Why I Hate The Macbook Pro, Situation Rectified.
November 12, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Gear
The original post, Why I Hate The Macbook Pro, was a terrible truth of peril about two years of struggling with a bad machine. It should be know that after two weeks of discussions and phone calls with the executive customer service team, the situation has been completely rectified. The responsible parties for fixing my [...]
Continue reading »Palm Pre 48 Hour Initial Review
July 2, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Gear
If you don’t know, I am a Palm power user since the days of black and white handspring Treo’s. Most people have owned fewer palm devices in their lifetime than I had to replace from heavy use last year alone. The advent of the Palm smart phones was a huge breakthrough for mobile professionals that [...]
Continue reading »How A Snowboard Jacket Saved Me From A Frozen Death
April 8, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Serendipity
Twelve years ago I was 19 years old, living in Lake Placid, NY basically just being a snowboard bum. There really isn’t any other way to put it. Four guys living in an apartment and working low paying kitchen jobs just so we could spend our weekends snowboarding, drinking and doing whatever else we deemed [...]
Continue reading »Habits That Help Make Dreams Come True
April 6, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Serendipity
There are thousands of people saying thousands of things that can help you focus, follow your dreams, get things done and move forward. The following is a random list of things that float around in my head every day, and help me keep moving forward. In no way am I saying you have to follow [...]
Continue reading »Welcome DPS Readers!
April 1, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Blog
Today my guest post on Digital Photography School went live, and I want to welcome all of you who are clicking through to America The Lost. (For those of you that are subscribers here, the article that was submitted to DPS is “13 Tips For Improving Outdoor Portraits”). A special Thank You goes out to [...]
Continue reading »Burton Jeremy Jones 156 Snowboard Review
March 26, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Gear
At the beginning of this season I was forced to make a difficult decision about which snowboard to ride. Since it has been many years since my last time on a mountain, there was much research to be done. There was one more small factor that had to play into this decision, as a photographer, [...]
Continue reading »How To Survive Las Vegas On The Cheap!
March 22, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Travels
My last trip to Las Vegas was for charity, so I decided not to bring enough money for gambling, and just hang out. In the end, I didn’t even bring enough money for food, but I still had a blast. Welcome to the easiest way to survive without a lot of money in Las Vegas.
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Continue reading »Where’s Og?
March 20, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Serendipity
On my flight from Charlotte, NC to Las Vegas, NV I finished reading “The Greatest Miracle In The World” by Og Mandino. As I contemplated its effect on me, an epiphany washed over me and a game of sorts has commenced. The book is an inspiration, and I decided to pass it to a complete [...]
Continue reading »City in Upstate New York to Impliment Martial Law?
March 20, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Rant
When I first heard about this I nearly fell over. These cops have always been corrupt, and they have always found ways to bend the law. I should know, I have spent my fair share of time as a younger man in the back of their cars. Never trust a Schenectady police officer any farther [...]
Continue reading »The Great Pit Ball Benefit Concert, House Of Blues in Las Vegas
March 18, 2009 by James Pickett
Filed under Events, Featured
A few select images from the benefit concert at “The Great Pit Ball” in The House Of Blues, Las Vegas. Bands in attendance were Toetag, The Spyderz, Madball, and Sick Of It All. If you weren’t there, continue to help the cause and purchase a copy of VICKtory To The Underdog, or donate to Villa [...]
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