […]

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Today, er yesterday was a full day. We had some guests over and checked out Union Station and the Liberty Memorial, as well as Hallmark’s Crown Center. My only complaint of the day was that Hallmark didn’t have a throughway to it’s own ice rink. We saw people skating, but we couldn’t figure out how […]

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What if you could take a photograph with a tight zoom so you are focused on a subject. Then after you have taken the picture, decide that you wanted to focus on another part of the picture instead. Within the digital data you would be able to rack focus and actually see other planes of […]

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