links for 2007-06-29
Posted by Adam on Jun 30th, 2007
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Great reference on digital watermarking for anyone who is creating valuable digital content of any kind.
links for 2007-06-26
Posted by Adam on Jun 27th, 2007
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This is a great article on short-term fasting I found as I was poking around Google results for info on how to break a fast. Some good encouragement and rationale.
Another year
Posted by Jessica on Jun 26th, 2007
Today is June 26, 2007, Adam’s and my third wedding anniversary. Wow. I love him so much. These years have been so rich. I can’t imagine what the next seventy years will hold.
So much has happened since just last year this time. We started last year with my CD release in Chicago, moving out of our house in Nashville and in with Adam’s Granny Nita, going to the Jersey Shore with my big extended family, watching Grandma Rau slip away, moving to Asia, Adam reentering college, learning how to teach, and meanwhile stretching, exploring, and growing.
On June 26, 2006, we were in Chicago to celebrate my Grandma Rau’s birthday with her. She is my hero, and Adam and I are honored to share our wedding day, such a significant day with her birthday. In August, Grandma passed away, surrounded by the love of her children and grandchildren. But it’s nicer to remember her birth and life. So here’s to Grandma!
Love,
-Jessica
Many new photos
Posted by Jessica on Jun 26th, 2007
I have just stayed up too late uploading tons of photos. We had a bit of a backlog, but now there are SEVEN new photo sets. Just click your way to the photos page to see some of what we’ve been up to. Adam’s photography is growing with leaps and bounds. I am so proud of him.
Adam has gained a lot from his photography class in Seoul. We’ll miss his teacher Giorgia and her husband Luca as they return to their home in Italy this week. They have become good friends in such a short time.
-Jessica
June Showers bring…
Posted by Jessica on Jun 25th, 2007
In America, “April showers bring May flowers,” but in Korea, I think it’s the June showers that bring July mold.
It is finally rainy season in Korea, and the umbrellas are in full bloom. We woke up this morning to the sound of rain and the feeling of bedsheets sticking to us. It is so humid, we have been told our laundry won’t dry until the end of July. I did finally turn on the air con to get some dry air flowing.
Despite all that, I like rainy season so far. I even got my first pair of rain boots. Rain is good, and it feels almost ten degrees cooler than just a few days ago.
-Jessica
links for 2007-06-24
Posted by Adam on Jun 25th, 2007
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Really diverse & talented artist. This is the guy who usually shoots U2.
40 Day Fast
Posted by Jessica on Jun 23rd, 2007
Adam and I will be participating in a 40 day effort to raise awareness of hunger around the globe as well as sharing ways to help. A woman named Kat has organized 40 bloggers to fast for a day and write about a cause close to their heart. Adam and I are on the schedule for July 24.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZz6ICzpjI[/youtube]
Keep up with the 40 day fast, and join us all by fasting on the last day, July 31. Today, it began with Kat. Here is the 40 day schedule.
June 22 - Kat
June 23 - Brant Hansen
June 24 - SAM
June 25 - Shaun Groves
June 26 - Kristin
June 27 - Chaotic Hammer
June 28 - Stephanie
June 29 - Stephen
June 30 - Jeanine
July 1 - Truevyne
July 2 - Ryan G
July 3 - Jeremy Thiessen
July 4 - Steven
July 5 - Susanne
July 6 - Valerie
July 7 - William Guice
July 8 - Todd
July 9 - Scott
July 10 - Transition Pete
July 11 - Marianne
July 12 - Mark Jaffrey
July 13 - Michelle
July 14 - Lucas Parry
July 15 - Tim Harm
July 16 - Andrew Osenga
July 17 - Shawn
July 18 - Lorijo
July 19 - Euphrony
July 20 - Brody Harper
July 21 - Amy
July 22 - Erin Mount
July 23 - Dray
July 24 - Adam & Jessica Lofbomm
July 25 - Carlos
July 26 - Kat’s Mom
July 27 - Ted
July 28 - Charla
July 29 - Rick
July 30 - Tressa
July 31 - Toby
Not a Genius
Posted by Jessica on Jun 20th, 2007
heh heh. So, Adam introduced himself with his Korean name to a Korean man. The man laughed. Young Jae means ‘genius’, but apparently No Young Jae means ‘not a genius’ or ‘idiot’.
We need a new Korean family name. Any of you Korean speakers know if Bo or Bom is a Korean family name?
-Jessica
Going Local
Posted by Jessica on Jun 18th, 2007
Nearing the year-mark of our arrival in Korea, Adam and I are getting into the next level of Korean culture.
One, we’re shopping for our first apartment really in Korea. You probably know, we live in a theme park called the English Village an hour north of Seoul, on the border of North Korea. It has been a great experience, and we’ve learned a lot. But we’re really looking forward to the next chapter, living in the city, having to use more Korean in our day-to-day interactions. We’ll begin moving our stuff in July, and we’ll live full-time in Seoul starting in August when my contract is up at EV.
Second, we have been given Korean names! Korean names come from Chinese characters, and they are usually made of three characters/syllables. The first name/syllable is the family name, and there are relatively few family names compared to the infinite number of family names in the States. The second two names are the familiar name, and the familiar name is only used alone if the speaker is an extremely close friend. If the familiar name is used without the family name, the syllables “ah” ã… or “shi” ì‹œ are usually added for politeness.
A few of my Korean co-workers have given me the name No Hye Young– ë…¸í•´ì˜ which means wise, beautiful flower. “No” is the Korean family name closest to “Lofbomm” since the family name Lo/Ro is not used. Adam has adopted the Korean name No Young Jae– ë…¸ì˜ìž¬– meaning genius. Our favorite security guard at English Village is named Young Jae, and Adam is the only person he allows to call him by his familiar name. The rest of us little people have to call him Captain Lee.
(Young Jae and Young Jae)
Have a great day.
-Hye Young
links for 2007-06-17
Posted by Adam on Jun 18th, 2007
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This utility/PHP script loads large text file and splits it into iPod notes. It is easy to read your book in plain text format on your iPod via Notes functionality. All iPod notes will be automatically linked, so you can move from one to another with abso
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A nice, flash-based, web gallery plugin for Adobe Lightroom.
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The whole human race has now come to the moment when everything is at stake, when a vast shift of consciousness will have to take place on a massive scale in all societies and religions for the world to survive.â€
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Great nature photography and light paintings.
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I want one!
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Wicked cool tool.
