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Tuesday 5 January 2010

Shine On, Brad

Broke Brad with Bread, originally uploaded by mollyeh11.

After six years of hosting the Breaking Bread with Brad parties at SxSW, I was joking with him in 2006 and asked if anyone had ever literally broken bread with him. It turned out NO one ever properly broke bread with Brad! So of course I seized the moment and had the great pleasure of doing literally that.

Who knew it would be one of the memories I will now hold very close for the rest of my life, for Brad Graham has passed on, far too young, at age 41.

Rest in peace, dear friend. I will remember you always. You were one of the most magnanimous people I’ve ever known – great in mind and heart.

Filed under:   community, photos, society, sxsw
Posted by:   Molly | 07:42 | Comments (3)

Sunday 26 October 2008

Flashback: Way Back! Me at 19

Here’s a photo of me at 19 years of age, close to three decades ago! I’m inside one of the smaller Toltec pyramids at Teotihuacan, Mexico.

The photo was taken by my friend long passed, Jack Schwanke.

Me at 19 in Teotihuacan Mexico

This of course was not digital, just taken with a cheap camera, commercially processed, put in a box for 10 years and scanned at some point.

Filed under:   flashback, just fun, photos
Posted by:   Molly | 08:58 | Comments (19)

Thursday 9 October 2008

I CAN HAZ TAN!

I CAN HAZ TAN!

This is Honey Bunny, insisting on having a tan right in front of my monitor.

Filed under:   family, humor, just fun, lolcats, photos, pop culture
Posted by:   Molly | 03:19 | Comments (27)

Wednesday 23 January 2008

Travelblog: The Missing Day

As I write this I’m sitting on Tumon Bay, Tamuning, Guam, in Micronesia. Tumon Bay is an important ecological environment, most especially due to the coral reefs that are, as just about everywhere, being destroyed all too quickly.

I started my journey on what was my Monday, with a short flight to Houston. There, I met up with the always effervescent Erica O’Grady and wonderfully witty Kelsey Ruger, who joined me along with a fellow traveler just met named Bruce. We drank good wine, talked about social networking, bringing more women to the stage, and the advantages of theater training for speakers, in this case with Kelsey focusing on stand-up comedy to help build his presentation skills. My guess is he’ll find that web design wasn’t his calling after all ;) .

After that it was an early flight the next morning to Honolulu, where I made a brief “lei-over” (I know, I amuse myself far too much, but someone has to!). Flying over Oahu I got a clear shot of the inside of Diamond Head:

Flying Over Diamond Head

After a refreshing bit of delicious pineapple, it was back on the plane for another 8 hour leg, this time flying into Micronesia, specifically Guam, for one day here. Guam’s always been a bit elusive to me because I know so many U.S. military folks who have been stationed here over the years. Guam is the westernmost U.S. territory and is far more beautiful than I’d imagined.

Here are some photos I took during my traditional walk at dawn. This is the sun rising over Tumon Bay:

Sunrise over Tumon Bay, Guam

Also along my walk I came upon some strange creatures. What kinds of pods are these? I surely don’t know:

Beware the Pods!

And a pretty but perhaps not so strange creature, too! This is Fuji, and he had a lot to tell me. But he must have been speaking the local language of Chamorro, because while he was clearly befriending me, I had no idea what he was going on about:

Fuji

Finally, there is nothing quite so wonderful as coming along those spots on the planet where there is nothing but peace. Here’s the hidden cove I found:

Hidden Cove

Sitting there overlooking the gorgeous day come to bear made me not only happy to be alive, but gave me much-needed respite from the trials and tribulations of a very busy and often challenging life. Somehow, I started this adventure on Monday. And now it’s Thursday. There’s definitely a day in there I lost, but I’m reassured it’ll be given back to me upon my return.

Onward to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef!

