Month: December 2004

  • Will Google’s Pagerank collapse itself?

    So I'm cruising around town the other day, doing what I often do while I should be paying attention to the road — thinking. Google uses something they call Pagerank to rate website popularity based on how websites link to other websites. PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its…

  • Wallace Falls

    Hiked On: December 29, 2004 Weather Conditions: Rain and approximately 40°F Elevation: 650-1500' Distance from Seattle: 46 miles Pictures: Too much rain for the camera State Park: Wallace Falls State Park Diann & I picked up this hike also based on a recommendation from the same book as we used in the last two weeks'…

  • More Political Irony

    While reading the new George Carlin book I bought yesterday, I stumbled across this very fitting quote by Herman Goering: Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy,…

  • Why George Carlin Rules

    So I was reading up on CNN about George Carlin going into rehab and it mentioned some quotes from his last appearance at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas: In his last performance at the MGM Grand after four years before 700 paying customers, he reportedly said: “People who go to Las Vegas, you've got…

  • Lake Twenty-Two

    Hiked On: December 26, 2004 Weather Conditions: Fog in Higher Elevations, approximately 43°F Elevation: 1000-2460' Distance from Seattle: 60 miles Pictures: Here Forest Service: Trail #702, Darrington Ranger District Diann & I picked up this hike also based on a recommendation from the same book as we used in the last two weeks' hikes (…

  • grapefruit

    Diann & I ate a grapefruit last night from the company Christmas fruit basket. Ahh, the corporate world. Back to the grapefruit.. I think I'm going to stick to oranges in the future.

  • Blogging Milestone: Over 100 Entries

    Just perusing some configuration options in my Movable Type configuration, and noticed that I posted the blog's 100th entry on the 19th. Nice. Of course, on the flip side, this makes 103 entries since February 26, 2003. 103 entries in 1 year and 10 months. That's an entry, on average, every 15 days. I need…

  • We Are IT

    Colleague at work pointed me at this. Interesting (and long, hit read more to read the whole thing) narrative written by an unknown author (unknown to me at least, Googling for it doesn't seem to turn up the original source). A song of the discarded Hello, Corporate America. Do you know us? Do you remember?…

  • Big Four Ice Caves

    Hiked On: December 19, 2004 Weather Conditions: Low Fog, Occasional Rain & Sleet, approximately 40°F Elevation: 800-1000' Distance from Seattle: 70 miles Pictures: Here Forest Service: Trail #723, Darrington Ranger District Diann & I picked up this hike also based on a recommendation from the same book as we used from last week's hike (…

  • Deception Falls

    Hiked On: December 12, 2004 Weather Conditions: Overcast, approximately 40°F Elevation: 2200' Pictures: Here Forest Service: Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Diann & I picked up this hike based on a recommendation from a book ( Winter Hikes in Puget Sound & the Olympic Foothills: Mostly Snow-Free Trails from Lowland Forests to Summit Views , ISBN…