Posted on August 19, 2003

• I’m proud and thrilled beyond words to announce the birth of my son, Ian Minh Bliss, at around 7:30 this morning. He’s a big kid: 9 pounds, 11 ounces (just a little smaller than I was at birth). The labor was long and excruciating, and Jessie went without pain medication for as long as she could hold out. Unfortunately she came down with a fever which complicated things and ultimately Ian had to come into the world via C-Section. Mother and baby are both resting comfortably now at the hospital, and daddy is about to rest himself for a while (but not before I share the news).

  I’ve taken quite a few pictures so far, but I’ve only prepared a couple for the web. They’re very similar shots. Here’s one, and here’s the other

Posted on August 14, 2003

• I’ve added some different color versions of “Latticework” in the PickleJar. If you’d like to have a different color, I recommend you open up the original in your favorite image editior and play around with the Hue settings.

Posted on August 13, 2003

• Just wanted you all to know that I’m working on a new (single-monitor) wallpaper and I hope to have it up within the next couple of days.

Posted on August 13, 2003

• Added a new image, “Latticework“, to the gallery today. This one is pretty simple but I thought it made a nice wallpaper. I plan on posting a dual-screen and widescreen version shortly.
• Late Update: Added widescreen and dual-screen versions of “Latticework”, along with a widescreen version of “Conjunction 2003”.

Posted on August 11, 2003

• I’d hoped to have some good news to post this week, but we’re still waiting. Our OB told us last Monday that he was “80% certain” that the baby would come last week. The baby had other ideas though and he’s taking his own sweet time, refusing to be rushed. We did have plenty of “false starts” however.

  I didn’t work on any new projects last week so I could stick close to Jessie. Now, for my sanity, I’m going to get busy working again on something new. I can’t say when it will done (especially since I haven’t started yet) but hopefully everyone will understand that this month will be a little weird around here and not to expect the “normal” complement of new work.