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Photoshop and the Lost Undersea Channel

Submitted by deke on 30 April 2009 - 12:15am.
Undersea nymph

dekePod Episode 015: Imagine yourself on a once-in-a-lifetime underwater adventure. Adift in a world of wonder. Watch as if in a dream as you ignore the souvenir stand, bypass the lounge chair, even avoid the swim-up bar. Your only intention is to grab the gear, strap on the fins, and plunge into the astonishing azure alure.

Or more simply put: Mix with the fish.

Such destinations have names as to make the heart sigh: Fiji. Kealakekua Bay. Ningaloo. The Red Sea. Read more » 

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dekePod + dekeOnline Goes Live

Submitted by deke on 24 June 2008 - 4:21am.

Today, I announce the birth of digital twins. The first is the very site you see before you now. Gone is the cartoon Deke against the green background with the interchangeable socks. (Though I have to say, those were some great socks. Kudos + my unending gratitude to my brother, Daniel, for creating that site, dekemc.com, and keeping up with it for more than a decade.) In its place is the more streamlined and expansive deke.com, which offers access to short-topic bursts (dekeBlog), long-topic articles (dekeStuff), irreverent videos (dekePod), and much more.

Which brings me to my second cause for celebration: In mid-2006, I published a podcast (dubbed dekePod, after the name I had inscribed on the back of my personal iPod, below) devoted to the topic of scanning, opening, and printing money. The movie was shockingly popular. Problem was, dekePod cost a lot to produce and I had no realistic means to replicate it.

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