We’re back home in Austin today. Here’s a view of the redeveloped Seaholm district as seen from the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge over Lady Bird...
Most of the news seems to be negative right now so perhaps this light-hearted image from the archives will help cheer a few people up. Here’s a spirited...
I just received a newly-IR-converted Olympus camera and was looking back through some of my previous infra-red images when I came across this one from...
Windows on the recently-renovated New Lanark Mill Hotel in central Scotland. They do a mean afternoon tea here and it’s a great place to recuperate...
I’m delving into the photos I took last summer in Scotland today. This image shows Dunblane Cathedral, one of two parish churches in the town of Dunblane...
A member of the FRC 3676 “Redshift Robotics” drive team looks through the complex ball-handling mechanism on their robot during the FIRST in Texas...
A member of FRC team 2789, Texplosion, sports a stylish hat during the FIRST in Texas District Event in Dripping Springs, Texas, February 28th –...
A member of FRC team 6155 Elektrabots from San Antonio makes field repairs in the queuing area during the FIRST in Texas District Event at Dripping Springs...
Making sure that the game field at an FRC competition is built and wired correctly, and keeping it running smoothly during the weekend, is a huge job....
After a weekend playing “Infinite Recharge” at the Dripping Springs FIRST in Texas District Event, our first competition weekend of the 2020...
This interesting piece of art is a public bench in the Blanton Museum of Art in downtown Austin.
It’s been a while since I posted any racing pictures here so here’s Marco Andretti driving the number 98, US Concrete-sponsored, Andretti Herta...
Continuing this week’s robotics competition theme, another enormously important aspect of FIRST Robotics Competition is team spirit. In addition...
As some of you may know, one of my other pastimes is mentoring our local high school’s robotics team. The annual 6 week build period has just ended...
An aerial view of downtown Austin, Texas with the redeveloped Seaholm Power Plant and new Central Library in the foreground.
A fisheye view of The Independent taken from the 2nd Street bridge outside the Central Library in Austin, Texas.
An artistic installation of pipework outside the redeveloped Seaholm Power Plant in downtown Austin, Texas.
A drone view of The Independent, a new 58 floor building containing 370 condos in downtown Austin, Texas. Locals affectionately know it as “The Jenga...
I spent some time down in the Seaholm area of downtown Austin yesterday afternoon and got a chance to play with a new toy, the Rokinon 7.5mm f/3.5 fisheye...
