Posted on November 24, 2004

• Just a quick note to wish you all (who are celebrating) a Happy Thanksgiving. I also wanted to mention that my 2005 Wall Calendars are now available. There are two versions this year: a version containing all new images (since last year) and a version with all “classic” images. The updated CDROM is on the way to Cafepress right now and should be available early next week.

  With all of the ancillary stuff out of the way (the new server seems to be running smoothly now) I can now get back to making new wallpapers. Look for a new holiday image first.

Posted on November 15, 2004

• I’ve played around a little more with “Vigil” and have posted an updated version on the new images page. Hope you like it.

• My main project this week is going to be migrating my Free Site (http://www.digitalblasphemy.com/) to a new dedicated server. It has been running far too slowly for the past couple of months and the time has come for a change.

  Part of the migration involves a DNS change for the Members Gallery and secure server. It should be seamless, but there might be a moment or two sometime this week when you may be unable to connect to the members site. Just FYI.

  Once the migration is complete and everything is running smoothly, I will work on putting together my CDROM and Calendar for 2005. Once those items are complete I will most likely start work on a new seasonal wallpaper.

  So that is what I have coming up. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a line.

Posted on November 11, 2004

• Our first few weeks here in Illinois have been rather gloomy weatherwise and for a while Jessie was really down in the dumps. I can’t change the weather, but in an effort to cheer her up I thought it would be nice if I did a tropical theme for my first “post-move” wallpaper. The image, called “Vigil“, is now up for your review. A widescren is also available. Hope you like it!
• I’ve taken down the links to purchase my CDROM (V.5). I will be putting together V.6 shortly and I hope to have it up before the end of the month. I also plan on doing at least one Calendar.
• I got to see a rather awesome display of the Northern Lights earlier in the week. I was able to sit out in front of my house (in freezing temps) and take a few pictures. Here’s one of them which I think turned out rather nice. The photo is a 30 second exposure which helps bring out the colors (it didn’t look this bright and colorful to the naked eye). It was only my second time seeing the Aurora and it gets cooler every time!

Posted on November 5, 2004

• I’d like to thank you all for being so patient while I go through this transition. Things are about as settled in now as they are ever going to be, so I started work yesterday on a new wallpaper. I can’t give you an ETA, but I thought you would like to know that something is in the works.

  In other news, I’ve added about thirty 2560 x 1600 renders. They scattered throughout the widescreen gallery. I want to have the rest done shortly so I can include them on Version 6 of my CDROM, which I hope to have out before the end of the month. I’ve also added 6 new posters to my Zazzle collection, including my first “widescreen” poster. I may add more of those later.

  Lastly, thanks to Brent McAleer for pointing out to me that Digital Blasphemy was mentioned on the BBC World show “Click Online”. If you are interested you can check it out, and even watch the show, from here.

  Now back to work for me…

Posted on October 22, 2004

• Just checking in to let you all know that the move went fine. We were on the road for 5 days and then had to stay in a hotel for 3 days while our belongings caught up with us. We moved into our new house a couple of days ago and are slowly rebuilding our lives. I finally got my workstation back online last night so I can post this update. We still have quite a bit of unpacking and organizing to do. Luckily we have plenty of people willing to keep Ian occupied while we work. I’ll post again when I’ve got everything settled and I’m ready to get back to work. Thanks everyone for being patient!