BREAKING NEWS: Bad Bunny May Be Releasing New Album During Super Bowl

BREAKING NEWS: 

I hear that Bad Bunny will be releasing a new album during the halftime show. 

Bad Bunny new album is called "Release The Epstein Files". 

Typepad Had Decided To Call It Quits

I am not totally upset that my favorite blogging site decided to shut down. After all, it was the main site I've used since 2009, and learned all the tricks of what blogging is all about. 

Even though I've been blogging in one way or another since 2004 in other venues, during my early Typepad blogging days, something told me to start saving my blog posts on an external hard drive. I am glad I did. In hindsight, backing up my content was a very wise decision on my part. It would be a herculean job to save all the blog posts and pictures I included on all those posts, after so many years. 

Yes, Typepad was an excellent paid, subscription blogging service, but reality is that they ceased operations last night (September 30, 2025) and permanently deleted all user content.  I don't plan to dwell too much on it, life moves on. Blogspot has been a great blogging outlet for me, so far. And best of all, it is free. 

Typepad blogging platform is dead, long live Blogspot.

Part 2: Restoration of my 1978 Kawasaki KZ1000 LTD

The motorcycle title finally arrived two days ago in the mail. It has been officially transferred to my name. It only took three weeks to come in the mail. This motorcycle has been sitting in storage since 2010. 

The next step is to put the bike together; find a used wooden pallet from my local dealership, and ship it to Puerto Rico. Once the bike restoration is completed, the ugly LTD look will be gone, and it should look very similar to the one shown in the picture. I am really looking forward to getting things started. 

Part 1: Restoration

I Back Up My Files Religiously

The other day, I spent a couple of hours backing up my hundreds of favorite photos. I need to remember to back up my files more often. I keep three copies of my data, to protect myself against data loss.

Acabo de pasar un par de horas haciendo copias de cientos de mis fotos favoritas. Necesito recordar hacer copias de mis fotos con mas frecuencia. Para protegerme contra la perdida de datos, mantengo tres copias en diferentes lugares. 

Remembering 9/11

Remembering 9/11

Picture taken on July 2001

Behind The Shot: Tribute In Light

As you know, NYC is known for its spectacular skylines. When it comes to photography, there is no other place like NY. New York City is an unparalleled photographic location.

For many people, a beautiful landscape image serves as an escape to a peaceful place away from the noise, congestion and stress of civilization. As I’ve mentioned many times before, photography has been an excellent therapeutic outlet for me. For several years, I've been trying to capture a good picture of the Tribute in Light in Manhattan, (lights aiming skyward in two column as a remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks).

In 2016, I captured the Tribute in Light from Brooklyn Bridge Park, the DUMBO neighborhood near the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn. There were hundreds of photographers lined up in a small park along the water between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridge. I was happy with one of the final images of the New York City skyline that night.

The following year, I took the afternoon off work, and headed to New York City to try capture the Tribute in Light from the Exchange Place Waterfront in Jersey City, New Jersey. This was a once a year photo opportunity, the 16th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

I arrived early in the evening, there was still plenty of daylight to find a good spot and setup my gear. To my surprise, as you can see in the image posted at the bottom, only a handful number of photographers were lined up at the Exchange Place Waterfront waiting for the blue hour.

As soon as the Tribute of Light illuminated the NYC skyline, I took dozens of images hoping to capture at least a couple of good pictures, then catch the PATH train back to Manhattan. I didn't want to miss my Greyhound bus back to Philadelphia.

The bus ride took two hours each way. Once I arrived home that night, I selected a couple of images for post-processing editing to give my images a crisper vibrant look. The final image was edited using Adobe Photoshop Elements with the Topaz Adjust filter applied. I am quite happy with the final result.

The trip was all worth it, and I had tons of fun! Enjoy!

Parte 1: Restauracion de la 1978 Kawasaki KZ1000 LTD

Han pasado 7 años y muchas cosas han sucedido desde la ultima vez que escribi some el tema de restaurar una 1978 Kawasaki KZ1000 LTD clasica que compre en el 2019.

Esta semana pasada, finalmente transferi el titulo de la moto a mi nombre. Si todo sale bien, y no hay problemas con los documentos, en un par de semanas tendre el titulo nuevo en el correo. 

Esta vez, para no interrumpir el proceso de la restauracion, voy a tratar poco a poco ir mencionando el progreso de lo que he estado haciendo con la motora. Por ahora, los planes son de preparar la moto cosa que cuando la envie a Puerto Rico, se haga mas facil de trabajar en ella. 

A la semana de comprarla, tuve la dichosa suerte de encontrar en Marketplace de Facebook un Kerker 4-1 en excelente condicion, y practicamente casi regalado en Inglaterra. 

Esta tarde empeze a desarmar los carburadores, y ya mas o menos se las piezas que voy a necesitar para ponerla en optimas condiciones. Tan pronto la motora este en Puerto Rico, pienso inspeccionar y reconstruir el motor cosa de que quede nueva otra vez. Para ser una motora que ha estado guardada en un garaje por los ultimos 15 años, la moto se ve en muy buenas condiciones. Como dice el refran, "Roma no se construyo en un dia."