Loren at Yellowstone

Here's my son Loren in front of one of the thermal features, a steaming cauldron, at Yellowstone National Park.

I didn't realize it was the first national park in the world when founded back in 1873.

Now covering more than 600,000 acres, the most famous thermal feature among dozens is Old Faithful, the geyser that sends up to 30' of water and steam into the air every 90 minutes or so.

Is it a bush? A rock? Nope. It's a duck!

A mother duck to be, incubating 14(!) eggs outside my office window at Clearr on Mothers' Day, 2009.

Snapshots of New York

I was in New York City this week for LightFair 2009, which was fantastic! Fortunately, I was able to get around town a bit, and snapped these photos:


Bus shelter double-sided Adbox, built by Distec Americas, a subsidiary of Clearr Corporation.


The Manhattan skyline, photographed from a rooftop in Brooklyn.

To see more New York City photos, watch the scrolling album, "Andy's Photos," in the column to the left.

Happy Mother's Day!

This weekend will be filled with cards, events, and much love for Mother's Day.  I'm taking my wife and sister out for dinner and a show on Saturday night, then joining lots of the family mothers at my mother-in-law's house for a late brunch on Sunday. 

Interesting Reflections

India's seemingly differing eye colors are not a computer creation--they are the result of a photographic phenomenon caused by the flash reflecting from the respective retinas at slightly different angles!

I'm not talking about the country...I'm talking about my cat, India. I think her picture is perfect for one of our backlit signs, with light shining through her eyes: one pink, one green.

I have another cat photo I took on a rainy night in Mexico last year that has a bunch of cats with red and green eyes shining in the dark, and reflected in a puddle.