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I’m an aspiring electronic music artist, DJ, Linux server administrator, and adventurer photographer. I co-run a podcast called Trance Design.

A reason why I love OSX!

Of course, I could copy 2TB of files with the 32-bit Carbon version of Finder without any worries, but Apple’s 64-bit Cocoa rewrite of Finder paid off, and it still makes me happy I bought a Mac.
Back when I was a Windows user, copying nearly 2TB of files was a hell. Explorer would fail somewhere [...]

Macro and Cameras

“Had some fun with Cubbie’s macro lens.”
From Macro and Cameras, posted by Raymond Abril III on 3/03/2010 (122 items)

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My trip to Venice Beach

“Venice Beach with Averie!”
From Venice Beach, posted by Raymond Abril III on 3/20/2010 (200 items)

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Panorama of Phoenix, Arizona

Sunset to dusk, 360 degree panorama preview of Phoenix, Arizona from my 3rd story roof. 129 images, -2,0,+2 bracketed exposures taken in Februrary 11th, 2010 by a Canon EOS 450D created with Hugin.
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Some test HDR shots, and a self ‘portrait’ of taking HDR Panorama shots from the 3rd story of my home.

Taking 360 degree panoramic pictures in HDR at sunset
I love to show people the view of the mountains and the city from my 3 story home south of downtown Phoenix, Arizona. Soon I’ll be able to show everyone what it is like to be on the roof… it is beautiful! I’ll spend time working on [...]

Fractals for Fun!

Decided to hand draw some mind maps

Mind Maps
I’m trying to see if I can make multi-dimensional todo lists by hand. If I have a master plan for every alternate universe I might get sucked into, I just might make it back alive.

Sunset at South Mountain

Sunset viewed from the big Ramada at South Mountain at a recent park party. Testing out a new posting method…

Shopping for Beach Cruisers in California

IMG_0654, originally uploaded by rayrayisforever.
Had a fantastic time taking pictures at Huntington Beach with friends. Flickr Set, Link to my own gallery, Facebook Album.
Also updated my PixelPost Photoblog @ pixel.rayrayisforever.com and RaymondAbril.com. Enjoy!

Running Minefield and Firefox on OSX simultaneously using Automator easily!

I took special interest in Mozilla Labs: Weave as it is similar to Foxmarks/Xmarks in giving you the ability to remotely synchronize securely your Firefox Bookmarks and Passwords, except integrated much more tightly with Firefox. Every browser has its strengths, and Firefox has a plethora of plugins that make the internet either more fun or [...]

Synchronization across platforms

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I was rather surprised that Microsoft actually made a client for Windows Live Mesh for Mac OSX Snow Leopard! This is especially surprising since Ubuntu One is Ubuntu only. At least Dropbox lets me synchronize across all platforms. Previously I was using MacFUSE/FUSE Userland sshfs mounting for my Dreamhost backup space.
2GB Free – [...]

Kittens and Love

Watching my kittens grow up to be beautiful cats has been a humbling experience. I have been awake since early this morning because Locke wanted to snuggle on me, next to me, under the blanket, and then against my neck all morning. His meow is quaint, like a gentlemanly “mew.” He cries when I leave, [...]

TranceDesign Shout Out from Dance Music Blog!

We now have a new Trance Design Podcast logo courtesy of DJ Nth and we’ve hit 11,000+ downloads on a single mix per month!

Hookah Bass 2005

I wanted to share a picture of me DJing at one of the pivotal events that I had the pleasure of playing at. Hookah Bass was held at the Red Sea Lounge in Tempe, Az and put together by a good friend named Brice. Here, I got to play for 4 full hours anything that [...]

Best pictures that I took with my Sony Cybershot

I made an album with the best pictures that I took with my Sony Cybershot DSC-W7. Here is a preview:

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