http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest blog posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5It's a been a long time coming, but YourHub.com has been streamlined, redesigned and made generally more awesome. Here's a quick walkthrough of the changes: The look The most noticeable change you've probably already seen is the design. If you're a Denver Post subscriber an...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~663213.aspx10/6/2009 4:05:40 PMEric Lubbers When Charles Schulz wrote Happiness is a Warm Puppy , he forgot one important note: said puppy should, preferably, not reek. Townes , the now 13-week-old, had gotten himself in to his fair share of unsavory substances around the apartment building in the first few days we had him, whi...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Pets-Animals/Blog~602146.aspx4/10/2009 3:25:29 PMEric Lubbers What's black, white and brown all over? If you came up with some clever and vulgar answer to that question, I commend you (I couldn't think of one), but I was referring specifically to my new dog. Townes (as in Van Zandt ), in addition to being a 12-week-old Cavalier King Charles Spa...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Pets-Animals/Blog~600227.aspx4/6/2009 4:15:05 PMEric Lubbers That's it, I'm finished. Several life/work changes reduced the amount of free time I have to post my daily photos down from approximately "zero" to "sub-zero," leaving me now more than a month behind and without a chance to catch up. I will revisit this idea once things settle down around h...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Pets-Animals/Blog~600203.aspx4/6/2009 3:52:17 PMEric Lubbers There is an unmistakable void in Colorado and the world of journalism. And more directly, there is a void five floors below me at 101 W. Colfax Ave. The Rocky Mountain News has closed down after nearly 150 years and after producing some of the highest quality and most consistently profes...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~585147.aspx2/27/2009 9:17:40 AMEric Lubbers Five-pack, round six *now with 40% more at the same price*: You Look Nice Today [day_81] (view large on black) Either City O' City has some savvy podcast-listening staffers or this is a mighty coincidence. Gradient on the Webb building [day_82] (view large on black) At the...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~578697.aspx2/10/2009 11:52:23 AMEric Lubbers Five-pack, round five: 15 Gratuitous Photos Of Myself [day_76] (view large on black) Sarah took the camera reins to take several black and white portraits of me. With headshots like these, I could get some choice roles, like "Confused Man #2" or "Angry Bearded Customer." Melted lamp...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~578693.aspx2/10/2009 11:48:13 AMEric Lubbers Five-pack, round four: High clouds over downtown [day_71] (view large on black) Another shot of downtown Denver from the rooftop of my apartment building. Crazy sunset over Broadway [day_72] (view large on black) Do other cities have as many regularly amazing sunsets as Denver?...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~578687.aspx2/10/2009 11:44:29 AMEric Lubbers Five-pack, round three: Found glasses [day_66] (view large on black) By far the best thing I've ever seen taped to a utility box in Denver. View full-size to read the whole tale of frustrated Good Samaritanship. At 13th Ave. and Josephine St. Way of the samurai [day_67] (view larg...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~578683.aspx2/10/2009 11:39:30 AMEric Lubbers Five-pack, round two: Israel vs. Palestine [day_61] (view large on black) Dueling protests at the State Capitol. Had to take these shots from my car, and this was the only one with both flags in the same shot. Snow falling on palm trees [day_62] (view large on black) Fake palm ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~578680.aspx2/10/2009 11:34:52 AMEric Lubbers Alright, the first five-pack of the great photoblog catchup of '09. Let's get to it: Filthy, filthy mirror [day_56] (view large on black) Gratuitous Photo Of Yourself In A Filthy Mirror Tuesday. Obviously in disguise [day_57] (view large on black) This guy was incredibly shifty...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~578676.aspx2/10/2009 11:26:59 AMEric Lubbers I tell you, I just can't get used to missing my own deadlines. I'm now 33 photos behind in my photo blog. I know, I know, it's awful. As usual, I do have the photos, it's just a matter of posting them. What should be easy (post one photo per day) turns into, "Well, I'll just post two ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~577730.aspx2/7/2009 11:11:03 AMEric Lubbers Here, at long last and after hours of off-the-clock labor, is my triumphant return my daily photo blog. Since I last wrote, I've been back to Yuma, Colo., (my hometown), flown to Tampa and had Christmas dinner at a Waffle House there (long story), lounged at my grandmother's beach house in Lemon ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~565011.aspx1/6/2009 10:45:55 AMEric Lubbers Hey folks, I know it seems as though I have abandoned this poor blog, but that is far from the truth. I have been taking photos every day, which truth be told is the easiest part of the process (point, click, done). It is the posting of individual blog entries for each of the photos that takes...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~563287.aspx12/31/2008 10:33:21 AMEric Lubbers I feel like this is cheating, but I technically took this photo after midnight last night, so it was taken on Dec. 11, even though it was part of the same photo session as Dec. 10. This project has affected the way I look at the world, so this photo pretty accurately describes the way I fe...