Filed under:   food and drink, photos, society, travel
Posted by:   Molly | 22:07 | Comments (13)

Saturday 1 December 2007

Clouds Over Catskills

Thanksgiving 2007

Playing around with black and white settings in my little digital elf. I liked the results and textures of this photo, taken from a jet flying over the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York.

Filed under:   photos, travel
Posted by:   Molly | 12:10 | Comments (53)

Thursday 8 November 2007

mathematical integral equation for web versioning

humorous way of calculating web versioning

A bit of levity during the W3C TPAC from the wonderful T.V. Raman, presenting the closing panel of the day, Cracks & Mortars.

Filed under:   conferences, humor, nmby, photos, standards, w3c, web design and development
Posted by:   Molly | 12:53 | Comments (13)

Wednesday 31 October 2007

Self Portrait: Witchy Woman

molly in a surreal blue look, wearing a hat, and with pink lipstick

How about yours?

Filed under:   blog slut, costume play, creativity, molly asks you, nmby, photos, pop culture
Posted by:   Molly | 01:11 | Comments (12)

Tuesday 28 August 2007

Tucson Monsoon

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Just in case anyone wonders why Tucson.

I had a perfect, clear view of the entirety of the lunar eclipse last night but unfortunately not a good enough camera. Talk about awesome. Emphasis on awe.

Filed under:   creativity, photos
Posted by:   Molly | 13:18 | Comments (19)

Sunday 29 July 2007

Honey

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This is my one year old kitty, Honey.

Honey is very good natured, has a great sense of adventure and humor, is getting fat. Oh, and she talks a lot.

I have no idea where she got those qualities!

Filed under:   creativity, family, photos
Posted by:   Molly | 15:30 | Comments (23)

Saturday 28 July 2007

Kai the CSS Guy’s Transport

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Kai the CSS Guy’s Transport

Is this what CSS has brought us to?

Filed under:   community, creativity, humor, nmby, photos, pop culture, web design and development
Posted by:   Molly | 14:27 | Comments (20)

Wednesday 25 July 2007

Creativity Jam Session With Eric Meyer: Ashore

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Check out this great photo from Eric Meyer and share your creativity.

I’m really biased. That’s the Jersey Shore, or “Down the Shore” as we Jersey-ites say. Memories of my own childhood in that there photo.

Filed under:   community, creativity, nmby, photos, travel
Posted by:   Molly | 14:09 | Comments (10)

Friday 13 July 2007

Virgin Mobile: Did You Forget Something?

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Like how about model releases? The story is simple: Virgin Mobile’s advertising agency used photos marked for commercial reuse via CC licensing on Flickr in its current Australian campaign.

What they failed to do was get permission from the people in the photos, in this case me and several friends, at least one of whom is a Yahoo! employee.

Not sure what the next step will be legal-wise, if any, but I’m looking into it you can be sure.

This is not the kind of famous I had in mind. ;-)

Filed under:   community, photos, policies, professional, society
Posted by:   Molly | 08:55 | Comments (34)

Monday 2 July 2007

Creativity Jam Session: Tell the Story of this Photo

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From this photo, tell a story. You have my permission to modify the photo for the purposes of this activity if it will enhance your story.

You can post your story here in comments and link to any image modifications via Flickr, or your own blog of choice, of course.

Filed under:   creativity, photos, poetry & fiction
Posted by:   Molly | 10:16 | Comments (32)

Friday 22 June 2007

I’m Laughing and So Should You!

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The boys pointed this out to me as relevant. Am I old or indifferent for not noticing?

Filed under:   humor, photos
Posted by:   Molly | 12:25 | Comments (26)

Thursday 14 June 2007

Look What Pete Did to My Mac!

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Look What Pete Did to My Mac!

This got a few good comments on Flickr but really, it’s so important I felt necessary to blog it here for your pain and pleasure. When I told Pete he put a pit in my Apple, he told me “No, Molly, it’s a seed from which amazing things shall grow.”

Filed under:   hardware, humor, ie7, microsoft, photos, software, web design and development
Posted by:   Molly | 04:47 | Comments (24)

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