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  • Seriously?

    From a site’s password rules.  Why can’t a password contain two separated numbers?  What asinine sort of requirement is that?

  • The Weekend on Lopez

    As I posted about earlier, Diann & I spent a long weekend on Lopez Island in the San Juan Islands the weekend before last.  Other than the absurd waits at ferry lines, it was a great trip.  Sadly, my plans to use Qik to stream a lot of the trip were foiled by spotty (at…

  • Blog post for a T-shirt? Sure. 🙂

    I’m not above selling out periodically.  A few months back, I posted here for a chance to win some vanilla beans after winning some saffron.  Now, it’s time for a t-shirt. Thanks to Bill, I’ve stumbled upon the Microspotting site.  And I definitely want one of the “I am the empire” t-shirts.  Oh, and Ariel,…

  • Trying something a bit different

    The car is packed (camping gear, bikes, telescopes), days off work are scheduled, and the route is planned. Diann & I are taking a long weekend and heading out of town. Posting will be non-existent. 🙂 But wait!  I am going to try something out.  I signed up with Qik, a service that you can…

  • My little awards ceremony…

    And the biggest overreaction of the year goes to: the Boise fire department.

  • Is Qik’s open beta really an open beta?

    Try as I might, I can’t see any difference in Qik’s recent change to an “open” beta.  I’ve submitted my cell phone number to them, received the SMS, opened the link, and then I get a page that says: Request received! Thank you for your interest in Qik. We will be in touch to let…

  • Biking Milestones, and why Guy Kawasaki is partly wrong

    Yeah, this blog post is going to be non-sequitur. Bear with me, the first part is short, and I want to brag. About a month and a half ago, we bought bikes.  I’ve been commuting by bike to work averaging about once a week – it definitely takes a while to get into the rhythm…

  • Wow, just wow

    Someone took the intro to the old Naked Gun movie and redid them in Grand Theft Auto IV. This is brilliant! The original Naked Gun intro: Kudos to Joystiq for finding this one.

  • Photo from the weekend star party

    Thanks to Nick for capturing this one: That’s Diann leaning on the Prius, me standing on the sidewalk, and a black-tailed deer just beyond my telescope.

  • Weekend in Port Angeles

    Diann & I spent the weekend on the peninsula, mostly in the Port Angeles area.  We attempted to hit up the Hurricane Ridge Star Party put on by the Olympic Astronomical Society, but were foiled by clouds.  (funny aside here: I showed up, along with Nick who is also a member of the Seattle Astronomical…