This was such a sight to behold in person I just had to grab the camera and try to freeze it forever. The orange emblazoned sky against the gray cast. The building shadows of the day's dying light turning a light chill in the breeze. The nearby ocean and shore looking cold against the Sun's last mighty gasp of the day. A lone distant sail traversing the space between the waning day and the waxing night. Surf sounds churning against the rocky Earth as the light receded to make their presence known only by their echoes. A splendor of mystery once the moon dappled their bodies with glistening cool.

I'm learning Adobe's Lightroom application so I brought out one of my favorite photos captured right in my front yard in 2011.

My mind works in strange ways wandering from topic to topic. I was watching a podcast in which a DJI Phantom drone was visible in the background and I started thinking about brushless motors, power to weight ratios and RPMs. How many RPM do those rotors rotate? That reminded me of stories of people disassembling old CD and DVD roms or burners to remove the brushless motors for using in drones. That made me wonder just how many thousands of RPMs those could spin up an optical disc. Then I thought about how shattering a CD in my hand once sent jagged pieces flying dozens of feet across a room. Then I wondered at how seldom discs seemed to have balance or rotational problems when spun to such high rates. Then how disastrous it could be if a disc blew apart at high rotational velocity inside a CPU case under a desk. Would a person risk fragments embedding their flesh? Finally it led me to think that I haven't burned a single piece of optical media in years. Glad I don't deal with that very often any more.

A week ago I began using a quad copter drone with camera to take some aerial video.

It's been a few years since I helped set up the fireworks display for USC.  This year's Conquest rally was on November 25th.  It was a pretty nice display featuring 13 cakes of various sizes.

I noticed yesterday that after posting a few comments on Google's Blogger platform that there was an interesting trend in the CAPTCHA served to me.

It's not just my podcast.  Good friends Joey Shamel and Kail Andersen began recording this new weekly podcast with me earlier this Month.  Additionally, Kail and I recorded original music for the program and Joey belted out some great voiceover.

"A Weekly Podcast where critical thinking meets pop culture in a collision of mindbending proportions! Show regulars Joey Shamel, Kail Andersen and Darryl Giors grind a weekly topic into submission, with irreverent humor, and interesting insights."

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Kail Andersen's kickstarter to flesh out the production of his book, The Plastic Bathtub Soapdish has exceeded it's goal of $5,000.  I'm proud to say that in addition to aiding in the production of the promotional video I'm slated to engineer the recording of the audio book.  This is an exciting opportunity for me.  The book will be brought to publication in the coming months.  I'll post behind the scenes updates and links to products when they reach the market.  With any luck the book will be successful enough to become a series.  Many thanks to everybody who pitched in. We think you're neat!