GIMP Experimenting

I have been playing around with GIMP as I try to learn more about finishing digital photos. I don't really know what I'm doing, but I have already figured out a few things. Here is an example of what I have done so far.

Before Image

After Image

The after image still isn't as good as I would want it to be, but you can see that it is a lot better than the original.

Kanye West Got Served on American Idol

I am not an American Idol fan, but for some reason the wife and I started watching this season. Well last night I saw the best performance I have seen in a while. Kris Allen, one of the final three contestants sang his own rendition of Kanye West's "Heartless" and dude straight ripped it to shreds. Once he gets off the show he needs to put that on wax!!

Death to the Skinny Jeans

There is a fashion phenomenon that has been spreading across the American male species this past year. The infiltration of the skinny jeans for men has brought men's fashion to an all new low. When did wearing jeans that are tighter than the ones worn by 8 out of 10 women you pass on the street become cool???

All guys have maybe worn a pair of jeans that fit a little more snug to impress a woman, but these jeans have gone to the extreme. I'm not even sure how you can even move in the things. I haven't seen jeans this tight since the Crowley High School Wrangler breakout of 1996 and those weren't even that bad. Besides everybody knows Wranglers give you that extra umph when skooting across the Billy Bob's dance floor or when bailing hay...

Anyways, the skinny jeans for men has been added to my list of things that must be stopped for the sake of civilization. It joins the fauxhawk, the brohawk, granny panties, the "I Love College" guy, and Robitussin.

Thoughts About Learning

Lately I have made the decision to convert my other blog, Black Dilbert, into something that I hope will be a nice resource for software developers and engineers in the beginning of their careers. With that decision I needed to come up with a concept for the material, which meant I was going to have to do some reading. I picked up the book, Code Complete, which is considered a standard issue for software engineers. I started working my way through it over the past week or so and I have been amazed.

I am surprised at how many things in the book I have already learned in my time in the work force. At the same time, there are some topics in this book that I have missed over the past few years. It just goes to show you that you have to be continuously learning as we go through life. I think that is why I picked my career. I can honestly say that each day that I have worked as a software engineer I have learned something new. That learning is what makes me strive to be the best engineer I know I can be. I am going to make my mark on the profession somehow and someday.

I know this may be a bit of a random post for this blog after all of the humor I have been posting as of late. I just felt like it was a thought that I wanted to share. It isn't the first and certainly won't be the last.

UTA Hoops Player Posterized Roy Williams

Apparently, Marquez Haynes played in some game this past weekend and dunked on Dallas Cowboys receiver Roy Williams...