7 Months - 1GB of E-Mail

Late in November 2007, I decided to switch the domain where I get e-mail over to Google Apps.  For those not aware, Google Apps gives you the ability to use GMail, but with your own domain (among other cool features).

Today I hit the 1-gig mark in my e-mail box.  It took seven months and a week.  That’s 14% of the total space I am currently allocated (6.87 Gig and climbing).  1G is a lot of data from certain perspectives.  Further contemplation reveals the truth: it’s nothing in the overall scheme of things.

Approaching Storm

For the second time this week, brief, violent storms rolled through Houston.  Clouds were awesome.  Pictures of the scene are below.

Cloud Appreciation Society

One of my photos has turned up on the Cloud Appreciation Society.  The Cloud Appreciation Society is a society founded by Gavin Pretor-Pinney from the United Kingdom in January 2005. The society aims to foster understanding and appreciation of clouds. Since its inception, the society has over 10,000 members worldwide.

Photos After The Storm

A nice little storm blew through Houston tonight.  I was fortunate enough to snap some really good shots after the fact. The whole gallery of tonight’s efforts can be found here.

Photos Around Houston

Just some random shots I took. Nothing that would put a professional out of work. Reliant Stadium is a multiple-use stadium in Houston, Texas. The stadium is the home of the National Football League’s Houston Texans, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the Texas Bowl, host to many international soccer matches for the USA National Soccer Team and other events. The stadium served as the host facility for Super Bowl XXXVIII on February 1, 2004. [1]

Texas Children’s Hospital is an internationally recognized pediatric hospital located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. With 639 licensed beds and 465 beds in operation, Texas Children’s is the largest children’s hospital in the United States and is affiliated with the Baylor College of Medicine as that institution’s primary pediatric training site. [2]

Blinds

Added to the Random Objectivity set, here are some pictures I took of some mini-blinds.  I threw in some photos of clouds as a bonus.  Shooting photos of the blue sky is one of the best ways to tell if you have a dirty CCD in your camera.  A dirty CCD will show up in photos as a smudge or spot.  A quick puff of compressed air usually fixes the problem.

Laughing Babies

Some of the funniest stuff on YouTube is the laughing baby videos. Here are two of the best ones I’ve seen!

Flowers and Clouds

More flowers and random objects. As you can see on some, there is a haze that adds a soft light to the picture. This is untouched by me. It is the result of the Houston humidity, which is notorious! Instead of just deleting the pics that have this “effect”, I added them. This was the best day for shooting pics in the heat.