Whoa, Now in Video!

Here’s a short practice video, showing a sunny day in September taking a quick cruise around Downtown Lowell. Shot on my DJI Mini 2, edited in Adobe Premiere Rush, which was recently added to the Adobe Photography subscription I already have (and includes some not so bad muzak). Just trying to work out a whole …

Victory

Victory – “A Gift to the People of Lowell from James C. Ayer. Erected July 4, 1867.”  A draped woman with wings holding the laurel wreath of victory and the harvest sheaf representing peace. It was sculpted by Christian Daniel Rauch, the foremost German sculptor of the 19th century, for the king of Bavaria. The original of …

An Engineer’s Look at Local Politics – Lowell 2017 Election Data

I spend several hours most work days making spreadsheets (AKA “engineering”), so naturally when I came across Dick Howe’s post last weekend detailing the expenditures of the eighteen City Council Candidates for Lowell’s 2017 elections, I wanted to throw that sweet, sweet data into Excel.  I like taking otherwise boring data and seeing what it …