Tag Archives: Las Vegas
Thinking of Def Con
Def Con 28 will be held this year in a virtual “safe mode”, the physical event in Las Vegas cancelled. I went to Def Con II and III. That was a long time ago. In 1994 I was at the … Continue reading
The Best Used Book Store In Las Vegas, Nevada is For Sale
From Amber Unicorn Books June 13, 2020 Many of you are aware that Amber Unicorn has been ‘up for Sale’ since last fall. We have enjoyed some positive feedback and genuine interest. However, with the Covid-19 complications, things have understandably … Continue reading
Posted in books, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing by others
Tagged Amber Unicorn books, book inventory, book store, book store for sale, business for sale, clark county business for sale, extra income, for sale, Las Vegas, las vegas valley, Nevada, retirement income, revenue stream, used book store
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New Videos for Wikimedia Commons
Chasing an unseen ATV rider across the dry bed of Jean Lake ATV riders coming back from Jean Lake, their dust clouds making a dead lake live This one isn’t going to make it into Wikipedia. Fun with swirls https://www.instagram.com/tgfarley/ … Continue reading
Near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Red Rock is on the west side of Las Vegas near the suburb called Summerlin. Only a half hour drive from the Strip. Many parts of Red Rock Canyon are closed but I ventured out to a hill that is … Continue reading
Good Clip Art Goes A Long Way
While searching my paper files and folders I came across this graphic I did in the mid-1990’s. I had gone to Def Con II the previous summer and I was getting ready to go again. Dark Tangent called for poster … Continue reading
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Tagged black and white design, clip art, def con, def con III, design, graphic arts, hacking, Las Vegas
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Doing What An iPhone Could Never Do
I got a Canon Vixia camcorder a while back, hoping to produce videos with it instead of my iPhone. My phone produces high resolution video but it is of course limited in what it can do. This morning I was … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Uncategorized, video
Tagged canon vixia, helicopter, iPhone camera, iPhone limitations, Las Vegas, Nevada, Red Rock Canyon, video, zoom lens
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Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Took a walk at Red Rock today, just west of Las Vegas, only ten miles from where I live. Below: looking north to iron stained hills at dusk Below: looking south to a limestone outcropping with Yucca Below: desert wash
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Tagged fall day, hiking, Las Vegas, Nevada, red rock, Red Rock Canyon, red rock canyon national conservation area, walking
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Las Vegas to Oakland From The Air
Photos taken through a plane window on the way from Oakland to Las Vegas and back. No Photoshop adjustment save for one picture. That adjustment _did_ make the photo look better. Active Cargill Salt Ponds, San Francisco Bay near Newark. … Continue reading
That Was Intense!
“An ordinary person spends his life avoiding tense situations. A repo man spends his life getting into tense situations.” From the movie Repo Man. This morning I had Mohs surgery to remove a basal cell carcinoma from underneath my left … Continue reading