Andrew Gormley

Muscle Car Wallpapers

When editing the East Passyunk Car Show I took a couple screenshots from the beginning sequence where I isolated certain colors from each shot and made them into wallpapers that I have on rotation currently. I'm offering them up for free download for any other muscle car fans. Five to choose from at 1920x1200 resolution.

Steve

I won’t attempt to eulogize Steve Jobs because I didn’t know him personally. Yet, when I heard the news yesterday night I experienced a pang of loss as if he were family.

Workplaces

I can't stress enough how much the environment you work in can effect all manner of creativity. If you're caught in a dank, musty basement office with fluorescent bulbs burning through your retinas, chances are you won't be as happy as someone doing the same job in a wide, open workspace.

My First Year as a Father

Exactly one year ago today, just before noon, my baby girl was born and handed off to me by a doctor who wished me luck and told me she was beautiful. When fully stretched out, she didn’t even span the length of my forearm and, all in, she weighed about as much as a Pomeranian. It was a very strange feeling, holding her for the first time. If I might reference Pulp Fiction to analogize:  I simultaneously felt as calm and collected as Jules in the diner scene and as nervous as Butch going to retrieve his father’s watch.

Resolutions and Resolve

These first weeks of January always bring out the people with piqued curiosities poking and prodding their contemporaries for a list of resolutions that seem more and more mandatory with each passing year. It took me until this point in my life to really investigate the history of why we declare these resolutions (aside from the obvious and inaccurate “clean slate” excuse) and why we use the word resolution as opposed to goal.

My Top 10 Albums of 2009

Music is a pretty integral part of my life on a day-to-day basis and I consider it a public service when those around me create a Top 10 list of anything that has inspired them throughout the course of a year. So, keeping that in mind, it is without further ado that I present my top 10 albums of 2009 in no particular order.

On the Eve of Her Arrival

It seems just like any other lazy Sunday save for the scintilla of electricity in the air.  The smell of atmosphere through the gray sky that always seems present before moments of great change.

Aggressive Music/Driving

Yesterday I tweeted about my thoughts on aggressive music playing in the car and how it may affect your driving.  Today I’m back with some real-world examples and an actual chart (professional, I know)  displaying this phenomenon in action.

Never Settle For Less Than You’re Worth

I went on a job interview today. It was really nothing out of the ordinary until I did something uncharacteristic of me about 15 minutes in: I politely ended it.

Never Work For Someone You Don’t Respect

I’m by no means a wise old man, but I’ve had enough experience thus far in my 24 years of life to give a little advice on certain things.  Here’s why you should never work for someone who you don’t respect.