Jasonisms

Let me apologize for my inactivity. I've been extremely exhausted these past 10 days or so and haven't been capable of stringing a coherent sentence together. Luckily, today's post is mostly just an image. This was caught this moening by accident and I thought it was interesting enough to share. A screen capture by accident:

If you haven't heard, Google is shuttering the quaisi-popular service: Google+. They gave a flimsy excuse and a deadline for everyone to get off-board and go find a new online home. Most people, like myself, have been trying out other options: MeWe , Cake.co , Diaspora/Pluspora , Minds as well as others. I thought I might spend more time Blogger'ing and so attempted a few posts from the Blogger app as the real appeal to G+, aside from the social aspect, was the easy by which one could post on the go. So, I turned to the Blogger app, which hasn't seen any developer love from Google since 2016. That's two years for those of you paying attention to such things. Here's what I've learned: The Blogger app needs some developer love. One cannot post pictures using the Blogger app. Either from the cloud (Photos) or from the Android. In fact, even attempting to do so will crash the app for some ungodly reason and prevent the draft post from saving to Blogger. Dr...

I titled this "Oops" as though I this was an error. No, this was not an error. This is what happens when your frustrated with a (Google) app constantly not working right and a touchscreen that has decided to have dead spots - spots on the screen that no longer reacted to touch.  Yeah, this was no "Ooops" but rather the result of not having a hammer or rock nearby. I really would have preferred a sledge hammer. So, now I'm in shopping for a new inexpensive phone and have my eye on a 2-2 1/2 year old BlackBerry just because it's cheap (and has a physical keyboard. Oh, how I miss having a physical keyboard!) Heck, I'd even consider the new Nokia if they were out already. In the meantime I'm phone-less. Luckily most people have my Google Voice number where I can send and receive SMS messages, check voicemails and even make and receive calls from my computer. TMo Rep Said They Couldn't Fix That

Found this little toy car at the dog park this morning while out walking the dummies. So, being who I am, I decided to take a picture of the little thing. Now, I should mention, this car is about the size of a Monopoly piece. The first image is the original; the second being edited with the Snapseed app on my phone; the third is the Snapseed edit run through the Tsu photo editor powered by  Aviary ; and the final, edited by the Flickr mobile app. Original: Straight Out of the Camera Edited With Snapseed Snapseed Edit Through Tsu Flickr App Edit As you can seen, each image has it's own merits. Well, except for the first one, that one's just terrible. I'm still trying to get used to the new camera on the new phone.

You know, it occurred to me the other day that I hadn't written or posted anything here for far too long. I guess that's the price of trying to keep up with four different blogs. Anywho, last weekend I took some pictures while out riding motorcycles with some friends. The trip was an overnighter and I didn't bring my dSLR because I didn't think we'd be stopping as much as we did, but I did have my handy-dandy Note II and GoPro. If you want to read about the ride, click this link This was our group at the top of Independence Pass between Leadville and Aspen, CO. This was actually one of those happy accidents that seem to pop up now and again and bring some unexpected joy into our lives. I had the GoPro mounted to the front of the motorcycle to record the winding twisties up and down the pass only to have it take this still instead of recording video. I still don't know what caused that since the camera is set to default to video, but it happened and it turned out...

I haven't posted recently since my computer went kaput, but I've been wanting to, so here's a couple of Android shots of Charlie playing tug-o-stick with Willow, the pit bull mix at the dog park this morning. These are, of course, edited with Snapseed.

My dog Rufus and my roommate's dog, Charlie. I haven't shared pictures of them recently, at least not on this blog and these Android shots were sitting on my phone collecting electronic dust. I have some pictures from last weekend's Zombie Crawl to upload as well and will hopefully get those out in the next day or two. As always, these were edited with Google's Snapseed mobile app before sharing.

Last night I had dinner at the Lumber Baron Inn, a bed and breakfast in an old mansion on the west side of Denver. The entire place was decked out in the macabre, skulls and other ghostly attire, draped just about everywhere as many places are this time of year. In the upstairs men's room, above the urinal, this skull stared back at those of us relieving ourselves. Naturally, I snapped a photo. There was some glare and reflection in the image so I had to use some creative editing to reduce those impurities before deeming the image shareable. Here it is, my final product, edited solely with Snapseed for Android. Does it scare you?

This is a couple of photos of the road as you come into Roxborough State Park taken from different points. One I treated in black and white while the other seems like a march made in heaven for sepia tones. Both of them are Android shots and edited with Snapseed.

I went ahead and edited some more pictures from yesterday's outing to the dog park. All of these are edited with Snapseed and were captured with my Note II. Cherry Creek State Park given a, what I hope is, an old timey vintage look. Charlie being Regal Rufus, Being Rufus Charlie in the Creek Rufus Trying to Figure Out What's so Important That I have to Kneel down in Front of Him With My Camera Cloudy Afternoon at the Park Rufus Found a Crawdad (well, I Found a Crawdad, but Rufus Took it From Me and it Pinched Him) More Cloudy Skies and Sandy Shores Rufus I Already Posted This Image, but in Color. I like the BW as Well.

For the first time in weeks I brought Dumb and Dumber to the dog park. They're having a blast however neither one of them wanted to model for me. Plus this Android's camera is slow. Here are a couple of shot of the two dogs, edited with Snapseed, for your comedic pleasure. Rufus Hating the Camera in his Face Rufus in Black and White Looking Down on Charlie Charlie Sitting Pretty

Here are a couple of pictures from the hail storm that rolled through eastern Denver/western Aurora, CO this afternoon. The water in this is actually a park that flooded with more than 6 feet of water height, going so far as to cover signs and guard rails. The sidewalks were, and are, underwater, however the water covering the playground has since receded. As always, these were edited with Snapseed. Rufus looking for ducks, or something else to kill The mist forming from the warmer water hitting the cooler air, with a old photo twist A young girl separated from the playground by flood waters Rufus of the Mists

I didn't bring my dSLR to the dog park and I really wish I had considering the amazing sunset I witnessed. These were taken with my Android and edited with Snapseed. I especially love the one with the last ray of sunshine escaping over the mountains, red against the bluish clouds behind.

Here's another sunset in Colorado. Why? Because we've been having some great cloud work during the evenings and I've been wanting to get great pictures of the sunsets. These are Android shots, edited with Snapseed.

Grabbed this picture of aome public art at the Aurora (CO) municipal complex. This is actually one half of a sundial. As nearly always, this is an Android shot edited in different ways using the Snapseed app.

Took the dSLR out to the lake today and grabbed some sunset shots. These are the Android pictures I took with my Note II and edited with Snapseed. Hopefully sooner or later I'll get the pics off the Pentax and edit them for sharing too.