David Hemphill: Archive

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If I could clone myself...

This thought just occurred to me a moment ago, “What would I do if I could clone myself and somehow still mystically enjoy the experiences of my cloned self?” My first thought would be to let my cloned self chase his wildest dreams. He might move to Nashville and become a huge rockstar/producer type, having his own recording studio and successful music career. In reality, that...

Jun 16th

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May 12th

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May 5th

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Fixing Gmail's iPad interface weirdness for Macs

I don’t know why I care so much about this, except that it’s been fun wading through Google’s horrific code and using nth-child selectors. Wait, did I just say that was fun? What I meant to say is that it sucks, but I have a hard time admitting defeat. So, suffice it to say, I’ve fixed one of the many bugs presented when using the Gmail iPad interface on a Mac. One of...

Apr 5th

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How to get Gmail's iPad interface as a Mac app

Prompted by some tweets by @mheerema and @samsoffes, I just used Fluid to create a site-specific browser that uses Google’s awesome new iPad-optimized interface for Gmail. It appears LifeHacker posted something similar just as I figured this out, but I like this better than using Firefox extensions. To do this simply: Download Fluid Launch Fluid and create a site-specific browser...

Apr 2nd

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Mar 13th

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On Church Words →

At Lebanon Family Church, we’re very careful to be accessible to new people when we present the gospel. We may only have a short time before we’ve lost the attention span of unbelievers, so we choose our words carefully to make sure the message is easily understandable and free from terminology that would confuse someone.

Mar 10th

Mar 9th

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Mar 9th

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Mar 1st

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Get the Content

Here’s a quick thought. I equate having a client who insists you design with no content to asking you to play a guitar with no strings. You have the skills to play the guitar, but you don’t have an essential tool needed to do the job. How are you to be successful? Insist on getting the content before you design so you can make those strings sing.

Feb 21st

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Feb 9th

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Transformation

I feel a transformation happening in my inner self. Lately, I’ve felt new urges to grow up and be a better provider, caretaker, and husband. For instance, my 2009 Christmas list comprised of mostly of hand tools. There is no logic in this. I’m not an especially handy man. I don’t even work with my hands too often. However, I had been desiring the simple tools my Dad has—wrenches,...

Jan 4th

My Wife Is Back

My wife is back and I’m extremely happy about that fact. It’s been two months of loneliness (minus weekends), fixing food just for myself, sleeping on the couch 3-4 times a week, and copious internet time. My hope is we can start fresh and get our lives back on track. Enjoying each other, watching movies, praying and studying, trips to Springfield, eating together, and walks are all...

Oct 17th

Should I Make a Portfolio Site?

I’m pondering putting together a proper portfolio site for the work I’ve done over the past few years. Working at a church, I’ve had the opportunity to be involved with a rebranding of the church, several branding projects for various ministries, and crap-tons of graphic design for everything imaginable. All that, and some pretty sweet websites, both in-house and for other...

Oct 6th

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I'm really getting tired of this no wife stuff.

You see, my bride has been off for the last month and a half during the week 45 miles away training for her new job at the social security office. This leaves me mostly alone on the weekdays. And that sucks. That is all.

Sep 29th

Video Room Painting

Nick painted our video room with actual chroma key green paint, so now we have this huge wall for doing green screen stuff. Sweet! See the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from David Hemphill | Comment »

Sep 18th

Installing the Next Cat

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Sep 18th

Tungsten →

Tungsten = a friggin’ beautiful font that I want in my stash soon. I suppose I should master the ones I have already first though…

Sep 16th

When to call it quits for the week.

I’m feeling kind of burned out for the week. Good thing it’s Friday! That means it’s time to go home, get some rest, catch some live music, and come back to work on Sunday. Joshua Blankenship (who’s online exploits I’ve followed for a while now) just posted an excellent diagnosis for what I’m feeling right now. I suggest you go read that right now and avoid...

Sep 4th

Tracey: Dave what kind of virus protection should we put back on to our lap top?
Me: That's out of my expertise really, but Avast is free and decent. Norton costs money, but I suppose is good as well. The best protection is good browsing habits.
Me: The biggest thing is not using Internet Explorer, not opening attachments from people you don't know, and not believing Nigerians.

