America's Pulse
America's Pulse, a Tableau Generated Chart and Map measuring the 435 State Representatives by their respective PVI and State.
PVI (partisan voting index)
is a measurement of how strongly a United States congressional district or state…
Cubs Win NLCS Trophy - Shimrock Wood Art -
Notes from Shim
Warren C. Giles Trophy awarded to the winner of the NLCS (National League Championship Series)
Writing by Dana Shimrock
In the Spring of 2014, a representative of the National Baseball League contacted me. He had received…
Photography Landscape - Analytics Dashboard
A Hard-boat Lesson
On Sunday the plan was boating the Cheat Canyon! ..and I was in a raft with two of my friends, Lydia and Dani. Though, I was really itching to hard-boat as I had recently found some success on the Cheat Narrows with my friend Everett's Wavesport…
Into the Mystery of Squirt Boating
An underwater journey with Jim Snyder into the mysteries of squirt boating. ...from an evening with friends along the Cheat River
"Squirt boating originally evolved from slalom kayaks. Racers found that if they let the…
Climbing in Colorado
A few photos from climbing in Colorado last October (trying to get caught up on 7+ years of photos).
Tara's first time climbing in Colorado started on the First Flat Iron (direct route 5.6R). We simul climbed most of the 1,200', which is…
ArtSpring in Thomas
Last weekend I finally slowed down long enough to see what all the commotion was about. We picked a good time for a first impression, as their Annual ArtSpring was in full swing when we pulled into town.
I've never actually stopped in Thomas…
Flat-spired three-toothed snail
Look at what Tara found beside our tent on Sunday night...the endangered Three-Toothed Snail!
The flat-spired three-toothed snail is found only in West Virginia, among Upper Connoquenessing sandstone outcroppings and boulders, in a restricted…
Cheat River Festival 2016 Photos
Here are this year's photo highlights form the Cheat River Festival in Albright, West Virginia.
I shot a lot of these images with Tara's new Sony A7ii, using my Nikon 50mm f1.2 (borrowing my friend Tim's Nikon lens adapter). They're a great…
Video Shorts
A small collection of short videos I've made over the last year +
In May of 2015, I took a sabbatical to adventure around the South Island of New Zealand. I had made no plans or expectations for this trip, keeping each day and night…