Get Some.

19.12.06

17.12.06

Christmas Wishes

Who know's what the new year will bring...

15.12.06

Odd how it works. I get a note from a friend a couple days ago asking if I have heard about Bruce Fraser and provided me with a link to a photoshopnews.com story. I read it and almost immediately started crying.

Now who is Bruce Fraser you might ask. He a world-famous author, trainer, lecturer. His specialty is Digital Imaging and Color Management.... the sheer number of folks he has interacted with is just amazing. He does a lot of work with concerning Adobe and their software and even has his name in the application credits.

I met Bruce (I called him Mister Fraser for years and he would tell me that when he would hear it he would look for his father) when I began working for ZD's MacUser Magazine. I was 20 years old and thought that because I used a Mac SE and a LaserWriter in highschool that I was a professional Desktop Publisher. Reality can be crushing.

For more than 5 years I would be paired up with Bruce on printers, scanners, graphic cards, color management systems and a whole lot more. Literally, the core of my digital imaging (and traditional press) knowledge that I have came from Bruce. I bullshit you not. It's what started me on my career at Radius, Shinko, Philips, Canon and HP.

The magic part of Bruce wasn't just his uncanny knowledge. Nope. It was his distinct style of teaching people tough, complicated subjects without making them feel stupid. He was like the color imaging rebel... he wanted things to be better, more consistent, easier to use with predictable results. He spoke what we felt in the industry.

So that is a little about Bruce in his professional life. But you see what makes me emotional about hearing about the condition that Bruce is in is because I knew him personally. Were we best buds? No. When was the last time I spoke to him? 3 maybe 4 years ago. How long have you known him? Over 15 years. Shit, he was at my wedding.

Then why the sadness ? Because he is a constant in my mind that will always be there. I can't imagine him not being around.
He is memorable: His kick-ass accent. His little sayings ('lurid & weird'), the way he used to play with his Billy Goat soul patch when talking. I think about the many good times I shared with him, and that is what makes me cry. I could never of had a better mentor.

14.12.06

Cool Souvenir Flickr Set

Check it out.

souvenirs - a photoset on Flickr

13.12.06

The ramblings of Warren Ellis

I stumbled across his blog a couple of months ago and slowly realized that I have read his comic work over the years. He is a witty one.

Warren Ellis

11.12.06

Do the Dance of Joy...

I feel like Numfar in this clip. Why ? Because I am going to my last biz trip for the year. I think I will let my hair down and enjoy it. Then I'll kick off the new year with CES in Sin City.

24.11.06

Endless Possiblities

Word.

Bottom of the Barrel

Find interesting stuff (some not mine) after being on the road
for awhile, namely Seattle and Hawaii.

19.11.06

If Frank Miller did LotRs

18.11.06

Tell me something I don't know.

The Shades of Justice...

The little quips that Horatio Caine spouts right before the Who song comes on. From CSI Miami.

They can't fade me.

HowManyOfMe.com

There are:
4
people with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

11.11.06

Blue Agave In AZ

Double Trouble
Originally uploaded by tony_b.

Spent a night hanging at the Blue Agave in Scottsdale Arizona. Ummm... let's see... gratuitous shotties, lap fu, table dance fu, drunken monkey fu, seacrest fu, lean back fu, gratuitous blonde dirty talk and two breasts. tonyB says check it out.