Simple customization of tropical icons

My team generates mostly still images to accompany weather content on the Spectrum News app, and that includes tropical updates such as this one. The problem we ran into was that the animated icon would render at random points in its rotation, rather than the straight up-and-down position. Changing or removing the rotation effect It […]

Output and Knowledge

As I alluded to in a previous blog post, my wife and I often discuss all things career/professional life. On a recent walk, we talked a bit about white collar jobs that focus on output vs. focus on knowledge. Some background: a few months ago, my wife changed careers from doing marketing work with the

Justin’s Life: April 23, 2021

A day late again this week thanks to vacation-related schedule shifts. I have to highlight a podcast I just discovered (it’s in my list below) called SmartLess. It’s hosted by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett. The premise is that one of them invites a guest, who is a mystery to the other two

Justin’s Life: April 16, 2021

I’m a day late but not a dollar short this week. Ideally, I’d write these on Fridays, which are my Saturdays, but I’ve been keeping myself occupied with more practical things those days. I can’t imagine that’ll change in the more-time direction anytime soon since we have our move to Columbus coming in early July.

Justin’s Life: April 9, 2021

My wife and I, like many, deal with occasional bouts of imposter syndrome. It’s something we talk about not infrequently, and it recently led to a short discussion on how movement through one’s career can evolve from getting paid for output to getting paid for knowledge. I foresee a blog posted devoted to that soon,

Justin’s Life: April 2, 2021

Hey, a second one! Here’s the first. This page may use affiliate links. That means if you use any of those links, I may earn a commission. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Justin’s Life: March 26, 2021

I’m trying out a little something new, sharing some tidbits from the previous week. This page may use affiliate links. That means if you use any of those links, I may earn a commission. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives Nothing particularly novel

How to Import MODIS Imagery into Max

MODIS satellite with the Max digital graphics look… … what kind of sorcery is this? Did I size and position a downloaded image just right? While I will admit to being a bit of a weirdo about that sort of thing… nope, it’s layered in Max. Our chief meteorologist in Ohio wrote a blog in

Three Challenges, Part 3: New Entrants

It’s been quite some time since I wrote Part 1 and Part 2 of this little series. A little thing happened in the intervening time… I left local TV. It was time for a new challenge, although I didn’t really know what that looked like. I was pretty darn sure that it didn’t involve staying

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