A quick Wednesday wrap-up of what’s going on in the Fort Worth blog neighborhood:

Most topically, West and Clear’s Steve Smith wants an Obama commemorative plate. But he’s got a plan to avoid paying the retail price of $19.95 to get it. Meanwhile Cowtown Chronicles’ Pete Wann finds irony in a Zen moving van.

At Dallas Photoworks, guest blogger and freelance photographer Mark Stites begins his missive on using manual settings on your camera with the memory of being “delirious in my belief I was the reincarnation of Ansel Adams. ” Then he realizes he can’t shoot manually in 6 Funny Steps to Shooting Photos in Manual Mode.

On a less-humorous note, Fort Worth Can Do reports on legal wrangling over natural gas drilling in the city and the recent Carter Avenue Showdown.  For the wrap-up, see the FW Star Telegram article. 

Kevin Buchanan at Fortworthology reveals that the National Federation of Historic Preservation has declared Fort Worth a “Distinctive Destination” for 2009, then goes on to ask that since Eurotazza Coffeehouse ia Closing Its Doors, could they pleanse consider relocating to the Near Southside?

In the city’s food section, Fort Worth Hole in the Wall visits Tres Jose’s for breakfast, then goes on a rampage about some problems with three wayward burritos.

In theater, The Guide to the City tags that Stage West will  present the area premiere of “The Seafarer” by Irish playwright Conor McPherson beginning Janaury 29.

And finally, in technology, Fort Worth Modern Museum Blog talks about a project to digitize masterpiece paintings from the Prado Museum in Spain to 14,000 megapixels, and load them on Google Earth.  The Amon Carter Museum Blog discusses using technology for the study of art  in the classroom, asking readers to comment on their feelings about the practice. Is this technology a good thing, and what does it mean for us?