I made the crossover to print last week… it was a great slice of life piece!
The story was about local sword enthusiasts who collect antique swords and practice ancient swordplay techniques. And I’m not talking about fencing, I mean true midevil-knight style fighting. The group was known as the Roanoke Sword Guilde, and [...]

The title of this post basically sums it up. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, Cassell is home for the Virginia Tech men and women’s basketball teams and is VERY loud.
Since it was the men’s final home game Wednesday against NC State, fellow RT photographer Matt Gentry suggested I make the long, [...]

I spent Saturday morning on my first ever birding tour with bird and nature expert Clyde Kessler.
I didn’t realize that 215 different species of birds decide to make Radford, Va., their home at some point during the year. Pretty remarkable.
Radford also lays claim to the largest winter roost for vultures in the country, which [...]

After 36 years of operation, the Blacksburg, Va., High School gymnasium collapsed shortly before 1:37 p.m. Saturday. Fortunately, nobody was inside the building when it happened.
A tragedy was narrowly averted, though, as the high school girls basketball team was practicing in the gym earlier that morning and two maintenance workers examining cracks in the [...]

I’ve been wanting to use this graphical concept for a while, and I finally got my chance during a recent autism project we published this weekend.
Below is the original graphic comparing the fallout of major U.S. banks during the collapse of ‘08 (if you can’t read the text, just know that blue represents market value [...]

Surprise, surprise! Another snow storm for Roanoke. And this one is could be one of the worst we’ve had all season (forecasts vary from 12+ inches, although eastward including D.C. will be getting the most snow).
Either way, I walked into work Friday morning. It’s one of the many perks to living so close [...]

Another big snow is projected for Roanoke, Va., this weekend. Forecasts have us around 10 inches with some areas nearby getting as much as 15 inches. Here’s a handy webcam that Jordan and I set up to keep up to date with everything.
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Although it looks like I’ve been slacking off in the video department lately, I’ve actually been finishing up this 2009 Year In Review video with co-worker Jordan Fifer. All in all, it took a solid month to complete … that’s with December/January vacations added to the equation.
Either way, I’d love to hear feedback.
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I need to post something real and substantial, I know this. I’m considering turning this blog into something more personal - that way I can upload more pictures of family members, etc. In the meantime, I’m going to post this video. But I’ll add something more later this week (I feel guilty [...]

It’s impressive how much can be accomplished in one day when five people are building a website. Yes, Tuesday was busy. But it was worth it. We built an entire mini-site the day before a monumental trial, and the site has seen great traffic during its first day and a half [...]