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~557998.aspx12/12/2008 12:16:25 AMEric Lubbers There is an unorganized and, really, unexplainable movement among casual and pro bloggers out in the Interwebs called Gratuitous Picture of Yourself Wednesday, or GPOYW. The object is very, very simple: Post a photo of yourself every Wednesday. That's it. There is no central Web site, no prize...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~557997.aspx12/12/2008 12:06:28 AMEric Lubbers This is my favorite staged photo I've ever taken. No question. Sarah and I went through a phase a few months back where we got obsessed with Schleich miniature animal figurines, sold most notably at Target. They are incredibly detailed, nice and solidly crafted (a rarity in toys these days), ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~557995.aspx12/11/2008 11:31:51 PMEric Lubbers I'm horrible at taking clandestine photos, as evidenced by the bemused look on this gentleman's face while he looked directly at my camera. I thought I was being very clever: I set the camera jauntily in my lap, held it at an odd angle, turned the ISO way up to get plenty of light and even loo...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~557994.aspx12/11/2008 11:24:12 PMEric Lubbers Yet again, a photo from my car. This time, it was a man who had the good sense to grow out an impressive white beard to keep his face warm while biking around town, apparently with a full bouquet of orange flowers in his front basket. It's almost enough to keep me from trimming my beard for...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~557993.aspx12/11/2008 11:14:24 PMEric Lubbers This has been quite a week, eh? The first big snow of the year, followed by 60-plus degree weather, a Broncos win and, of course, more snow. But last week came bearing much more unnerving news: The Rocky Mountain News is for sale. Since a good portion of you reading this sectio...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~556920.aspx12/9/2008 11:28:59 AMEric Lubbers Everyone, this is my girlfriend, Sarah . Sarah, this is everyone. I know what you're thinking. "Really? She couldn't do better than Eric ?" To that I say, "I know, right? I must be very charming or something." This photo was taken as she finished getting ready to go out to Wate...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~556773.aspx12/9/2008 7:27:09 AMEric Lubbers Yet another shot from my car. I really need to start walking places so I don't have to keep doing that. I just had to get a shot of this guy, because I respect anyone who can unabashedly wear a porkpie hat as daily headgear. Click here to see a full-sized version of today's photo. Othe...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~556771.aspx12/9/2008 7:22:27 AMEric Lubbers From my Photos Of People In Bad Weather From The Relative Comfort And Warmth Of My Car collection. Click here to see a full-sized version of today's photo. Other (at least semi-)daily photobloggers: Kristin Morin Tom Treloar Barbara Neff Want to join in? Don't worry, you can start a...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~556753.aspx12/9/2008 12:55:04 AMEric Lubbers My girlfriend Sarah 's dad is a gardener. I only call him a "gardener" because "root vegetable mad scientist" doesn't fit on the business cards. Today's photo are just a few of his experiments from his most recent harvest, given to us (complete with garden soil) fresh out of the ground o...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~556752.aspx12/9/2008 12:47:45 AMEric Lubbers When I was a young lad, I loved The Drew Carey Show . Love may have even been too weak a word for it. I was obsessed with it. It was the first adult sitcom I somehow convinced my parents to let me watch and it's had a strangely lasting effect on my sense of humor. I think the oddly...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~556751.aspx12/9/2008 12:23:11 AMEric Lubbers I just read this amazing post (link) from Internet Renaissance man Merlin Mann in which he describes his quest to get better at photography, despite having no prior experience at all. This quote hit particularly close to home for me reading it today, because I was in an eerily similar...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~554550.aspx12/2/2008 11:29:28 PMEric Lubbers Remember that fisheye lens ? Well, this is what happens when you flip it around and hold it in front of the camera. Something tells me you don't want to see that through the peephole on your door. Hey, I managed to almost go 20 days without posting a Myspace-y self-portrait! That's go...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~554545.aspx12/2/2008 11:19:28 PMEric Lubbers More hot fisheye action , this time bottling some of the crazy capitalist energy coursing through Cherry Creek Shopping Center on the Saturday after Thanksgiving (Gray Saturday? Charcoal Saturday? Mauve Saturday?), including the hordes of children playing on the (in)famous breakfast playground...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~554544.aspx12/2/2008 11:12:27 PMEric Lubbers As you can tell by the jump in dates, it's been a few days since my last daily photo post. I have been taking the photos, I just have not had the time or energy to post them until now. On Thanksgiving Boxing Day (known in some circles as Black Friday), I got a new toy. The questionable ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~554495.aspx12/2/2008 5:00:46 PMEric Lubbers I went home for Thanksgiving. At my house, my mom created a little curio shelf in our entryway long enough ago that it blended into the background of my daily life and I hardly paid any attention to it. I've been fully away from home for more about three and a half years now and for some r...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~553322.aspx11/29/2008 10:52:01 AMEric Lubbers