After changing the layout of the site a few weeks ago, I have been tweaking and changing things throughout my spare time (and will probably continue to do so), getting things just how I like them. Overview I love clean, sleek, simple design that is does not distract and allows the eye to flow toward the content. Therefore, I went with Derek Punsalan's Grid Focus theme, that I have stripped ...

Delicious Library is an amazing piece of software that I use to catalog my entire media library. Included in the software is an export to web option which allows you to post your collection to the web for people to see. I use the optimized iPhone web-version to decide on a movie to watch for the night without needing to go to the computer or to show to ...

As a student at the University of Texas at Arlington, I was fortunate to have the privelege of sitting in on a special lecture through the journalism depart in which David Pogue, tech columnist for the New York Times, spoke about his career, how he got there, and the future of journalism. The Lecture After realizing that our Communication Technology department didn't have the proper hook-ups for Mr. Pogue's MacBook ...

I spoke with AT&T this afternoon. I had been planning on upgrading to a faster DSL plan for some time and finally decided to take care of that. Short Story I check the AT&T website and find that their "Elite" package is $35/month, seems like a decent deal. I'll go with that. I located my most recent bill and noticed that I was paying for the equivalent of their "Pro" ...

A little off topic here at claycarson.net but below is a Halo 3 Montage created by a good friend of mine. Hope you enjoy! Head over to the MLG PRO website and let him know what you think. Special Thanks to Driv3Thru (Jared Walker) for his support of claycarson.net.

Take me to the new photo site... About a month ago I launched claycarsonphotography.com. My plan for that site is for it to be more of a portfolio gallery with a highly reduced amount of content. Since that time, I have had plans to switch the 'Photos' link on this site, over to that domain. The time has come that I make that happen. Don't worry, I have not ...

Here is the second installment of the four part series that examines all parts of my desktop. Now that we have already had a look at my dock and now we will examine my menu bar. Above is a photo of my menu bar and all that I rely on up there. From left to right, these are the things I keep in my menu bar...

This morning claycarsonphotography.com went up as my new portfolio/photo site. The point of the site was to have a more professional overview of my photography. I'm not sure what this will do for the photo page on this site. The new site will not have as many albums for a while. I want it to be more select and exclusive. Go check out claycarsonphotography.com and let me know what ...

This is the first post from a 4 part series (could expand) that will examine and give you a look at my desktop. First up, the dock... I keep my dock hidden and relatively small, this prevents distraction. I also try to limit the applications that are permanently stored in the dock to a minimum. From left to right, these are the applications in my dock... Finder - Duh! Mail - I ...

I briefly wanted to mention that the 'Coming Soon..." text has been removed from my links page and I have added my most recently added bookmarks on Del.icio.us. This way it will be easy to see what I've been into straight from my site. For anyone who does not know, Del.icio.us is an excellent, and very versatile bookmarking service that allows for web based bookmarking that can be ...

Over the past few months updates for the site have become few and far between. When launching the site I didn't plan on updating every day or anything like that but I feel that once a month is far too little. The primary reason for the collapse in content is a swirl in interests. I have taken a heavy interest in digital photography and in addition to my ...

claycarson.net is now available in a mobile version for both the iPhone and the iPod Touch. In order to navigate to that site simply direct mobile Safari to my site and it will take care of the rest. Along with the mobile version comes a new icon that looks a little better than just the white one with text that would appear prior. Throw it up on your ...

I'd just like to take a second to point out that I have added a 'Photos' page to the site. I plan to keep it updated with some images I take and as I continue to improve my skills hopefully, so will my pictures. For Christmas I received my first DLSR, a Canon Rebel XTi, and since then I have been reading and obtaining knowledge about the art of ...

74%How Addicted to Apple Are You? Let me first of all say, I am not a fan of these internet quizzes that will tell you things such as 'When Will You Die?' or 'Find Out How Awesome You Are' but of course, finding out how addicted to Apple I am is something I just had to know. Turns out, I'm pretty addicted (as if I didn't already know). 74% is ...

Today my two 1GB sticks of RAM arrived (Macbooks require both RAM docks to be filled with matching capacity). I found a great deal on Amazon and figured, why not? I had grown very tired of watching the beach ball and with Leopard's new feature, Spaces, I have begun to multitask even more. After the installation, which, for those of you who do not know, is super easy and ...

File management is vital to being productive on any machine. Just as having a clean workspace on your desk will help keep your organized; having a clean virtual world will keep your computer organized. Even with Spotlight or Quicksilver in OS X file management is crucial. It builds a solid work environment as well as develops a solid way to work. As you see here, this is the ...

The dashboard of OS X can be an excellent tool to save time and effort. In my first weeks with OS X I collected tons of widgets that I was sure would be useful. After some time I realized that dashboard is a tool that needs to be kept clean and minimal so, I cleaned up. Now I am running five widgets full-time; all of which are necessities. I ...

I'd like to introduce a new series that will consist of several posts containing everything anyone could want to know about how I work. I keep my Mac very organized and feel that I have a good system. Therefore, I thought I would share some things about my machine and hopefully it can help anyone out in a way to manage their Mac. Here you see my menu bar, ...