For the geeks who care:

Many people have complained about the new dock in leopard and all it’s eye candy… Personally I kinda like it except that it has way to much going on. The reflections from the icons are nice…but they conflict visually with the wavy, stylized glass line through the middle of it… add some more reflections from all other windows, a 3D tilt, and just a hint of shadow… and you’ve got some major visual anarchy going on.

Now being an artsy kind of person, I like sexy UI’s, even if they have visual features that don’t do anything but just look good. However, the Leopard dock is just annoying. They should have either chosen reflections, or picked the fake OS X glass look… but not both.

Anyway enough complaining…
Jordan.action.rant = False;

I have found the solution to the problem: Turn off the glass and discover the sexy dock hidden underneath.

This is actually fairly easy to do. Just open up a Terminal window and run this command:

defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -bool YES

and then restart the dock:

killall Dock

and BAM!

There’s the hot, new Dock.

If the new dock isn’t to your liking… simply run the same command again, except change the YES to a NO.

-Update-
A friend showed me this other dock hack today… If you like the 3D look, but want less anarchy…this is a good fix.
http://www.blambert.co.uk/smokedock/
-Update2-
This guy’s site is apparently not working anymore(my guess is that maybe his monthly transfer was used up?)… which is quite sad. Here is what it looked like: http://gadgets.bligblog.com/5562/smoke-glass-dock/
-Update3-
Well, the dock hacks continue. Read more here.

Also, since we are talking about pros and cons of Leopard, here are a few good reads…
DaringFireball.net – A good, solid review
arstechnica.com – A highly detailed look at Leopard
ThinkMac.co.uk – A funny UI rant
Macworld.com – A good pro/con review of features

So i was reminded by a picture (“alone”) that I really like photos of grain. So I dug up a few that I have taken…and decided to post them.
   

Over the last month I have shot 500+ photographs for work, school, and me. While this amount may seem mild to some, it is definitely a large increase for me. That being said, I have had to organize a lot more pictures and have had a harder time finding a moment to put pictures up here.

I am a photographer for Winona State University’s Communication Dept. (PR), and my work entails covering events on campus, taking publicity shots, and fulfilling other various photography needs. I generally take lots of candid pictures for work, so it has been fun developing that skill. For my Photo Communication class, I usually have a project to work on every other week. So I am continually on the lookout for subject matter that fits my assignment. (The ‘Fire’ Hydrant pictures were for a class project).

Because it has been awhile since I uploaded any pictures, I decided to gather some of my best shots from this month. Most of them are portraits and candids, though there are a few landscape photos in there too.

Anyway…I’m going to attempt to upload things more regularly… we shall see. Anyway, Enjoy!