Sep 3rd

Sep 2nd

New camera at the office

We got our first HD comcorder in the other day. We went with a Panasonic HPX170, and we love it. Here are some stills from our first shoot with it. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from davidhemphill’s posterous | Comment »

Aug 31st

I’ve been feeling a little frustrated with myself this week. It seems since my vacation I’ve felt nothing but tired and unmotivated. This is not good in my field of work, SPREADING THE GOSPEL. I thought the vacation would help me to collect myself and charge up for a huge push to get things accomplished, but it’s had the reverse effect. I’m reminded that Paul had to beat...

Aug 13th

Ever since I came back from Florida, I’ve felt like crap. I don’t know what kind of bug I picked up, but I know it’s not from Florida. She would never do that to me. I probably got it from the Atlanta airport, which was a pile of dookie.

Aug 8th

Aug 6th

Touchdown in Florida! David Hemphill

Aug 1st

Listen

Jul 31st

The Never-ending Summer of Fun is on hold for...

I’m tired from relentlessly squeezing every last second out of the season for what it’s worth and I need a break. If you need me, I’ll be in the pool.

Jul 26th

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Jul 21st

Jun 18th

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ramble ramble

aaronmitchellblog: I understand the reason people like facebook and the like, but it fosters the depersonalization of our relationships. I like face to face friendship, with all the awkward silences and bad breath (usually me) that a real life conversation can bring. Proverbs 27:17 says there is a sharpening that takes place when we get together. One thing I don’t want to be is dull.

May 5th

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Apr 24th

Time Machine Permissions Error Fix →

Ever get an annoying error from Time Machine saying “You do not have appropriate access privileges to save file .xxxxxxxxxxxx” in folder “Time Machine Backups”? Hope this helps. It did for me.

Apr 15th

How Much Is Enough? →

Joshua hits something I’ve been thinking about lately. Sure, I would love to make more, but how much pie can you eat?

Apr 15th

Recording

I’ve been recording a lot of music lately. It makes me excited because music has been one of my biggest loves — it’s one of the most satisfying things in my life. To be able to put to music words that have been in my heart or create an atmosphere with sound is an awesome gift to me. Here’s a description of my main recording rig. I’m tracking guitars with a Les Paul...

Apr 15th

Digg Dialogg with Trent Reznor →

He’s one of the most interesting people to listen to.

Apr 13th

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Reader's Version of the Greek & Hebrew Reader's... →

Interesting. Saved for future reference.

Apr 10th

Cleanliness is next to godliness →

I understand that most church musicians are volunteers with real lives, kids, mortgages, etc… but I don’t think it’s too much to learn the music and rid the stage of clutter. As I see it, when we have the songs embedded into our hearts and minds we can be more effective as worshippers. Time spent fumbling around with music stands and sheets of paper, staring at the pages, along...

Mar 20th

Imagination Is Not Creation →

We’ve all met people who shy away from the hard work of action steps because they “don’t do the details”. They’re “more into the creative side of things”. But as far as I can tell, the Chief Creator didn’t just think about light, stars, and human life…the proof of His creativity is the tangible detailed expression of His vision.

Mar 9th

Pondering the Future of My Facebook Account

I think I’m done with Facebook. It’s reached the point of over-saturation. I can spend endless amounts of time on there, but I find I want to spend less and less there. Everyone and their mother (literally) is on there and I’m constantly bombarded with an endless stream of information I could care less about. I’ve got better ways to spend my time.

Mar 1st

Feb 26th

50 Kick Ass Logos for Inspiration →

I was randomly browsing this list from a link on Twitter and discovered my Revolution logo was included in the bunch. What a happy surprise!

Feb 5th

Watch

maniacalrage: SNL: Whopper Virgins When these BK commercials started airing I hoped SNL would parody them. I didn’t think they’d do such a fantastic job. This is pretty much perfect.

Feb 3rd

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How To Stump Anti-abortionists With One Question →

It’s pretty sad that the people who are rallying for this cause don’t have an answer to this question.

Jan 27th