This was the final issue I worked on as a senior. I have a few more to post from the year after I graduated. What strikes me most about these papers is the content. The bleeding-edge technology was one thing, but most of the stories inside were written way above what …
Let’s talk technology. When these newspapers were published, they were done so with brand-new desktop publishing technology – to a point. In 1986/87, the typesetting was done mostly in headlines and columns, which was then was physically pasted-up on boards using hot wax. The black and white photos were developed in-house, and …
Looking back at these issues of the Centurion is amazing. So many of the writers already had the voice that I recognize in them today. Most of the people involved with the Centurion have gone on to take jobs in media. It’s really proof of what a great program that …
I went to Lakewood High School in St. Petersburg, FL, and was on the newspaper staff from 1989-1990. Every time we published, I snagged a few copies, and I had the foresight to sock them away somewhere fairly safe. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been doing some archival scanning of …
I also shot some iPhone video of a few branches of our dying oak being cut down. Pardon the dirty window. Part rigging, part climbing, part saw technique, all bad-assery.
An oak on our property situated between our house and a neighbor’s, has been progressively leaning, causing us to worry about it falling during a storm. Its roots were affecting our foundation, and it had a decaying hole from a branch that broke off years ago. All in all, an …
