http://www.sethdesantis.com/The Official Home Page of Seth DeSantisen-ushttp://www.sethdesantis.com/rss/sethdesantis.xmlhere is a time lapse video i took between the night of 1/11/11 and the morning of 1/12/11. previously, i only made time lapse videos using my SLR but this time i wanted to see what it would look like using pictures from my iPhone. it came out alrighthttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=284http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=284Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:18:07 -0700i had to stop off at the store on my way home from work tonight, while there i bought $10 worth of mega million tickets. i believe they have some promotion where you get $2 of tickets free when you buy $10. it's the first time i can remember buying lhttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=283http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=283Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:35:05 -0700the past two weeks have been fulfilling; i was fortunate to spend this special time of year with many of those i am closest to. being surrounded by family, all of whom i see too seldom. reinforcing a close friendship with past due quality time. conthttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=282http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=282Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:59:37 -0700crossroads lately... i'm not sure if i'm being tested a lot lately, or maybe it's just a lot of coincidence. i'm fine and everything will be fine, those are the only things i am certain of; that and the fact that life is always interesting. crossrohttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=281http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=281Mon, 27 Dec 2010 03:41:50 -0700Today (or I guess technically yesterday) I finished my 2010 Christmas Card. It is the fourth card since I started doing this in 2007. I had a few ideas for the front of the card but nothing I was incredibly thrilled about. With time quickly tickihttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=280http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=280Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:16:36 -0700disclaimer : this housekeeping update will be boring to most people, so you probably will want to skip it i was able to spend a few minutes earlier this evening finding and fixing the datetime stamp issueS. -regarding the times that showed up ahttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=279http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=279Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:31:53 -0700i think i know what is causing the time entries are posted to display as 'undefined'...the pattern seems to indicate it's 'undefined' when it's posted somewhere in the 1am range...things posted between midnight and 1am are also showing up as 12pm...shttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=277http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=277Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:22:44 -0700i was just reading through the past few entries i've written... 'i never said it would always make sense'...at least i added a disclaimer. obviously i wasn't addressing that entry to my 'journal', it was more to myself. sometimes i like, or maybe http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=276http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=276Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:16:12 -0700'perfect is the enemy of good'...that rough translation from Voltaire can be a sharp double edged sword...which, when used appropriately, can help overcome unnecessary hurdles on the way to accomplishing a goal. perfect can be evaluated subjectivhttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=275http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=275Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:08:18 -0700i'm not sure how often i will write journal entries. maybe every day, maybe every week, maybe every month, maybe every year, so i would like to say this now, while i'm noticing it and thinking about it. -entries written over the past few months, http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=274http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=274Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:27:14 -0700it's been a hard week thus far. exhausting. maybe mentally, maybe physically, maybe emotionally. it's been a great week thus far. rewarding. maybe mentally, maybe physically, maybe emotionally. sometimes it's impossible to immediately measure the fhttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=273http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=273Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:21:45 -0700dear journal, i'm sorry it's been so long since we last spoke, but it's not because i wasn't thinking about you. i often have so much to say, sometimes i find someone else to say it to. maybe that's why you're always still here for me. waiting. wonhttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=272http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=272Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:17:07 -0700It's been a long time since i've done anything for 8 straight days, let alone vacation...and the survey says...it's the best thing ever. Our anual family cruise this year took us back to the western Caribbean seas, [a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/whttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=270http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=270Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:14:15 -0700What better occasion to share a brief writeup on my father than on father's day? A few weeks ago the program for his school's athletic banquet was dedicated to him with the following words: We dedicate the 44th Annual Athletic Banquet program book http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=269http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=269Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:31:49 -0700I just finished watching the replay of the US v Slovenia match from earlier today, I can not begin to express my frustration with the the fact that the match ended as draw. -lapses in our defense unsurprisingly plagued us match long -we had sohttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=268http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=268Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:06:45 -0700Some talking points made up of the past few days, months, years: -I'm still a big fan of warm sunny days. I will notify this blog if that ever changes and will continue to reiterate my enjoyment of said weather conditions as often as I think of ithttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=267http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=267Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:03:43 -0700The 5 hour LOST series finale just began. The LOST party went all out tonight with a huge multi-course feast. It is a fitting send off, as we have been sharing each episode together for the past three seasons. I love LOST, I really appreciate the jouhttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=266http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=266Sun, 23 May 2010 19:08:40 -0700A few weeks ago I made a sudden switch in the project I spend my personal time working on. For no specific reason I took a few months off of working on CT. Stepping away from CT allowed me to pick it back up with a refreshed sense of clarity on wherehttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=265http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=265Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:41:36 -0700collecting coins can pay off: [DIV_IMG style='float:none ; width:399px' ][IMG src='/up/s9blog_fileUpload/175.jpg' width='399' height='533' /][/DIV_IMG] before West Virginia VS Kentucky in the Elite Eight at the Dome: [DIV_IMG style='float:none ; wihttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=264http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=264Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:02:19 -0700Last week, SU's [a href="http://newhouse.syr.edu/" target="_blank"]S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications[/a] did an [a href=" http://www.thenewshouse.com/story/harry-holds-court" target="_blank"]article[/a] on one of my close friends grandfathttp://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=263http://www.sethdesantis.com/blog/index.php?bid=263Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:48:52 -0700